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T. Newcomen's steam engine
pump water by devising a method to generate power from atmospheric pressure -
James hargreave' spinning jenny
The device reduced the amount of work needed to produce cloth, with a worker able to work eight or more spools at once. -
Richard Arkwright's water mill
Installed in water powered factories, the machine could spin large quantities of cotton yarn -
James Watt's steam engine
Watt's steam engine, also known as the Boulton and Watt steam engine, was the first practical steam engine, becoming one of the driving forces of the Industrial Revolution. -
Samuel Crompton's spinning male
It revolutionised textile production by vastly increasing the amount of cotton that could be spun at any one time. -
Edmund Cartwright's power loom
was a mechanized device designed to automate the weaving process -
Luddites opposition to mechanization in textile indrustry
opposed the use of certain types of cost-saving / wage stealing machinery -
Stephenson's steam locomotive
Stephenson's Rocket is an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement. -
Edinson's light bulb
Most of the bulbs in circulation are reproductions of the wound filament bulbs made popular by Edison Electric Light Company at the turn of the 20th century. -
Begining of the ww1
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, beginning World War I.