Innovations of the Industrial Revolution Timeline

By Ldawgs

  • The Watt Steam Engine

    The Watt Steam Engine
    Created by: Scottsman James Watt The Watt Steam Engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its power source. Its purpose is to decrease the problem of energy consumption. This changed the world during the Industrial Revolution as energy consumption was successfully decreased. The Watt steam engine was considered one of the first successful and efficient steam engines.

  • The Spinning Jenny

    The Spinning Jenny
    Created by: James Hargreaves The Spinning Jenny is a multi-spindle spinning machine for cloth and cotton manufacturing. It reduced the time and effort required to make cloth, ultimately making cloth making easier and more efficient, changing the world for cotton and cloth manufacturing during the Industrial Revolution.

  • The Power Loom

    The Power Loom
    Created by: Edmund Cartwright The Power Loom is a mechanical loom that is used for weaving which was life changing for textile mills and their workers. Its purpose was to make weaving easier, faster and reliable. This inspired other inventors to upgrade, revisualize and reinvent the Power loom so it can be even more easier to use, faster and more efficient and reliable which ultimately changed the fate for textile mills.

  • The Cotton Gin

    The Cotton Gin
    Created by: Eli Whitney The Cotton Gin was designed to remove seeds from cotton. Its purpose was to improve cotton making, to make the process more efficient, faster, and easier for factories that worked with cotton. This changed the entire process of cotton making, as this invention became in high demand, revitalizing the world of cotton making during the Industrial Revolution.

  • Portland Cement

    Portland Cement
    Created by: Joseph Aspdin Portland Cement is an invention where water is added to dry cement to create this hard solid that can be used for general construction. This was life changing for its era, as it was the cause for many structures, roads, and buildings to be built because of its public availability.

  • The Electromagnet

    The Electromagnet
    Created by: William Sturgeon The ElectroMagnet is a magnetic invention used for components in inventions such as motors, generators, loudspeakers and hard disks. It is a magnet where the magnetic field is produced by an electric current, where the magnetic field can be quickly changed by controlling the electric current amount by using the winding. This evolved and changed the world of electric devices, which was crucial for the era of the Industrial Revolution.

  • Stephenson's Rocket

    Stephenson's Rocket
    Created by: Robert Stephenson Stephenson's Rocket was one of the first steam locomotive designs which was made to prove that improved locomotives would be more easier and efficient than a traditional stationary steam engine. Which it did, and its creation led to several innovations to create a more advanced locomotive of its day, changing the world for steam engines and steam locomotives, and further developing the Industrial Revolution.

  • The Electric Telegraph

    The Electric Telegraph
    Created by: William Fothergill Cook
    The Electric Telegraph is an invention designed to make communication easier, faster and more effective through the use of a telegraph and morse code. When invented during the Industrial Revolution it became revolutionary for communication via telegraph, later telephones and then cell phones. This changed the world as rapid communication became popularized as it was convenient, easy and more efficient to use.

  • The Steamhammer

    The Steamhammer
    Created by: Scotsman James Nasmyth The steamhammer is an invention made to shape large pieces of metal for industrial use via compaction. This changed the world for industrialization as metal shaping became faster, more efficient, reliable and easy which eventually led to a faster rate of production, changing the Industrial Revolution.

  • Motorcycle

    Motorcycle
    Created by: Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach The Motorcycle was first created as gas powered bicycle-shaped automotive, and was recognized as the world's first. This invention was genius for its time, as it laid the foundation for other inventors to reinvent and reimagine the motorcycle to be more efficient, safe and reliable. It also assisted with other automotive inventions.