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Inventions of Industrial Revolution

By megan.cooley

  • Steam Engine

    Steam Engine
    Thomas Savery, an engineer and inventor, patented a machine that could effcitently draw water from flooded mines using steam pressure.

  • Spinning Jenny

    Spinning Jenny
    Was a hand powered spindle that threaded a numerous of items by using a single wheel that spun eight threads together.

  • Power loom

    Power loom
    Edmund Cartwright invented a power loom to construct a similar machine for weaving a crude. This machine made weaving much easier.

  • Cotton gin

    Cotton gin
    The cotton gin was created by Eli Whitney. He created this so it was easier to clean cotton of its seeds.

  • Locomotive

    Locomotive
    Richard Trevithick patented a high pressure engine, This was the first steam-powered locomotive engine on rails.

  • Steamboat

    Steamboat
    Robert Fulton was the first successful person to build a steamboat. A steamboat was motor powered and was used to transport things to other countries. Very helpful for trading.

  • Photograph

    Photograph
    The first photograph was made in a camera by Joseph Nicephore. The photo was taken from the upstairs windows of his estate in the Burgundy region of France.

  • Telegraph

    Telegraph
    Samuel Morse with some help from others created the first telegraph. This object helped people communicate with long-distances. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations.

  • Dynamite

    Dynamite
    Dynamite was the ability to break rock to build passage ways. With the invention nitroglycerin in 1846 allowed for stronger and larger explosions, however it was extremly unstable and less safe than black powder.

  • Sewing Machine

    Sewing Machine
    Elias Howe patents the first practical sewing machine and threads his threads his way into the fabric of history. Hand sewing was patented by Barthelemy.

  • Telephone

    Telephone
    It was hard for them to figure out who the true creator is so there are two Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray. They both submitted the patent at the same time. The telephone was created so you could talk to people all over the world.

  • Automobile

    Automobile
    Carl Benz applied for the patent for his vehicle powered by a gas engine. It was a motor powered vehicle that ran on four wheels that were once wood wheels.