Industrial Revolution

Water Frames

1769

Created by Richard Arkwright, the water frame was used Manufacture firm yarn that would soon be used for weaving.

"Mule"

1779

Samuel Crompton was the brilliant mind behind the "mule", this was basically a improved version of the water frame, however it would spin thread at much more faster rate which meant work was done faster.

Power loom

1785

Inspired by the water frame and the "mule." The power loom was created by Edmund Cartwright. The power loom used to separate down cotton fiber. The way the power loom worked, a person will feed the cotton thru and use a pedal to have the machine to work, this was a machine that was slow effective.

First battery

1800

Created by Alessandro Volta, this was the first true battery. This was a big step in the industrial revolution.

Locomotive

1804

The locomotive was a really big step in transportation. This was created Richard Trevithick and George Stephenson. But the first public railroad didn't open until 1825. The locomotive will be the revolution that changed transportation for ever.

Spectrometer

1814

Created by Joseph Von Fraunhofer. This was big invention in science. The way this machine worked was the light would strike the diffraction grating that acts like a prism.

Camera Obscura

1814

Joseph Nicephore Niepce was the man that took the first ever picture, this picture was taken on the window of his home in France. This picture took 8 hours to capture the image.

Portland Cement

1824

Probably of the most underappreciated inventions, the portland cement was of the most important inventions in construction history.
This was used to make roads a lot more smoother and safer to walk on. This was created by Joseph Aspdin.