Mechines

Question 1

Developed the cotton gin which tore seeds from the cotton ball

Answer 1

Eli Whitney

Question 2

Developed a new and improved steam powered engine, invented the first reliable and mass produced steam engine

Answer 2

James Watt

Question 3

Italian who built the first battery

Answer 3

Alessandro Volta

Question 4

Introduced the idea of crop rotation.

Answer 4

Charles Townshend

Question 5

Created first steam engine.

Answer 5

Thomas Newcomen

Question 6

Perfected and combined the features of the spinning jenny and water frame to produce the Mule

Answer 6

Samuel Crompton

Question 7

Created the seed plow to increase productivity in seeding.

Answer 7

Jethro Tull

Question 8

Invented the phonograph and the light bulb

Answer 8

Thomas Edison

Question 9

created the power loom, powered by water, which increased the speed of weavers

Answer 9

Edmund Cartwright

Question 10

Invented the spinning jenny

Answer 10

James Hargreaves

Question 11

Invented the telephone

Answer 11

Alexander Graham Bell

Question 12

Developed the flying shuttle which sped up the weaving process

Answer 12

John Kay

Question 13

Developed the first steam powered locomotive

Answer 13

George Stephenson

Question 14

Created a machine that would hold 100 spindles at a time.

Answer 14

Richard Arwkwright