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John Kay
John Kay was the inventor of the flying shuttle, which was a key contribution to the Industrial Revolution.
advantages was the flying shuttle, the weaver's movements are minimized a disadvantage is that the would have to beat with one hand for a long amount of time.
How is affects us today- It allowed a single weaver to weave much wider fabrics, and it could be mechanized, allowing for automatic machine looms. -
James Hargreaves
This problem was resolved in 1764, when James Hargreaves invented a new machine that was capable of spinning eight threads of cotton yarn Some advantages high delivery speeds . Some disadvantages low yarn strength high tendency to snarl;higher number of fibers needed in yarn cross-section.How is affects us to day-The Spinning Jenny. ... Spinning wheels before Hargreaves had one spindle. Hargreaves original spinning jenny was hand-driven and had eight spindles. -
Richard Arkwright
A water frame is a water-powered spinning frame which was an easy way to create cotton thread. Advantages The water frame is given to a spinning frame, when water power is used to drive it.
disadvantages These early cotton spinners worked in their own homes and spun and wove the cotton entirely by hand. Unfortunately, a hand-spun cotton is irregular in thickness and rather weak, so that at this time. -
Samuel Compton
Samuel Compton was an English inventor and pioneer of the spinning industry. Building on the work of James Hargreaves and Richard Arkwright he invented the spinning mule, a machine that revolutionized the industry worldwide.
pros-optically good mass evenness (well suited to knitted goods);
better and softer handle than that of rotor-spun yarn; cons-high air consumption;
increasing unevenness and imperfections with increasing spinning speed, and further reduction in yarn strength. -
George Stephenson
George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer. Renowned as the "Father of Railways", Stephenson was considered by the Victorians a great example of diligent application and thirst for improvement.
pros-People and items could travel much easier. The network of railways connected the nation and helped with the transportation of coal, lumber, crops, and livestock.
cons-It created mass pollution. -
Richard Trevithick
Richard Trevithick was a British inventor and mining engineer from Cornwall, England. The son of a mining captain, and born in the mining heartland of Cornwall.
pros-The railway enabled the expansion of industry such as coal, steel, quarrying and manufacturing.
cons-The railway had a devastating effect on the countryside which at the time many people protested: bridges, viaducts, cuttings, tunnels, embankments -
Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton was an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing a commercially successful steamboat called The North River Steamboat of Clermont.
pro-One pro of the steamboat was that it allowed travelers to go upstream and downstream. This ability enabled Americans to travel virtually everywhere by water.
cons-One disadvantage of the steamboat is that the steam engine would accumulate too much pressure and explode. -
James Watt
James Watt Scottish instrument maker and inventor whose steam engine contributed substantially to the Industrial Revolution. He was elected fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1785.
pros- A steam engine could be located anywhere because water is heated in a separate boiler to produce steam.
cons-A steam engine is huge and heavy,Due to its big boiler and furnace a steam engine is huge, heavy and clumsy. Since the boiler of a steam engine is very heavy,
