Textile Industry Industrializes Flashcards
This began about 1760 in England. It was the process of replacing hand tools with machines
Industrial Revolution
The _____________ was the first to be transformed in the industrial revolution
Textile Industry
In 1733, John Kay made the __________-boat shaped piece of wood could double the amount of work a weaver could do in a day
Flying shuttle
In 1764, James Hargreaves invented ___________- one spinner could work eight threads at a time
Spinning Jenny
1769, Richard Arkwright invented the ___________ which allowed them to work the flying shuttle and spinning jenny by water instead of by hand
Water frame
In 1799, Samuel Crompton combined the spinning Jenny and the waterframe to produce/make the ___________-It made thread stronger, finer, and more consistant
Spinning mule
In 1787, Edmund Cartwright invented the _______- which ran by waterpower and sped up weaving
Power loom
Who invented the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney
The first factories were built where?
near streams and rivers