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The Spinning Jenny allowed workers to make the cloth more fast which increased productivity. -
Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule. The spinning mule combines the process of spinning and weaving into a single machine. -
William and John Cockerill develop machine shops in Belgium.
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Parliament passed a law that made destruction of the industrial machines punishable by death because of the riots.
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Passengers were carried on a public line in passenger railway. -
Children under the age of 9 are protected from working in the textile industry and Children older than 13 could not work more than 60 hours a week.
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Children under the age of 10 and women were not allowed to work underground because of the law. -
The Factory Act was extended to all workplaces that have more than 50 workers.
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The textile industry produced around 8 billion yards of cloth.