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The Coke-fueled Furnace
The coke-fueled furnace is a furnace that allows producing cast iron using coke instead of charcoal as a fuel. It's an innovation established by Abraham Darby in the early 18th century, which eased the Iron industry because it's cheaper and easier than the charcoal-fired furnace method. So it's one of the most important innovation during the industrial revolution, which, by the way, used the iron as an essential material. -
The Spinning Jenny
The spinning jenny was invented around 1764 by James Hargreaves, it's an engine which produces multiple spools of thread simultaneously. I choose it because it really revolutionized the textile industry by accelerating a lot the process which boosted the industrialization. -
The (Improved) Steam Engine
The first steam engine was developed by Thomas Newcomen in 1712, and it was used primarily to pump water out of mines. But 60 years later, the inventor James Watt improved it in order to power machinery, locomotives and even ships. This innovation participated to the industrial revolution and pushed it further, by powering machines and the transportation, which was very important during this revolution. -
The Power Loom
The power loom is a mechanized loom which was developed in the 1780s by Edmund Cartwight. It mechanized the process of weaving clothes, replacing workers by machines which is more productive, and also eases the industrialization. -
The Bessemer Process
The Bessemer process is the first inexpensive process for mass-producing steel. It was invented by the engineer Henry Bessemer in the 1850s, during the industrial revolution. It had a very huge impact on this revolution and on the steel industry because of the necessity of it, which was an essential material like the iron , and which was used to create a lot of things such as machines, ships or buildings.