Chapter 12: Inventions

Question 1

Who invented the flying shuttle? And when?

Answer 1

John Kay 1733

Question 2

Who invented the slinning jenny? And When?

Answer 2

James Hargreaves 1764

Question 3

Who invented the water frame? And when?

Answer 3

Richard Arkwright 1769

Question 4

What did John kay invent, when and what did it do?

Answer 4

Flying shuttle, weaving, 1733

Question 5

What did Richard Arkwright invent what did it do and when?

Answer 5

Water frame, spinning, 1769

Question 6

What did Samuel Crompton invent, what did it do and when?

Answer 6

The mule, spinning, 1779

Question 7

What did edmund Cartwright invent, what did it do and when?

Answer 7

Power loom, weaving, 1785

Question 8

Who invented the mule and when?

Answer 8

Samuel Crompton, 1779

Question 9

Who invented the power loom and when?

Answer 9

Edmund Cartwright, 1785

Question 10

What did Thomas Newcomen invent what did it do and when?

Answer 10

Steam engine ,produce energy by burning coal, 1705

Question 11

What did Abraham Darby invent, what did it do and when?

Answer 11

Smelting iron with coke, coke (coal dust) produced stronger iron, 1709

Question 12

What did James Watt invent, what did it do and when?

Answer 12

Rotary steam engine, efficient practical engine that drained mines, 1763

Question 13

What did Hnery Cort invent, what did it do and when?

Answer 13

Puddling and rolling, improved quality of iron produced, 1784

Question 14

What did Humphrey Davy invent, what did it do and when?

Answer 14

The Davy, improved safety in the mines, 1816

Question 15

What did Henry Bessemer invent, what did it do and when?

Answer 15

Bessemer converter, turned iron into much stronger steel, 1856

Question 16

What did James Brindley invent, what did it do and when?

Answer 16

He designed and built the Bridgewater Canal between Manchester and Liverpool which made it a cheap, effecient way of moving goods from factory to port to export, 1761

Question 17

What did Thomas Telford invent, what did it do and when?

Answer 17

He invented building roads with layers of rocks and stones whick imporved the quality of roads, 1780s

Question 18

What did John MacAdam invent, what did it do and when?

Answer 18

John Macadam pressed small stones to make roads that had slopes at the side which prevented flooding, this made it possible to travel on roads in the winter, 1800s

Question 19

What did George Stephenson invent, what did it do and when?

Answer 19

He invnted the rocket, the first steam engine which was the fastest mode of transport ever invented, 1829