industrial revolution inventors/ inventions/ contributions

  • John Kay

    John Kay
    He invented the flying shuttle. This was a machine that was on tracks that went back and forth pushed by paddles and pushed the needel through faster than any two people could do before.
  • Adam Smith

    Adam Smith
    This was the first comprehensive system of political ecomony.
  • Eli whitnew cotton gin

    Eli whitnew cotton gin
    He invented to cotton gin that mass picked cotton to save time from slaves doing it.
  • James watt improving of the steam engine

    James watt improving of the steam engine
    When reparing a newcomen steam engine he was amazed by the waste of steam. So he came up with a invention that would reduce the amount of steam that was wasted.
  • Richard Arkwright

    Richard Arkwright
    He mad a machine for carding cotton.
  • James Hargreves

    James Hargreves
    It was a hand powerd spinning jenny. Made for spinning wool.
  • Samuel crompton

    Samuel crompton
    He invented the spinning mule used to spin cotton. In to yarn and outher things.
  • Henry cort

    Henry cort
    Invented puddling process.For furnaces with molten pig iron to heat homes.
  • Jermy Bentham

    Jermy Bentham
    He created Utilitarianism which is a theory in normative ethics that holds the best moral actions.
  • Robert Fulton Steam Boat

    Robert Fulton Steam Boat
    He invented the steam boat this was very important because now they could ship goods over the sea.
  • Alessandro volta

    Alessandro volta
    He invented the battery that we all use today.
  • John Wesley First senthtic plastic

    John Wesley First senthtic plastic
    This was a replacement for ivory. He set out to do this because of a reward for 10000 but he pattened it moved to new Jersy and made lots of money.