Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

By jayla.hemann

  • (Watt) Steam Engine

    (Watt) Steam Engine
    Used to operate machines in factories such as a cotton mill invented by Thomas Newcomen.

  • The Spinning Jenny

    The Spinning Jenny
    A hand powered multi-spindle machine that allowed the operator to spin multiple threads at the same time, invented by James Hargreaves.

  • Power Loom

    Power Loom
    Used water power to speed up the weaving process invented by Edmund Cartwright.

  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin
    Separates cotton fibers from their seeds made by Eli Whitney.

  • Locomotive

    Locomotive
    The first working railway steam locomotive was the three ft gauge coalbrookdale locomotive invented by Richard Trevithick.

  • Steamboat

    Steamboat
    Carried paying passengers between New york and Albany made by Robert Fulton.

  • Photograph/Camera

    Photograph/Camera
    First device able to reproduce and capture an image made by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce.

  • Sewing Machine

    Sewing Machine
    Used to sew fabric together created by Barthelemy Thimonnier.

  • Telegraph

    Telegraph
    Allowed communication from a distance invented by Samuel Morse.

  • Dynamite

    Dynamite
    An explosive made of nitroglycerin made by Alfred Nobel.

  • Telephone

    Telephone
    Transmitting vocal sounds telegraphically invented by Alexander Graham bell.

  • Automobile

    Automobile
    First vehicle powered by gas engine invented by Karl Benz.