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John Kay/ Flying shuttle
This invention was a benefit to weaving wider thread. This invention had advantage and disadvantage, advantage wider thread is possible to weave, and disadvantage is sworkers would be waiting for more thread -
James Watt/Watt steam engine
The invention would draw water out of mines. The steam engine could draw only from 25 feet deep. It was helpful because newer models were based off the steam engine. -
James Hargreaves/Spinning Jenny
The spinning Jenny was a invention that sped up the weaving process. It could not keep spinning constantly.It had faster shipping rates. -
Richard Arkwright/Water Frame
The Water frame used water as a power source to thread. It could threads 128 at a time.Yard not as good as spinning jenny. -
Samuel Compton/Spinning mule
The invention has 50 million spindles, and was automatic. It could do work faster. if something was to break it would take a while to find it. -
Richard Trevithick/Steam locomotive
Locomotive powered off steam to use. Wood,coal,or oil would power this machine to produce steam. The engine has low efficiency. -
Robert Fulton/ Steamboat
Created because paddle boat was not very efficient. This boat could go up a river against the current. The invention would often explode because too much pressure was being built up. -
Henry Bessemer/Bessemer converter
This process was a way of may steel inexpensive using a certain process. It removed impurities from iron with air being blown through molten iron. The process did not properly remove phosphorous and sulfur which are harmful to iron. -
Louis Pasteur/ pasteurization
A way of keeping beer and wine from being sour. Keeps beer and wine from spoiling faster. It takes away the good bacteria in the drink. -
Thomas Edison/Incandescent Electric light bulb
Incandescent Electric light bulb was a light bulb made for lamps and houses. It was a source for light because it used heat to make light. The bulb was not good for open areas. -
Nikola Tesla/ Tesla coil
Tesla coil is a electrical resonant transformer. It can poison people of ozone because of the amount of electricity produced. The only benefit is that electricity can be seen in the air.
