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The seed drill was an early advancement in planting crops. It was a mechanical seeder that sowed efficiently at the correct spacing and depth. -
The flying shuttle was a key contribution to the revolution because it was used for weaving. -
The spinning mule made it a lot easier to produce cotton yarn and thread, which was very important. -
The spinning jenny was a machine used for spinning cotton or wool. -
Although the steam engine had already been invented, James Watt is remembered for his improvements to it. He incorporated two of his own inventions while doing so; the separate condenser and the parallel motion. -
Under capitalism, capitalists began to organize labor centrally into factories and introduced a division of labor to increase profitability and output. -
Henry Cort discovered the puddling process for making wrought iron. This process converted pig iron into wrought iron by subjecting it to heat and stirring. -
The first steamboat was very important because it made trade and transportation more feasible. It's first run was on the Hudson River. -
George Stephenson created the first steam locomotive and made the railways for it. He is considered the 'Father of Railways'. -
Communism is the political ideology and type of government in which the states own the major resources. Communism basically proposes a society in which everyone shares the benefits of labor equally. -
The transatlantic cable was used to send messages between the USA and Britain. -
Celluloid was the first artificial plastic, and John Wesley created the process to make it.