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Jethro Tull Invents the Seed Drill
He studied throughout Europe in hopes to find new farming techniques. When he returned he invented the seed drill which planted seeds a regular intervals, and put them the perfect amount deep in soil and recovered them with soil. -
John Kay Invents the Flying Shuttle
Kay mounted his shuttle on wheels in a track and used paddles to shoot the shuttle from side to side when the weaver jerked a cord. Using the flying shuttle, one weaver could weave fabrics of any width more quickly than two could before. -
James Hargreaves Invents the Spinning Jenny
He started to create his machine, but people in the workforce who heard abut this broke into his house and destroyed it in order to protect their jobs. But that didn't stop Hargreaves because he knew if he didn't continue to build his invention, someone else would. In the end, you put the thread onto the eight spindles, and turned the wheel as the threads came together. -
Richard Arkwright Invents the Water Frame
The spinning frame was the first machine that could spin cotton threads. The spinning frame was also an invention that produced stronger threads for yarns. The early models were powered by waterwheels. That is why it became known as the water frame. Because it used water power, it meant that factories near rivers would be needed to be built. This meant manufacturing cloth moved from cottages to factories -
James Watt Invents the Watt Steam Engine
He was asked to fix the Newcomen Steam Engine, and he realized that, that design wasted too much energy. Therefore, he designed a new engine, by adding a separate condenser to reduce energy use and increase efficiency. -
Samuel Crompton Invents the Spinning Mule
It combined the moving carriage of the spinning jenny with the rollers of the water frame. The mule was an important development because it could spin thread better than by hand, which led to every finer threads that commanded a better price in the marketplace. The thin threads spun on the mule sold for at least three times the price of coarser threads.Once perfected, the spinning mule gave the spinner great control over the weaving process, and many different types of yarn could be produced. -
Edmund Cartwright Invents the Power Loom
It's a mechanized loom powered by a line shaft, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution.This used water as power instead of human power which sped up the weaving process. Weavers were able to use all the thread that spinners could produce. -
Elias Howe Invents the Sewing Machine
The needle pierced the fabric and a loop was formed in the thread, and at very same time, a shuttle carrying a second thread passed through the loop, making the lock stitch. The Elias Howe Sewing Machine use of the eye-pointed needle in combination with a shuttle to form the lockstitch. -
Eli Whitney Invents the Cotton Gin
He noticed the slaves struggling to separate the seeds from the cotton ball. So he invented a machine that would allow them to separate more seeds in less time. You put the cotton in the top, then crank the handle so it goes through the wire teeth, and separate the seed from the cotton. -
Alessandro Volta Invents the Electric Battery
Volta put together a rather messy stack of alternating zinc and silver discs, separated by brine-soaked cloth. He built the pile, which consisted of as many as thirty disks, in imitation of the electric organ of the torpedo fish. When a wire was connected to both ends of the pile, a steady current flowed. Volta found that different types of metal could change the amount of current produced, and that he could increase the current by adding disks to the stack. -
Robert Fulton Invents the Steamboat
The heart of the steamboat was a steam engine. The basic Watt engine was the most important design. To start the process, water is fed to a boiler that heats it up until it produces steam. The steam is then fed into a piston cylinder. It pushes the piston up to the top of its stroke. When it reaches the top, a valve is opened in the side of the cylinder to vent out the steam. The valve drops down again, and the whole cycle starts again. -
John Wesley Invents Plastic
He entered a competition to create a substance that could replace the ivory suitable used for billiard balls. He happened upon the mixture of pyroxylin which made a clear substance that suited the needs for the ball.