Inventors/Innovators

  • John Kay: Inventor of Flying Shuttle

    John Kay: Inventor of Flying Shuttle
    Helped a person to produce a piece of cloth that was wider and faster than normal by themselves
  • James Hargreaves: The Spinning Jenny

    James Hargreaves: The Spinning Jenny
    Turned the spinning wheel into a machine that could spin 8 threads at once verseus 3
  • James Watt: The Watt Engine

    James Watt: The Watt Engine
    Improved the Newcomen Engine to quit wasting steam by inventing a condensing chamber (patent in 1769)
  • Richard Arkwright: Water Frame

    Richard Arkwright: Water Frame
    Innovated Spinning wheel by using water to power it
  • Samuel Crompton: Spinning Mule

    Samuel Crompton: Spinning Mule
    A mix between the machines invented by Arkwright and Hargreaves, it's a machine used to spin cotton other fibres without the use of hands (automatic)
  • Richard Trevithick: Steam Railway Locomotive

    Richard Trevithick: Steam Railway Locomotive
    Innovated Watt Engine to use higher power steam to power railway locomotive
  • Robert Fulton: Steamboat

    Robert Fulton: Steamboat
    Carried Passengers between New York City & Albany, New York
  • George Stephenson: The Rocket

    George Stephenson: The Rocket
    Invented famous early railway locomotive which could take goods from one location to another quickly
  • Henry Bessemer: Manufacturing Steel

    Henry Bessemer: Manufacturing Steel
    Developed process to make steel making cheaper
  • Louis Pasteur: Pasteurization

    Louis Pasteur: Pasteurization
    Figured our why food spoils so fast and how to avoid it
  • Thomas Edison: The Lightbulb

    Thomas Edison: The Lightbulb
    Innovated light bulb to burn and stay lit for longer
  • Nikola Tesla: Alternating-Current Electrical System

    Nikola Tesla: Alternating-Current Electrical System
    Developed after DC power was introduced. Produced to make energy for electricity