The Industrial Revolution Inventions

By samhavens16

  • Typewriter

    The typewriters patent was issued in England in 1714 to Henry Mill. This was described as a machine for wiritng single letters one after another. Christopher Latham Sholes invtented one of the very first type writers. At the time it was an easy way to type and print letters. It was not done electronicly however it was still done quickly.

  • Spinning Jenny

    James Hargreaves began constructing the Spinning Jenny in 1754 and 14 years later, in 1768 his invention was ready. The
    Spinning Jenny had one large wheel spinning out cotton to eight different rings, creating eight threads of cotton. This invention changed society because it made clothes easier to make and requiered little human activity from the workers.

  • Telegraph

    The telegraph was a system that sends coded messages/information across a distance using an electric current. This could be used to send messages with people all way from America to Europe.Claude Chappe and his brother Ignace invented the optical telegraph in 1791 and since then many people have built off that idea to make more complex versions of a telegraph. Such as Morse’s development of a long distance telegraph using electricity.

  • Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney invented this machine to harvest cotton easier.
    This made it alot easier to make up to fifty pounds of cotton every day. This invention made cotton very popular in the South and a high demand for new cloth. However, the downside to this was prolonging slavery. Since the cotton gin someone always had to be payinfg attention to the cotton plants at all times. Slaves were very much needed since they got no pay for working.

  • Phonograph

    The first device for recording sound was developed by American inventor Thomas Edison in 1877. This device is named the phonograph, meaning sound writer. This gave the music industry an all new future and hope. To make this work a person would speak into a funnel-like mouthpiece that directed sound into a thin metal diaphragm. The sound waves then bounced back out of the mouthpiece, repeating what he said and making sound.