Industrial revolution

  • John Kay's Flying shuttle

    John Kay's Flying shuttle
    The flying shuttle was a machine invented in 1733. It created to represented an important step toward automatic weaving. An advantage of the flying shuttle was it caused weavers make cloth a lot faster cause only one person was needed. Only needing one person led to the loss in jobs which wold be a disadvantage the flying shuttle.
  • James Watt's steam engine

    James Watt's steam engine
    James Watt invented the steam engine in 1763.it was invented to power things by steam. An advantage things did not have to be created by water ways. A disadvantage is could hurt people at any time.
  • James Hargreaves's spinning jenny

    James Hargreaves's spinning jenny
    The spinning jenny was created in 1764 by James Hargreaves. The spinning jenny was created to spin more thread at once. An advantage of this creation was more thread for cloths could be made at once. A disadvantageous would be that less people were needed for the job.
  • Richard Arkwright's Water frame

    Richard Arkwright's Water frame
    The water frame was invented in 1769 by Richard Arkwright's. It was invented to make thousands of cotton threads all at once. An advantage of the Water frame was it made a lot of cotton thread. disadvantage Water frame is the yarn was not vary fine.
  • Samuel Compton's spinning mule

    Samuel Compton's spinning mule
    Samuel Compton's spinning mule is a hybrid of the water frame and spinning jenny. It was to created thousands of fine cotton thread at once. an advantage would be a lot of cotton thread was created quicker.
  • Robert Fulton's steam boat

    Robert Fulton's steam boat
    In 1787 Robert Fulton invented steam boat. the steam boat was used to transport items across water faster. an advantage of the steam boat is that people were able to transport items across the water faster. explosions of the engine happened often
  • George Stephenson's Richard Trevithick's Steam locomotive

    George Stephenson's Richard Trevithick's Steam locomotive
    George Stephenson created the Steam locomotive in February 21,1804. Steam locomotives are vehicles that run on rails or tracks and are powered by steam engines. An advantage would be that you could get around places easier.
  • Thomas Edison's Light bulb

    Thomas Edison's Light bulb
    Thomas Edison invented Light bulb in 1879. the light bulb was invented for light. and advantage was you wad a better light source. a disadvantage was people who got the oil for the fire for lamps would be out of a job.
  • Nikola Tesla' neon lamp

    Nikola Tesla' neon lamp
    Nikola Tesla invented the neon lamp in 10/11/1910. An advantage emetic advertisement was more attractive.