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The industrial revolution
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Watt Steam Engine
who: James Watt a Scottish inventor.
where: Birmingham, England
how: In the steam engine condensation is moved to a separate and always cooled chamber. The steam is then moved to the second chamber. The steam condenses faster and the cylinder remains perpetually hot. This means that Watt's machine was twice as fast as its predecessor. -
Spinning Jenny
who: James Hargreaves an English weaver and inventor.
where: Lancashire England
how: The spinning Jenny used eight spindles to spin thread, so by turning a single wheel 8 times the thread could be made. -
Spinning Mule
who: Samuel Crompton, an English inventor
where: Lancashire, England
how: This invention spin textile fibres into yarn by an intermittent process in the draw stroke, the fibre is pulled through and twisted on the way back. It is wrapped onto the spindle. -
Steamboat
who: Robert Fulton
where: Philadelphia, USA
how: Steamboats burn coal to heat water, which turns into steam. This steam causes a big paddlewheel to turn. This propels the boat along. -
Steam locomotive
who: Richard Trevithik
where: England
how: The engine is powered by coal that heat water to create steam. This steam creates pressure, which pushes the pistons attached to the wheels on the train carriage. -
Morse Code
who: Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail
where: Morristown, New Jersey
How: Morse code was a system of dots and dashes that would spell out words. -
Telegraph
who: Samuel Morse and others
where: Baltimore, USA
how: The telegraph worked by transmitting electrical signals over the wire, laid between stations. It revolutionised communications within countries. -
Telephone
who: The patent holder was Alexander Graham Bell
where: Highland Park, Illinois, USA
how: The telephone operates by converting sound into an electrical signal via a liquid transmitter. This invention allowed people to talk to anyone at any time. -
Gasoline powered motorcar
who: Carl Benz
where: Germany
how: The first gasoline engine, created in 1876, was a one-cylinder, two-stroke unit, which was improved by Benz and the first motor car was patented in 1886. -
Diesel engine
who: Rudolph Diesel
where: Paris, France
how: The diesel is combusted to create pressure within the engine that can be used to spin the wheels of a car.