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Jethro Tull-Seed Drill
This planted seeds on farms and fields, in rows of three. It allowed them to become planted deeper, and made the process much more rapid. -
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Industrial Revolution
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John Kay- Flying Shuttle
An invention created to speed up yarn of threads back and forth to make the productivity of weavers more efficient. -
James Hargreaves- Spinning Jenny
This machine allowed a spinner to work eight threads at a time. This kept their pace up with the weavers. -
James Watt- Steam Engine
Watt improved the steam engine while making it faster, but burning less fuel. Later Watt joined with Matthew Boulton (1774), to begin selling and creating more of these new advanced steam engines, They were soon used for traveling over all bodies of water. -
Richard Arkwright- Water Frame
This machine used the power from water streams to drive the spinning wheels. This was soon used to help speed up the process of the spinning jenny and the shuttle. -
Samuel Crompton- Spinning Mule
A combination of the spinning jenny and the water frame, this machine was very expensive. It made thread which was stronger and finer than the previous threads made by the earlier spinning machines. -
Edmund Cartwright- Power Loom
This machine sped up the overall weaving process. It was an advancement in the previous technology, but still using water power. -
Eli Whitney- Cotton GIn
Cotton came from the fields in America's South. Removing the seeds from the raw cotton was a very tiring task to achieve. The amount of cotton that could be cleaned increased greatly. Making the task and overall process, much more successful. -
John McAdam-Roads
McAdams advanced roads by adding a layer of large stones for drainage, while placing on top a smooth layer of crushed rocks. This allowed wagons to travell in any type of weather. -
George Stephenson- Railroads
First created in 1821, the railroad system used locomotives to transport materials from Yorkshire to the port of Stockton. Later it spread troughout all of Britain and made the industrialization expand even more.
