Top ten inventions from the industrial revolution

steam engine

Jun 2, 1702

In 1702 Thomas Savery, inventor of the steam engine, writes The Miner's Friend in an effort to sway coal mine owners to use his invention whic h.He also desribed it as "engine to raise water by fire". the machine was put to work and improved in 1769.

the spinning jenny

Mar 13, 1764

James Hargreaves, a British carpenter and weaver, invents the spinning jenny. This machine allowed workers to spin more wool at one time greatly increasing productivity.

improvement of the steam engine

Apr 13, 1769

James Watt from Scotland designs a more efficient steam engine. He created a steam engine using a separate condensing chamber which allowed the machine to continue working all the time.

Power Loom

Sep 2, 1785

Edmund Cartwright invented the power loom in 1785. It dramatically changed the way cloth was woven by making it much easier. This also led ormade a pathway for other inventions to ocme .

the cotton gin

Apr 29, 1794

Eli Whitney invented a cotton gin.The South became the cotton producing part of the country because Whitney’s cotton gin was able to successfully pull out the seeds from the cotton bolls.It greatly reduces the time it takes to clean cotton and helps the southern states make more money from cotton crops.

telegraph

Jun 16, 1844

Samuel morse invented the telegraph was a bulky and impractical machine that was designed to transmit over twenty-six electrical wires. Morse reduced that unwieldy bundle of wires into a single one.By 1860, telegraph wires stretch from the east coast of the United States west of the Mississippi River.

Sewing Machine

Aug 23, 1844

This forever changed the way clothes were made and allowed the mass production of clothing. Before this it was most common for women to make all of the clothes for their families. Only the very wealthy could afford to have a tailor or seamstress make custom clothing of the latest fashion.

Telephone

Mar 13, 1876

Graham Bell was the first to get a patent for it. Being able to speak to people over a telephone wire greatly changes the way the world communicates.

Phonograph

Jul 1, 1877

Thomas Edison created the phonograph in 1877. Prior to the creation of the phonograph the only option for entertainment was for live musicians or actors to perform. This allowed people to listen to music anywhere.

Airplane

Dec 17, 1903

Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright created the first airplane in 1903. Within a few decades planes had changed the face of personal and business travel and had dramatically altered warfare.