The technological advances that enabled the industrial revolution

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    Life of Thomas Newcomen

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    Life of Abraham Darby

  • Thomas Newcomen invented the first steam engine

    Thomas Newcomen invented the first steam engine

    It was mainly used for pumping water in the mines
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    Life of J.Hargreaves

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    Life of James Watt

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    Life of Edmund Cartwright

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    Life of Samuel Compton's

  • James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny

    James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny

    It was a spinning machine that produced a lot of thread in a short time
  • James Watt improved Newcomen's invention

    James Watt improved Newcomen's invention

    The steam was then used to power other machines, locomotives and even ships!
  • Improved spinning jenny by Samuel Compton's

    Improved spinning jenny by Samuel Compton's

    The improved machine is called "Spinning mule".
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    Invention of the "Power loom" by Edmund Cartwright

    It mechanised the weaving of fabrics and therefore allowed them to be produced more quickly
  • Abraham Darby discovered a cheaper and easier way to produce cast iron

    Abraham Darby discovered a cheaper and easier way to produce cast iron

    Coke-fueled's ovens in which coal is burned to produce "coke".
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    Life of Henry Bessemer

  • Henry Bessemer developed a cheap way to produce a lot of steel from cast iron

    Henry Bessemer developed a cheap way to produce a lot of steel from cast iron