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Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

  • The Spinning Jenny

    The Spinning Jenny
    The Spinning Jenny was invented by James Hargreaves, who was a cotton weaver. This invention was the first successful multi-spindle spinning machine.
  • (Watt) Steam Engine

    (Watt) Steam Engine
    The steam engine was invented by James Watt he was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist. The invention greatly increased the efficiency and range of use of the original stream engine.
  • Power Loom

    Power Loom
    It was inspired to construct a similar machine for weaving, he invented a crude power loom, first patented in 1785. The inventor was Edmund Cartwright.
  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin
    The Cotton Gin was invented by Eli Whitney. It revolutionized the way cotton was produced by making the processing faster.
  • Locomotive

    Locomotive
    It was invented by British engineer and inventor Richard Trevithick it debuted the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive.
  • The Steamboat

    The Steamboat
    The Steamboat was invented by Robert Fulton, the Clermont was the first successful steamboat.
  • Photograph/Camera

    Photograph/Camera
    The camera was invented by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. He was French.
  • Sewing Machine

    Sewing Machine
    Elias Howe invented the Sewing Machine. He patented the first practical American sewing machine in 1846.
  • Telegraph

    Telegraph
    The first message was "What hath God Wrought?" The telegraph system developed slowly. Samuel F. B. Morse invented it.
  • Dynamite

    Dynamite
    Some dude named Alfred invented dynamite it was made as an alternative to black powder.
  • Telephone

    Telephone
    Alexander Bell invented the telephone he was granted the patent 174465A, for a method of transmitting speech by telegraphy—the telephone.
  • Automobile

    Automobile
    Carl Benz invented the automobile, it was powered by a gas engine.