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Watt Steam Engine
Invented by James Watt
The purpose was to make one steam engine that is smaller and would take less coal to run. It was supposed to be used to pump water out of mines -
Spinning Jenny
Invented by James Hargreaves
It is a multi-spindle spinning frame to help make the spinning of cotton go faster. The operator could spin 8 threads at once by turning 1 handle. -
Power Loom
Invented by Edmund Cartwright
It is used to weave cloth and tapestry. It was supposed to make it faster and easier. -
Cotton Gin
Invented by Eli Whitney
It was made for cleaning seeds out of cotton. -
Steamboat
Invented by Robert Fulton
Used to carry supplies across water. It could also carry people but it would hold lots of cargo and supplies at once instead of making many tripps. -
Locomotive
Invented by Stephenson
It was used for transporting things/people faster and more efficiently. They wanted to get a locomotive that would use high sustained power. -
Photograph
Invented by Nicephore Niepce
The purpose was supposed to be for communication. Not many people take pictures for themselves. -
Telegraph
Invented by Samuel Morse
It helped with long distance communication. It worked by sending electrical signals over a wire laid between stations. -
Sewing Machine
Invented by Elias Howe
Used to sew fabric and materials together with thread. It was made to cut down the amount of manual sewing. -
Dynamite
Invented by Alfred Nobel
Mainly used to help the mining process go by faster. It didn’t cost that much and it would get the job done fast. -
Telephone
Invented by Alexander Graham Bell
It was invented to transmit the human voice and it was cheap. It also was easy to operate. -
Automobile
Invented by Carl Benz
Mainly used to transport people and used volatile fuel.
