Urbanisation

Inventors during the Industrial Revelution

By gooscol
  • Abraham Darby

    Abraham Darby
    He invented Coke Smelting. It was used as a fuel and as a reducing agent in smelting iron ore in a blast furnace. It was invented in 1709.
  • Samuel Crompton

    Samuel Crompton
    He invented the spinning mule which expanded the production of textiles, particularally cotton. It was invented in 1779.
  • Edward Cartwright

    Edward Cartwright
    He invented the Mechanical Loom. The power loom was a steam powered, mechanically operated version of a regular loom, an invention that combined threads to make cloths. It was invented in 1785.
  • Eli Whitney

    Eli Whitney
    He invented the cotton gin. It made the process of seperating seeds from cotton faster. It was invented in 1793.
  • Robert Fulton

    Robert Fulton
    He invented the steam boat. It improved water navigation around the world. It was invented in 1807.
  • George Stephaenson

    George Stephaenson
    He invented the steam locomotive. It was the first massive form of transoirtation in 1813.
  • Samuel Morse

    Samuel Morse
    He invented morse code. It helped communication improve dramatically. He invented morse code in 1835.
  • Alexander Graham Bell

    Alexander Graham Bell
    He invented the telephone in 1876. It has improved communications even more from the telegraph. It allowed people to talk to eachother from two different places.
  • Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison
    He invented the light bulb. It eliminated peoples dependence of candles and oil lamps for light.
  • Guglielmo Marconi

    Guglielmo Marconi
    He invented the radio. We are able to listen to news, and music without having to make it ourselves or have it telegraphed or in the newspaper.
  • Wright Brothers

    Wright Brothers
    They invented the airplaine in 1903. It changed the way people traveled and how wars were conducted
  • Henry Ford

    Henry Ford
    He invented the assembly line in 1911-13. It made it easier and faster to make a product than doing it hand crafted.