Vocab

Question 1

James Hargreaves

Answer 1

A married man who built the Spinning Jenny in 1764

Question 2

John Kay

Answer 2

Invented the flying shuttle in 1733

Question 3

Richard Arkwright

Answer 3

Developed the water frame

Question 4

Samuel Crompton

Answer 4

Built the Mule

Question 5

Thomas Newcomen

Answer 5

Invented a machine that harnessed the power of compressed steam. The machine/engine would pump water out of mines

Question 6

James Watt

Answer 6

Made a steam angina that was more practical and efficient, producing power with relatively little waste. Used to pump out water from mines, and drive machines

Question 7

James Macadam

Answer 7

Was a turnpike engineer, he built roads with 3 layers of graded stone so it wouldn’t become muddy

Question 8

Spinning Jenny

Answer 8

Named after James Hargreaves wife, was an ingenious device. It was driven by a hand-cranked wheel, which allowed a spinner to spin off a number of threads at the same time. (1 spinning Jenny= several spinners work) IT WAS an important and popular improvement to the textile industry

Question 9

Flying shuttle

Answer 9

Made weaving much faster, allowed large looms to be operated by 1 person.

Question 10

Water frame

Answer 10

A way of spinning yarn using rollers, it improved the strength of the yarn being spun and was fast

Question 11

Mule

Answer 11

It combined the best features of the water frame and spinning Jenny

Question 12

Locomotive

Answer 12

It was a steam engine designed to pull cars in a railway

Question 13

The rocket

Answer 13

A locomotive that could A small train at the unheard speed of 49km/h