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The Spinning Jenny
The spinning jenny was invented by James Hargreaves in Stanhill, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire in England. The spinning jenny is a multi-spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution. This invention greatly improved the speed and and quality of cloth in the 17 hundreds. This made it possible for English people to get clothing cheaper and in less time. -
Water Frame
The water frame was developed by Richard Arkwright, who patented the technology. A water frame is a water-powered spinning frame which was an easy way to create cotton thread. The first time the machine was used in 1768, It was able to spin 128 threads at a time. The Water frame not only changed the way that cloth and textiles were produced from the materials of wool or cotton, it also gave rise to the factory system that was one of the primary components of the Industrial Revolution. -
Watt steam engine
The steam engine was created by the man who goes by James Watt. Watt steam engine is the first type of steam engine to make use of a separate condenser. It was a vacuum or "atmospheric" engine using steam at a pressure just above atmospheric to create a partial vacuum beneath the piston. One of the fundamental principles used in the development of steam-based power is the principle that condensation of water vapor can create a vacuum. -
Spinning mule
Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule. The spinning mule is an invention that spun textile fibers into yarn by an intermittent process: in the draw stroke, the roving is pulled through and twisted; on the return it is wrapped onto the spindle. It was one of a cluster of inventions that opened the way to a mechanized way of producing cloth that would radically change the way the textile industry worked. -
The wealth of nations
A man named Adam Smith published a book called the wealth of nations. About; "often referred to as the “invisible hand.” The ability to self-regulate and to ensure maximum efficiency, however, is limited by externalities, monopolies, tax preferences, lobbying groups, and other “privileges” extended to certain members of the economy at the expense of others."
The book helped with solid Currency, Free-Market Economy and limited government. Which impacted the whole society. -
Power loom
The first power loom was designed in 1784 by Edmund Cartwright. A power loom is a mechanised loom powered by a line shaft, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution. It was a great invention because it sped up the process of weaving and Weavers were able to use all the thread that spinners could produce. It was to be forty years before his ideas were modified into a reliable automatic loom. -
Iron refining tehniques
Henry Cort was an English ironmaster who invented the techniques. It had the method of converting pig iron into wrought iron by subjecting it to heat and frequent stirring in a furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances. Developments elsewhere also helped to boost iron by stimulating demand, such as the increase in steam engines which needed iron, which in turn boosted iron innovations as one industry bred innovations elsewhere. -
Combination Acts
Acts were passed under the government of William Pitt the Younger as a response to Jacobin. The Act was to stop unlawful Combinations of Workmen, prohibited trade unions and collective bargaining by British workers. Sympathy for the workers brought repeal. Lobbying by the radical tailor Francis Place played a role in this. However, in response to the series of strikes that followed, the Combinations of Workmen Act was passed, which allowed labour unions but severely restricted their activity. -
Cornish “puffer”
Inventor and miner, Richard Trevithick created a Cornish engine which is a type of steam engine, mainly for pumping water from a mine. It is a form of beam engine that uses steam at a higher pressure than the earlier engines designed by James Watt. The engines were also used for powering man engines to assist the underground miners' journeys. His work had the foundation for the development of the locomotive, the steam ship, and more, for many of which he built prototypes. -
Steam engine locomotive
Pioneered by George Stephenson, A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning combustible material, usually coal, wood, or oil to produce steam in a boiler. Steam power is one of the most important and key aspects of the Industrial Revolution. The invention of the steam engine created many changes and additions to the technology of the time, including steam powered locomotives. -
Sadler Committee
Michael Sadler was the man who reported to the parliment. The chairman of a UK Parliamentary committee considering a Bill introduced by Sadler seeking to limit the hours of work of children in textile mills and factories. This was impor because it was against law and companies were allowing children to work over midnight hourly times. Which was strictly forbidden at their ages.
