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Abraham Darby - The Blast Furnace
The Blast Furnace- The blast furnace was able to use coke to smelt iron instead of the use of charcoal. Coke was better than charcoal because it allowed for bigger and taller blast furnaces. -
John Kay - Flying Shuttle
Flying Shuttle- A shuttle to replace a handheld shuttle that had to be passed through the threads and sometimes needed two people to weave larger objects. The Flying Shuttle replaced this and could weave larger objects and bigger textiles. -
James Hargreaves - The Spinning Jenny
The Spinning Jenny- This machine could spin 8 cotton threads at once with only one operator, whereas before you could only spin one cotton thread at once per one person. -
James Watt - Steam Engine
Steam Engine- An engine that harnesses the power of rapid expansion and condensation of steam to generate power -
Henry Cort - The Puddling Process
The Puddling Process- Converted pig iron into wrought iron by subjecting it to heat and stirring it in a furnace without the use of charcoal -
Nicolas LeBlanc - Salt Formation Process
Salt Formation Process- This took soda ash (sodium bicarbonate) and produced table salt (sodium chloride). -
Eli Whitney - The Cotton Gin
Cotton Gin- A machine used for separating the cotton from its seeds. This used to have to be done by hand which took a lot of time. -
Alessandro Volta - Electric Battery
Electric Battery- This created a simple and reliable source of electric current. This was important because it allowed scientists to study electricity and allow new inventions with electricity to come about. -
Robert Fulton - Steamboat
Steamboat- A boat propelled by a steam engine, usually paired with a paddle wheel, commonly used on rivers in the 19th century -
Elias Howe - Sewing Machine
Sewing Machine- A machine with a mechanically driven needle that is used for sewing and stitching cloth -
Cyrus Field - First Transatlantic Cable
First Transatlantic Cable- A cable placed from Canada to Scotland to have a telegraphical connection between the countries. Laid by Atlantic Telegraph Company. -
John Wesley - Celluloid
Celluloid- A small transparent flammable plastic sheet that was formerly used for cinematographic film