Inventors

John Kay

1704

John Kay invented the flying shuttle 1733. The flying shuttle made it easier to spin yarn faster so production increased and clothing things alike were made even faster than before. The flying shuttle was a energy inefficient device and was considered noisy, and limited the speed of the loom. Today most shuttles are probably in museums and maybe still in use today but improved upon.

James Hargreaves/Spinning Jenny

1764

James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny. This invention reduced the work needed to make cloth and allowed workers to get more work done faster. The spinning jenny wasn't a strong enough device to produce strong yarn as a downside. As of now the spinning jenny is used in the hobby industry

Richard Arkwright/Water Frame

1768

This was the first water powered textile machine and was very efficient at its job, which was spinning cotton in to yarn and thread. The downsides were usually due to the flow of the river, if it was high and running fast they worked. If it was low and barely pushing the wheel no work was done that day. In the present most water frames are probably used in museums for educational purposes and not much else

Samuel Compton/Spinning Mule

1777

The spinning mule is a machine used to spin cotton and other fibers. They were used extensively from the late 18th to the early 20th century in the mills of Lancashire and elsewhere. Mules were very efficient spinning hundreds of thread a second but due to excessive need for oiling the machine it gave some people cancer. Since its fatal side effects were so bad the Mule is not used in any regular everyday life situation now but it may also be in museums for viewing

James Watt/Steam Engine

1781

James Watt didn't invent the steam engine but he built on an already existing engine he knew about called the Newcomen engine. Watt installed a separate condenser in the engine and it started to work twice as better and didn't require as much fuel. Even though business thrived due to the improvements the waste from the engines or fumes was leaked out into the air and this wasn't helping when thousands of the engines were all around the country.Presently most of them are owned by people

Richard Trevithick/Steam Locomotive

Oct 21, 1804

Richard Trevithick j was a innovator of the steam locomotive. He made the first high pressure steam locomotive. Were George stopped Richard Trevithick kept going and made the first fully functional train. This made transporting people and goods alike even better. In modern society like most steam locomotives they are either in museums or owned by enthusiasts and tour companies as hobbies or buisness. Safety concerns about were because of the high pressure. This was eventually fixed

Robert Fulton/Steam Engine

1807

American engineer and inventor Robert Fulton is best know for developing the first successful commercial steamboat, the North River Steamboat (later known as the Clermont) which carried passengers between New York City and Albany, New York. Fulton also designed the world's first steam warship. He also designed the "Nautilus," the first practical submarine in history, which was built in 1800. The only bad art about the boats was that they couldn't really go cross sea effectively

George Stephenson/Steam Locomotive

1814

George Stephenson didn't create the steam locomotive but he improved it further than most. He improved upon a Newcomen engine and more than doubled the speed of the locomotive engine .This allowed foreasy transportation of raw ore and even sometimes animals in the near future Once again the engine spread its fumes and spread pollution. Nowadays any locomotive engines are used in demonstrations or even sometimes Amusement parks.

Henry Bessemer/Steel Process

1856

Henry Bessemer invented the first inexpensive steel making process. This method was inexpensive and easy to do. The problem with this process was that even though the process removed other impurities it didn't remove phosphorous from the iron/steel he tried to make with his process. Today steel is used in almost any and all skyscrapers, or buildings, and even rollercoasters around the united states and other places.Some groups of companies use Bessemer's process today in making steel

Louis Pasteur/Pasteurization

1864

Pasteurization was the process in which alcohol was heated to get rid of any bacteria and preserve alcohol a little bit longer. The bad thing about this process is that it didn't work with some other types of wine and alcohol.

Thomas Edison/Phonograph

1877

Thomas Edison had many inventions but the phonograph was his favorite. It recorded and played back sounds to whoever was using the machine. The quality of the phonograph wasn't great but it was still a revolutionary device that changed the world today. In modern societies it can be seen in innovated things like radios and old versions of the machine from the 1870's are in museums.

Nikola Tesla/AC Current

1888

Without question, the most important inventions from Nikola Tesla involve his contributions to alternating current (AC). It’s essential to note that he did not invent or even discover AC, but his inventions made AC applicable for widespread use, helping to electrify the world. The bad part about AC was that it required lots of power but used it efficiently
and made transferring power easy