The Mechanization of Industry

Thomas Newcomen

Nov 8, 1710

He created the first steam engine. Most of the early steam engines were used to pump water out of mines. This could make mines to go deeper and take out more coal or metal, which was used to power the industrial revolution. Source

James Watt

Nov 8, 1763

Watt introduced a design enhancement, the separate condenser, which avoided this waste of energy and radically improved the power, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of steam engines. Source

James Hargreaves

Nov 8, 1764

Spinning jenny helped the hand spinners. Source

Richard Arkwright

Nov 8, 1768

spinning frame which helps spin yarn in a mechanized way Source

Eli Whitney

Nov 8, 1790

cotton gin- made short cotton into a crop that could be sold for a profit Source

George Stephenson

Nov 8, 1821

He created the first public railway line in the word. The railway line was used as a main source for transportation. Source

Henry Bessemer

Jan 19, 1848

He was an English engineer, inventor, and businessman. He is mainly known in connection with the Bessemer process for the manufacture of steel.
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Andrew Carnegie

Nov 25, 1885

SourceHe was a Scottish-American industrialist who led the gigantic expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. He was also one of the most important philanthropists of his era.

Henry Ford

Jul 30, 1891

He was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. he developed and manufactured the first automobile that many middle class Americans could afford to buy.Source