Inventors and Inventions

  • Richard Arkwright invents the spinning frame

    Richard Arkwright  invents the spinning frame
    His invention makes handmade tools obsolete and he is then called the Father of the Factory System. The spinning frame allows for fast manufacturing of clothes.
  • Richard Arkwright

    Richard Arkwright
  • James Watt improves the steam Engine

    James Watt improves the steam Engine
    the Watt steam engine improves on the old Newcomer engine. He is commemorated to the SI unit for energy, Watt.
  • James Watt

    James Watt
  • Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin

    Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin
    Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin making cotton production in the south more profitable. Due to this invention slavery expands in the south. He also invents the mass production method.
  • Eli Whitney

    Eli Whitney
  • Robert Fulton

    Robert Fulton
  • Fulton's Clermont, the first commercially successful steamboat

    Fulton's Clermont, the first commercially successful steamboat
    Robert Fulton invents his ship the Clermont, which is powered by a steam engine, and uses it for passenger transportation on the Hudson River. His invention would later become an entire industry.
  • George Stephenson invented the steam locomotive

    George Stephenson invented the steam locomotive
    George Stephenson made a locomotive that was used to haul coal in England. This developed into a booming locomotive industry.
  • George Stephenson

    George Stephenson
  • Karl Marx

    Karl Marx
  • Karl Marx creates Marxism (communism)

    Karl Marx creates Marxism (communism)
    Communism is where the society owns the everything, and each person is paid or given according to their needs. This would lead to communist revolutions in Russia,China, Vietnam ect.