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Innovaton
a series of innovations led to ever increasing productivity -
James Hargreaves
Invented the spinning Jenny a machine that enabled an individual to produce multiple spods of thread simultaneousy -
Adam Smith
Scottish social philosopher who is regarded as the founder of modern economics. -
Edmund Cartwright
Invented the power loom, which mechanized the process of weaving cloth. -
Robert Fulton
Built the first commercially successful stemboat. -
Richard Trevithick
constructed the first railway locomotive -
Manchester Railway
The first to offer regular time tabled passenger services -
Young Workers
An estimated one fith of workers were under 15 years old -
Telagraph cable
a telegraph cable was successfully laid across the Atlantic
