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Period: Nov 3, 1563 to
British Industrial Revolution
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Abraham Darby
AbrhamDarby_link Abraham Darby was the father of the British industrialization.He developed a method of producing pig iron in a blast furnace fuelled by coke rather than charcoal. This was a major step forward in the production of iron as a raw material for the Industrial Revolution. -
Thomas Newcomen
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Thomas Newcomen was an English inventor who created the first practical steam engine.Newcomen's great achievement was his steam engine, developed around 1712, combining the ideas of Thomas Savery and Denis Papin. -
James Hargreaves
James Hargreaves was a weaver, carpenter and inventor in Lancashire, England. He was one of three inventors responsible for mechanising spinning. Hargreaves is credited with inventing the spinning jenny in 1764 -
Awrkward Water Frame
Richard Arkwright patented the water frame in 1769. A self-made man, he was a leading entrepreneur of the Industrial Revolution. Arkwright's achievement was to combine power, machinery, semi-skilled labour and a new raw material (cotton) to create, more than a century before Ford, mass-produced yarn. -
James Watt
James Watt was of humble lineage, born in Greenock, Scotland on January 19, 1736.James Watt's first efficient steam engine, much more efficient than the Newcomen.His early education was given by his parents. -
Steam Powered Mills
First steam powered mills. Crompton's "mule" combines Hargreaves' and Arkwright's machines.They were fully automating weaving process. -
Samuel Crompton makes jenny spin
Samuel Crompton combined the spinnig jenny and the water frame. Creating the spinning mule a little later. English inventor and pioneer of the spinning industry -
Rich demonstrates steam loco
British inventor and mining engineer from Cornwall, United Kingdom. Trevithick was immersed in mining and engineering from a young age. Richard Trevithick demonstrates a steam locomotive. -
Liverpool & Manchester on track
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway begins first regular commercial rail service. This was used to transport goods -
Britan gets screwed ships
Great Britain--first large, iron, screw-propelled steamship. S Great Britain is a museum ship and former passenger steamship.She was the first iron steamer to cross the Atlantic, which she did in 1845
