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Rothertham plough
Mid 18th century. From Rotherham, the name of a town in the West Riding of Yorkshire, where this type of plough was first produced + plough. -
kay's flying shuttle
John Kay was an English inventor born in the village of Bury in 1704. He is historically known to be the father of the flying shuttle, a production tool that he developed in 1733, -
spinning machine spinning jenny
Spinning Jenny was a spinning machine with a 40-man manual force. It was invented by English James Hargreaves in 1767. It was one of the first innovations of the Industrial Revolution. -
watt's steam engine
The Watt steam engine (alternatively known as the Boulton and Watt steam engine) was the first type of steam engine to make use of a separate condenser. It was a vacuum or "atmospheric" engine using steam at a pressure just above atmospheric to create a partial vacuum beneath the piston -
adam smith: the wealth of Nations
An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations, or simply the wealth of nations, is the most famous work of Adam Smith. Published in 1776, it is the first modern book of economics. -
threshing machine
Ventilation machine or machine for an agricultural harvest is a procedure to separate the grain from the straw when taking advantage of the action of air currents -
cartwright's power loom
A power loom is a mechanised loom powered by a line shaft, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution. The first power loom was designed in 1784 -
first commercial steam boat
A steamboat is a boat that is propelled primarily by steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels -
luddism 1811-1817
The Luddites were textile workers in Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and Lancashire, skilled artisans whose trade and communities were threatened by a combination of machines -
mechanical reaper
A reaper is a farm implement or person that reaps (cuts and often also gathers) crops at harvest, when they are ripe. -
first trade unions
A trade union or trades union, also called a labour union (Canada) or labor union (US), is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve common goals such as protecting the integrity of its trade -
stephenson's steam locomotible
Within a few years of his death in 1848 George Stephenson was called ‘the father of the railways’, but that accolade has been challenged because there were other engineers involved in the development of the world’s first railway system -
grand national consolidated trade union
the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union of 1834 was an early attempt to form a national union confederation in the United Kingdom. -
bessemer converted steel manfacturing
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first international
