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First steam engine
Thomas Savery patents the first commercially used steam powered engine. A few Savery engines were tried in mines. -
Newcomen Atmospheric Engine
The atmospheric steam engine was the first truly successful steam engine, eliminating the need for steam pressure. However, it was extremely inefficient, requiring a lot of coal to constantly reheat it. -
John Kay invents the Flying shuttle
The flying shuttle was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution. It allowed a single weaver to weave much wider fabrics, and it could be mechanized, allowing for automatic machine looms.
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James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny
The spinning jenny is a multi-spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution. It was invented in 1764 by James Hargreaves in Stanhill, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire in England.The device reduced the amount of work needed to produce cloth. The yarn produced by the jenny was not very strong -
Water Frame by Richard Arkwright
water-powered spinning frame which was an easy way to create cotton thread. The first time the machine was used in 1768. -
Improved Atmospheric Steam Engine
James Watt from Scotland designs a more efficient steam engine. One of the most important inventions of the Industrial Revolution, steam engines power the first trains, steamboats, and factories. -
Mule-jenny by Samuel Crompton
In 1779, Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule that combined the moving carriage of the spinning jenny with the rollers of the water frame. -
Power Loom
A power loom is a mechanised loom powered by a line shaft, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution. The first power loom was designed in 1784 by Edmund Cartwright and first built in 1785 -
Puddling process
Henry Cort began refining iron from pig iron to wrought iron (or bar iron) using innovative production systems. In 1784 he patented the puddling process for refining cast iron -
Ely Withney invents the Cotton Gin
The cotton gin is a mechanical device that removes the seeds from cotton -
The first steam locomotive was patented by Richar Trevithick in 1803
A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning combustible material – usually coal, wood, or oil – to produce steam in a boiler. Locomotion No. 1 (originally named Active) is the first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway. Built by George and Robert Stephenson's company Robert Stephenson and Company in 1825. -
The Steamboat was first developed by Robert Fulton
A steamboat is a boat that is propelled primarily by steam power -
Roberts' self-acting mule
The Roberts Loom was a cast-iron power loom introduced by Richard Roberts in 1830. It was the first loom that was more viable than a hand loom -
The Bessemer Process is named after its inventor Henry Bessemer, who took out a patent on the process in 1856.
The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel
