IR timeline

  • James Watt

    James Watt

    invented the steam engine. pumps steam through a piston to move the wheel
  • John Kay

    John Kay

    invented the flying shuttle he replaced two workers with a paddle that shot the shuttle side to side weaving any width of fabric together creating a strong yarn.
  • Richard Arkwright

    Richard Arkwright

    invented the water frame. the water frame is a water powered spinning frame
  • James Hargreaves

    James Hargreaves

    Created the spinning Jenny. One person spun many threads at once instead of just one thread at a time on one wheel.
  • Samuel Compton

    Samuel Compton

    invented the spinning mule. He made a machine to do the work of hand sewers using a wheel and many threads.
  • George Stephenson

    George Stephenson

    invented the Steam locomotive. The train worked by using a steam engine to turn the wheel
  • Richard Trevithick

    Richard Trevithick

    invented the steam locomotive with George Stephenson
  • Robert Fulton

    Robert Fulton

    invented the steam boat was a boat that was powered using steam shipping people and things across water
  • Henry Bessemer

    Henry Bessemer

    invented the Bessemer process.The process was the removal of impurities from the iron by oxidation for industrialized steel.
  • Louis Pasteur

    Louis Pasteur

    invented the pasteurization System that killed harmful bacteria in dairy products.
  • Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison

    invented the light bulb. the light bulb is one of the first electrical energy source used
  • Nikola Tesla

    Nikola Tesla

    invented the first alternating current the current switching back and forth creates electricity that's more efficient.