Industrial Revolution: Textiles Flashcards
What is the textile industry?
It is turning wool and cotton into thread or yarn to produce fabric.
What are the two main tasks in the textile industry?
spinning and weaving
List two inventions that led to improvements in the textile industry.
Flying shuttle Spinning Jenny Water Frame Spinning Mule Power Loom
Who invented the flying shuttle in 1733?
John Kay
Who invented the Spinning Jenny in 1764?
James Hargraves
Who invented the water frame in 1769?
Richard Arkwright
Who invented the spinning mule in 1779?
Samuel Crompton
Who invented the power loom in 1785?
Edmund Cartwright
Which two of these inventions improved weaving? Flying Shuttle Spinning Jenny Water Frame Spinning Mule Power Loom
Flying Shuttle and Power Loom
Which three of these inventions improved spinning? Flying Shuttle Spinning Jenny Water Frame Spinning Mule Power Loom
Spinning Jenny
Water Frame
Mule
In what way was the Textile revolution the spark or trigger for further industrial revolution?
Improvements in textile machinery led to bigger and bigger factories being built. Factories were also needed to build the machines. Transport needed improving to distribute the all the materials (coal, iron, machinery parts, textiles) to where they were needed.
