Industrial Revolution Inventions

Question 1

Who discovered the technique of crop rotation

Answer 1

​Charles Townshend

Question 2

Who developed a seed drill which planted the seeds in straight rows.

Answer 2

Jethro Tull

Question 3

Who invented the flying shuttle and when?

Answer 3

John Kay in 1733

Question 4

Impact of flying Shuttle

Answer 4

Sped up the weaving process and allowed for faster production such that weavers were outpacing spinners.

Question 5

Who invented the Spinning Jenny and when?

Answer 5

In 1764, James Hargreaves

Question 6

Who invented the water frame and when?

Answer 6

In 1769, Richard Arkwright

Question 7

Impact of water-frame

Answer 7

The spinning machine replaced the need for manual labour and enabled the production of inexpensive spun cotton by the use of moving water from a creek or river.

Question 8

Who designed the power loom and when?

Answer 8

Edmund Cartwright in 1785

Question 9

Who invented the cotton gin and when?

Answer 9

In 1793, the American Eli Whitney

Question 10

Impact of cotton gin

Answer 10

a machine that automated and sped up the separation of cottonseed from the short-staple cotton fiber, Increased and cheaper cotton production

Question 11

The first steam engine was created by

Answer 11

Thomas Newcomen in 1712.

Question 12

Who debuted a steam-powered locomotive and when/

Answer 12

in the 1800s Richard Trevithick

Question 13

Who created the steamboat and when

Answer 13

In 1807, Robert Fulton used steam power to create the first steamboat.

Question 14

impact of steamboat

Answer 14

His invention revolutionized travel and trade throughout Europe and in Britain in particular. The steam boat allowed more goods to be shipped by canal and waterways.

Question 15

Who developed the steam train.

Answer 15

In 1814, George Stephenson, utilized the steam engine to develop the first steam train.

Question 16

impact of steam train

Answer 16

increased the ability of industrialized nations to transport people and goods long distances

Question 17

Who invented the first telephone

Answer 17

Alexander Graham Bell in 1876

Question 18

Who introduced the process of puddling and when and what is the impact

Answer 18

Henry Cort in 1793 enabled large-scale production of wrought iron, which is more flexible and allows easy fabrication of machinery, and heavy industrial applications.

Question 19

Who devised an internal combustion engine that was fuelled by gasoline and when

Answer 19

In 1886, German scientist Gottlieb Daimler

Question 20

internal combustion engine impact

Answer 20

His invention was one of the biggest advances in transportation technology since the development of the steam engine. Daimler would use his engine to create one of the first automobiles.

Question 21

Who created the commercial telegraphy system

Answer 21

In 1837, British inventors William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone

Question 22

impact of the telegraph system

Answer 22

Cooke and Wheatstone’s system would be used for railroad signalling, as the speed of the new trains had created a need for more sophisticated means of communication.

Question 23

The spinning mule: creator and date

Answer 23

Samuel Crompton in 1779

Question 24

Spinning mule impact

Answer 24

Kept the weavers busy at all times along with the water-frame- high earnings. Produced finer, quality and stronger yarn.

Question 25

How did James watt perfected the steam engine and when>

Answer 25

In 1763, a separate water condenser made it far more efficient and wasted less energy. Watt later collaborated with Matthew Boulton to invent a steam engine with a rotary motion, a key innovation that would allow steam power to spread across British industries- allowed development of railway and transportation locomotives