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Industrial Revolution Timeliine
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The Spinning Jenny
When: 1764
Where: The United Kingdom
Who: James Hargreaves
Why: The yarn demand by weavers had increased by double, and so there needed to be a great increase in the amount of yarn that was created. Thus the Spinning Jenny was created to fulfill that demand. How: The spinning jenny worked by using multiple spindles to spin multiple things of yarn at a time. -
Watts Steam engine
When: 1765
Where: Scotland
Who: James Watt
Why: James Watt’s steam engine was a great improvement on the original design, and he sold them for a large amount of money.
How: Watt's steam engine functioned by heating up water with coal to produce steam, which spun a turbine. -
The Water Frame
When: 1769
Where: Great Britain
Who: Richard Arkwright
What: The water frame was a machine that improved upon the spinning jenny's design by using power with a water wheel to spin yarn. The major difference was that
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The Spinning Mule
When: 1779
Where: England
Who: Samuel Crompton
Why: The spinning mule was an invention that allowed for a single operator to spin more than 1000 spindles simultaneously. This allowed for a great increase in the amount of yarn. -
The Steam Locomotive
When: 1803
Who: Richard Trevithick
Where: Great Britain
Why: The steam locomotive is a creation heralded by Richard Trevithick's design of a more efficient steam engine than Watt's, and the engine was used in many different factories due to being more efficient. The Steam Locomotive itself was created by George Stephenson, which the first line ran between Liverpool and Manchester. -
Electric Motors
When: Between the 1820's and 30's
Who: Micheal Faraday
Where: England
Why: Micheal Faraday originally demonstrated a phenomenon that showed, if an electric current was passed in a coil of wire between two magnetic poles of a magnet, it would spin. This later became the basis for modern electric motors. -
The Telegraph
When: 1838
Where: The United States Of America.
Who: Samuel Morse
What: The telegraph was originally invented by Samuel Morse, who created it in an effort to try to make long range communication possible. -
The Internal Combustion Engine
When: 1859
Where: Belgium
Who: Etienne Lenoir
Why: The Original Internal Combustion Engine was far too inefficient to replace traditional Steam Engines. But the design was significantly altered by Nikolaus Otto, who introduced the 4 stroke cycle of Induction Compression Firing Exhaust. -
The Telephone
When: 1876
Where: The USA
Who: Alexander Graham Bell
Why: The telephone was created as a way to speak to another person over a distance. It functioned relatively similarly to the way that we use them today, except for the fact that the signals were transferred solely through wire, instead of wirelessly like we do today. -
The Automobile
When: 1885
Where: Germany
Who: Karl Benz
Why: Karl Benz created the Automobile originally, but most of the time the credit goes to Henry Ford, since he perfected the production line. The original automobile was created to make something lightweight that could traverse land quickly.