Inventions During The Industrial Revolution

Lightening Rod - Power

Apr 3, 1752

Lightening Rod
1752
Benjamin Franklin
Metal rod with a pointed rop that attracts lightning and transferred it to the ground. First idea of the use of electrcity.

Spinning Jenny - Textiles

Apr 3, 1764

Spinning Jenny
1764
James Hargreaves
A machine that allows people to make yarn and clothing faster.

Water Frame - Textles

Apr 3, 1764

Water Frame
1764
Richard Arkwright
The first powered textile machine.

Steam Engine - Power

Apr 3, 1775

Steam Engine
1775
James Watt
Iproved machine to harness the energy of steam.

Submarine - Transportation

Apr 3, 1776

Submarine
1776
David Bushnell
The first tranportation that operates below the surface of water.

Spinning Mule - Textiles

Apr 3, 1779

Spinning Mule
1779
Crompton
Allowed greater control over the weaving process.

Hot Air Balloon - Transportation

Apr 3, 1783

Hot Air Balloon
1783
Montgolfier brothers
One of the early transportations that could fly before airplanes.

Cotton Gin - Textiles

Apr 3, 1793

Cotton Gin
1793
Eli Whitney
A machine that removes cotton from its seeds and becomes very importan in the textile industry.

Jacquard Loom - Textiles

Apr 3, 1804

Jacquard Loom
1804
Joseph Marie Jacquard
it weaved complex designs and automatically controleled the warp and weft threads on a silk loom by recording patterns of holes in a string of cards.

Variable Speed Batton - Textiles

Apr 3, 1813

Variable Speed Batton
1813
William Harrocks
It improved the power loom.

Steam Powered Railroad Locomotive - Transportation

Apr 3, 1814

Steam Powered Railroad Locomotive
1814
George Stephenson
First locomotive to allow trains to work.

Braille System - Communication

Apr 3, 1829

Braille System
1829
Louis Braille
Allowed the blind to communicate with others.

Typewriter - Communication

Apr 3, 1829

Typewriter
1829
W.A. Bert
First machine that allows what the writer types to be transferred to paper.

Reaper - Textiles

Apr 3, 1831

Reaper
1831
Cyrus McCormick
This invention allows farmers to double the crops they have.

Telegraph - Communication

Apr 3, 1837

Telegraph
1837
Samuel Morse
First mean of communication that allows people to communicate faster. It allowed people to share ideas and is the main reason why the internet exists.

Morse Code - Communication

Apr 3, 1838

Morse Code
1838
Samuel Morse
A new, letter based form of communication which is controlled by a signal.

Sewing Machine - Textiles

Apr 3, 1844

Sewing Machine
1844
Eliase Howe
FIrst modern idea of the sewing machine. Later on improved by Isaac Singer in 1851.

Synthetic Dye - Textiles

Apr 3, 1856

Synthetic Dye
1856
William Perkin
Synthetic Dye made it possible to put colors on clothes.

Bicycle - Transportation

Apr 3, 1861

Bicycle
1861
Pierre and Ernest Michaux
This invention allows people to travel faster not through walking.

Gasoline Engine Automobile - Transportation

Apr 3, 1862

Gasoline Engine Automobile
1862
Jean Lenoir
First self powered road vehicle which leads to nowaday cars.

Transatlantic Cable - Communication

Apr 3, 1866

Transatlantic Cable
1866
Cyrus Field
Allows people from the Americas to communicate to people across the Atlantic Ocean.

Motorcycle - Transportation

Apr 3, 1867

Motorcycle
1867
Sylvester Howard Roper
Allowed people to travel faster than using a bicycle.

Compressed Air Locomotive Brake - Transportation

Apr 3, 1868

Compressed Air Locomotive Brake
1868
George Westinghouse
Enabled trains to stop with fail-safe accuracy.

Cable Car - Transportation

Apr 3, 1871

Cable Car
1871
San Franciscan Andrew Smith Hallidie
One of the very first public vehicles that are fast. It still exists today in San Francisco and some other cities.

Telephone - Communication

Apr 3, 1876

Telephone
1876
Alexander Graham Bell
Allows people to communcate from two different places which allows now the existence of smartphones.

Phonograph - Communication

Apr 3, 1877

Phonograph
1877
Thomas Alva Edison
This machine allows people to hear things they have never heard before. This allows the invention of CD's.

Incandescent Lightbulb - Power

Apr 3, 1879

Incandescant Lightbulb
1879
Thomas Alva Edison
Firat lightbubl which we still use today.

Steam Turbines - Power

Apr 3, 1884

Steam Turbines
1884
Charles Parsons
A more advanced machine of the steam engine. It generates power in rotary motion from the energy of steam.

Fountain Pen - Communication

Apr 3, 1884

Fountain Pen
1884
Lewis E. Waterman

Automobile - Transportation

Apr 4, 1885

Automobile
1885
Karl Benz
First practical automobile to be powered by an internal combustion engine. This leads to the first ideas of cars powered by engines.

Induction Electric Motor - Power

Apr 3, 1888

Induction Electric Motor
1888
Nikola Tesla
Converts electrical energy to mechanoical energy. Used greatly in locomotives.

Diesel Engine - Power

Apr 3, 1892

Diesel Engine
1892
Rudolf Diesel
An internal combustion engine that is very environmentally friendly (comes from a diesel tree not fossil fuels). Significant in the production of marine and aircraft applications.

Braille Typewriter - Communication

Apr 3, 1892

Braille Typewriter
1892
Frank Haven Hall
This allowed blind people to type. Now, there are various methos in which blind people can communicate with other people.

Zeppelin - Transportation

Apr 4, 1899

Zeppelin
1899
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
First successful dirigible. It is important in the military as it could hold more people and bombs as well as fly higher and further.