Industrilization Inventors Flashcards
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Mechanical Reaper
-Joseph Bocye
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- 1799 Tool power by horses that harvest grains
- eliminated need for labor
- harvested grains faster
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John Kay
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- 1733 Invented a power loom
- shuttle that sped back and forth on wheels
- doubled production of a weaver
- weaving and textile industry
- shuttle that sped back and forth on wheels
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James Hargreaves
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- 1764 invented spinning wheel called spinning jenny
- allowed cloth to be produced faster
- cloth and textile industry
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Richard Arkwright
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- 1769 invented a water frame
- machine used water power to drive machines
- placed factories near water
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James Watt
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- 1774 invented steam engine that used less fuel
- Helped mining industry and eventually the transportation industry
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Edmond Cartwright
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- 1787 invented power loom that sped up weaving
- set up near water
- weaving industry
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Eli Whitney
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- 1793 invented cotton gin
- multipied amount of cotton that could be produced and required less labor
- cotton and textile industry
8
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Robert Fulton
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- 1807 invented steamboat
- boosted production of waterways
- transportation industry
9
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George Stephenson
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- 1825 built the world’s first railroad line in England
- provided transportation for people and goods
- rail road and transportation industry
10
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Henry Bessemer
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- 1856 invented steel
- provided strong material to build objects
- steel industry, mass production, urbanization, and rail road industry
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Factory System
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-Revolutionized all industries by providing a place and labor to mass produce all goods
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Seed Drill
-Jethro Tull
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- 1701 Created the seed drill during the agricultural rev.
- allowed farmers to sow seeds in well-spaced rows and at specific depths
