Technologies Flashcards
Who invented the SEED DRILL?
Jethro Tull
Who invented the SPINNING JENNY?
James Hargreaves
Who invented the FLYING SHUTTLE?
John Kay
Who invented the DOUBLE- ROTATING STEAM ENGINE?
James Watt
Who invented the CAST IRON?
Abraham Darby
Who invented the ROCKET?
George and Robert Stephenson
who invented CROP ROTATION?
Lord Townshend
Who invented the WATER FRAME?
Richard Arkwright
Who invented the MULE?
Samuel Compton
Who invented the GRAVEL?
James Macadam
What does the SEED DRILL do?
The seed drill could be pulled by horses and planted seeds neatly in rows and was much faster and less wasteful than the old method broadcasting.
What does the CROP ROTATION do?
It made agriculture more profitable making the farms on his estate more profitable, found that by growing 4 crops-turnips, barley, grasses, and wheat
What does the FLYING SHUTTLE do?
Made weaving much faster and allowed large looms to be operated by only one person.
What does the SPINNING JENNY do?
Ingenious device, driven by a hand cranked wheel, allowed a spinner to spin off a number of thread at a time, it could do the work of many spinners at a time.
What does the WATER FRAME do?
The water frame, a way of spinning yarn using rollers. This machine improved the strength of yarn being spun and was even faster then the spinning Jenny, Arkwright also became very wealthy as a result of his invention.
What does the MULE do?
Combined best features of water frame and spinning Jenny, improved spinning process.
What does the DOUBLE ROATED STEAM ENGINE do?
It could get rid of the water in the mines with the steam and it could dry machines.
What does the CAST IRON do?
They were much easier and cheaper to produce than other metal products. It can be used for pots and pans to support needed to hold up bridges.
What does the ROCKET do?
Can pull a small train at the unheard of speed of 39 kilometres per hour nothing built by human beings had been able to travel so fast. Started railways and making the most important transport.
What does the GRAVEL do?
The roads were built of three layers of branded stone called gravel. Large stones on the bottom small ones on the top. The surface of the roads would shed the water so they wouldn’t get muddy.
