Technology of the Industrial Revolution

  • Charles Townsend introduces four-field crop rotation

    Charles Townsend introduces four-field crop rotation

  • James Hargreaves creates the spinning jenny

    James Hargreaves creates the spinning jenny

    It is a multi-spindle spinning frame, that revoluntionized yarn making.
  • Richard Arkwright patents the spinning frame

    Richard Arkwright patents the spinning frame

    Invention for spinning thread or yarn from fibres such as wool or cotton in a mechanized way.
  • James Watt creates new improved version of steam engine

    James Watt creates new improved version of steam engine

  • Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin

    Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin

    This revolutionizes textile industry and creates a resurgence of slavery in the America
  • Alessandro Volta creates a wet battery called the Voltaic Pile

    Alessandro Volta creates a wet battery called the Voltaic Pile

    This battery was the first to produce the a continuous flow of electric current. It was made of zinc, copper and cardboard and soaked in salt water to convey electricity.
  • Joseph Marie Jacquard invents Jacquard loom

    Joseph Marie Jacquard invents Jacquard loom

    The Jacquard loom is a mechanical loom that simplifies the process of manufacturing textiles.
  • George Stephenson builds built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use steam locomotives

  • Samuel Morse develops concept of single wire telegraph

    Samuel Morse develops concept of single wire telegraph

  • Daguerre comes out with the daguerre process of photo developing

    Daguerre comes out with the daguerre process of photo developing

  • Henry Bessemer first process for manufacturing steel inexpensively

    Henry Bessemer first process for manufacturing steel inexpensively

  • Marconi developed the first effective system of radio communication

    Marconi developed the first effective system of radio communication

  • Alexander Graham Bell recieves patent the first practical telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell recieves patent the first practical telephone

  • Gottlieb Daimler creates the first internal combustion motorcycle

    Gottlieb Daimler creates the first internal combustion motorcycle

  • Edison creates the wax cylinder phonograph

    Edison creates the wax cylinder phonograph

    First medium for recording and replaying sound