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Coke Fueled Furnace
Abraham Darby I created a coke-fired blast furnace to make cast iron. Coke's crushing strength allowed blast furnaces to become bigger and bigger over time. The declining availability of iron was one of the main factors leading to the Industrial Revolution. -
Steam Engine
Steam engines were the first successful engines and were a very big influence to the industrial revolution. This invention was used to power the first trains, cars, factors, and ships. -
Spinning Jenny
The spinning jenny is a multi-spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of textile manufacturing during the early Industrial Revolution. -
Water Frame
Mass produced yarn and actually took over the spot of the spinning mule and it is a spinning frame powered by water that makes yarn. You could not operate these machines by hand only by water. -
Spinning Mule
A machine that is used to spin cotton and other fibers. They were mainly used in the late 1800s and to the early 20th century. They were often operated by a pair of two people. -
Power Loom
It is a mechanized loom and it industrialized weaving during the industrial revolution era. It transformed raw cotton into cloth. It was one of the main developments in the industrialization of weaving during the Industrial Revolution. -
Cotton Gin
It means cotton engine and it is a machine that separates cotton from its fibers so it makes into a more pure material. It allowed for much greater productivity than manual cotton separation. It was used heavily in the middle of the 19th century. -
Total Quality Management
Managers that use this system involve their workers in the processes of improving the production and quality by improving how they work. This system of management helps satisfy both customers AND employees. -
Theory X
These managers assume workers will try avoiding work as much as they can. They do their best to enforce stricter rules and make sure any important decisions are going through them and only them. Organizations like the U.S Postal Service use Theory X managers. -
Theory Y
These managers are more optimistic when it comes to their workers. They choose to believe that their employees enjoy their jobs. They hold their employees to high standards and allow them to have freedom. These managers allow their employees to make important decisions, unlike Theory X managers.
