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The Industrial Revolution
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The Spinning Jenny
Invented by James Hargreaves - An improved design of past simular inventions, capable of handling large amounts of cotton and weaving them to produce clothing fabric. Effective and easy to handle. -
The Steam Engine
Invented by James Watts - This new and improved steam engine was more reliable and more uses than past versions, with a seperate condenser using steam vacuum was very effective. -
The Steam Mill
Invented by Oliver Evans - a steam mill is a type of grinding mill using a stationary steam engine to power its mechanism. Oliver built a new pressurised steam engine to fit into his steam mill. -
The Factory System
Invented by Samuel Slater - Hundreds of people worked around the clock on manufacturing goods but earned very little. Cities grew in size, wealth and power, causing more and more people to look for work in the city. -
The Steam Locomotive
Richard Trevithick - The first full-scale working railway steam locomotive was built in the United Kingdom and, on 21 February 1804, the world's first railway journey took place as Trevithick's unnamed steam locomotive hauled a train along a tramway carrying people for a test run. -
The Steam Boat
Invented by Robert Fulton - The Steam Boat was a revolutionary invention of the industrial revolution. On August 17, 1807 Robert Fulton launched the first trial of his steam boat the Clermont, it was designed and built by Fulton but the Engine was built by James Watt and Fulton orered one from him and adapted it into his boat. The Clermont was about 145ft long and 14ft wide and ran 150 miles along the Hudson river, US on her maiden cruise. -
The Electrical Telegraph
Invented by Samuel Soemmering - The first electrical telegraph was invented by Samuel Soemmering in 1809 using gold wires in water sending messages around two thousand feet away that could be read by determining how much gas was released. It was later converted to a device that could send electric waves over great distances that carried messages that could be translated by a telegraph within a day. It is also said that the first telegraph was invented in 1794 by Sameul Morse but that wasn't made -
The McCorkick Reaper
Invented by Cyrus McCormick - American, Cyrus McCormick invents the first commercially successful reaper. Reduces the amount of work needed to harvest crops. Production increases.
This new machine was a great success and was sold throughout the US. -
The Machine Gun
Invented by Richard Gatling - Richard Gatling invents his machine gun. Revolutionalizes war. Also known as the Gatling Gun, this weapon was the first semi-automatic machine gun that 4 to 12 barrels and a fairly accurate aim. -
The Telephone
Invented by Alexander Graham Bell - In the 1870's, Alexander Graham Bell independently designed a device that could transmit speech electrically and over great distances. Although the telephone has many other significant dates in the 1870's, it became official in 1876. -
The Aeroplane
Invented by Orville and wilbur Wright - The first successful experiment in which a machine (aka airplane) carrying a man rose by its own power, flew naturally and at even speed, and descended without damage. -
The RMS Titanic
Operated by the White Star Line and built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard, Belfast - RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City, US. She was carrying 2224 passengers but didn't have anywhere near enough life rafts and jackets so only 705 people survived. Everyone at the time was convinced that new technology couldn't fail.
