Industrial Revolution Inventions Flashcards
Who discovered the technique of crop rotation
Charles Townshend
Who developed a seed drill which planted the seeds in straight rows.
Jethro Tull
Who invented the flying shuttle and when?
John Kay in 1733
Impact of flying Shuttle
Sped up the weaving process and allowed for faster production such that weavers were outpacing spinners.
Who invented the Spinning Jenny and when?
In 1764, James Hargreaves
Who invented the water frame and when?
In 1769, Richard Arkwright
Impact of water-frame
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.
Who designed the power loom and when?
Edmund Cartwright in 1785
Who invented the cotton gin and when?
In 1793, the American Eli Whitney
Impact of cotton gin
a machine that automated and sped up the separation of cottonseed from the short-staple cotton fiber, Increased and cheaper cotton production
The first steam engine was created by
Thomas Newcomen in 1712.
Who debuted a steam-powered locomotive and when/
in the 1800s Richard Trevithick
Who created the steamboat and when
In 1807, Robert Fulton used steam power to create the first steamboat.
impact of steamboat
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.
Who developed the steam train.
In 1814, George Stephenson, utilized the steam engine to develop the first steam train.
impact of steam train
increased the ability of industrialized nations to transport people and goods long distances
Who invented the first telephone
Alexander Graham Bell in 1876
Who introduced the process of puddling and when and what is the impact
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.
Who devised an internal combustion engine that was fuelled by gasoline and when
In 1886, German scientist Gottlieb Daimler
internal combustion engine impact
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.
Who created the commercial telegraphy system
In 1837, British inventors William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone
impact of the telegraph system
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.
The spinning mule: creator and date
Samuel Crompton in 1779
Spinning mule impact
Kept the weavers busy at all times along with the water-frame- high earnings. Produced finer, quality and stronger yarn.
How did James watt perfected the steam engine and when>
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
