Industrial Revolution People Flashcards
(27 cards)
Charles Townshend
Turnips
Robert Bakewell
Bred stronger horses and fatter sheep
Jethro Tull
Developed the seed drill
John Kay
Flying shuttle
James Hargreaves
Spinning Jenny
Richard Arkwright
Water frame
Samuel Crompton
Spinning mule, combo of the water frame and spinning Jenny
Edmund Cartwright
Power loom , ran on horse, water, or steam power
Eli Whitney
Cotton gin , interchangeable parts
James watt
Steam engine
Henry Bessemer
Inexpensively produced steel from iron
John Mcadam
Road making system
Richard trevithick
Steam powered locomotive(the rocket), carriage
Robert Fulton
First practical steamboat
Samuel slater
“The traitor” sold spinning knowledge
Fredrick Taylor
Division of labor
Henry ford
Assembly line
Samuel Morse
Telegraph, Morse code
Guglielmo Marconi
Wireless telegraph turned to the radio
Alexander Graham Bell
Telephone
Michael Faraday
Electric generator
Thomas Edison
Phonograph, incandescent lightbulb
Gottlieb Daimler
Internal combustion engine off gasoline
Rudolf Diesel
Internal combustion engine off oil