Inventions

Question 1

Edward Jenner

Answer 1

Vaccination for smallpox

Question 2

Charles townshend

Answer 2

Four field system/Norfolk system

Question 3

Robert Bakewell

Answer 3

Selective breeding

Question 4

Jethro Tull

Answer 4

Seas drill

Question 5

Cyrus McCormick

Answer 5

Mechanical reaper

Question 6

John Kay

Answer 6

Flying shuttle

Question 7

James Hargreaves

Answer 7

Spinning Jenny

Question 8

Richard Arkwright

Answer 8

Water frame

Question 9

Samuel Crompton

Answer 9

Spinning mule

Question 10

Edward Cartwright

Answer 10

Power loom

Question 11

Sir Humphry Davy

Answer 11

Davy safety lamp

Question 12

James Watts

Answer 12

Steam engine

Question 13

Abraham Darby

Answer 13

Used coke instead of charcoal to smelt the iron ore. The molten iron was beaten with a hammer to remove impurities

Question 14

Henry court

Answer 14

Invented the pudding and rolling method

Question 15

Henry Bassemer

Answer 15

Invented the counter method of making steel. Chemicals added to molten pig iron and hot air blasted to remove impurities.

Question 16

George Stephenson

Answer 16

First train carrying goods & the “rocket”