Industrial Revolution Timeline

By shakya

  • john kay

    john kay
    john kay invented the flying shuttle.
    "John Kay invented the flying shuttle,which was an important step toward automatic weaving. This device, one of the first breakthroughs of the Industrial Revolution, transformed the textile industry"
    the flying shuttle was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution. It allowed a single weaver to weave much wider fabrics, and it could be mechanized, allowing for automatic machine looms.

  • james watt

    james watt
    -James watt invented watt's linkage
    -His invention was made on 1/19/1736

  • richard arkwright

    richard arkwright
    Richard invented the spinning machine
    he invented the spinning machine for yarn
    it could spin 96 strands of yarn at once

  • samuel compton

    samuel compton
    -samuel compton invented the spinning mule
    -The spinning mule was invented in 1799
    -This was for yarn
    -low yarn production costs lower than those of ring spinning yarn character similar to that of ring-spun yarn; no wrapping fibers optically good mass evenness well suited to knitted goods

  • james hargreaves

    james hargreaves
    -John kay invented spinning jenny
    -The spinning jenny was invented in 1733
    -This was a machine was for the process of spinning cotton.

  • george stephenson

    george stephenson
    George invented the steam locomotive

    *steam locomotive
    -The steam locomotive was invented on February 21 1804

  • richard trevithick

    richard trevithick
    -richard invented the steam locomotive
    -The steam locomotive was invented on february 21 in 1804

  • Robert Fulton

    Robert Fulton
    -Robert Fulton invented the commercial steamboat.
    -American engineer and inventor Robert Fulton is best know for developing the first successful commercial steamboat, the North River Steamboat (later known as the Clermont) which carried passengers between New York City and Albany, New York. Fulton also designed the world's first steam warship.Apr 2, 2014

  • louis pateur

    louis pateur
    Louis was a scientist and he came up with the food preparing process known as the pasteurization

  • henry bessrmer

    henry bessrmer
    Henry invented the first process for manufacturing steel .

  • thomas edison

    thomas edison
    -Thomas invented the incandescent electric light bulb
    -Inventor Thomas Edison created such great innovations as the practical incandescent electric light bulb and the phonograph. A savvy businessman, he held more than 1,000 patents for his inventions.

  • nikola tesla

    nikola tesla
    -Nikola invented a remote control