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A Visual History of the Industrial Revolution
The spinning jenny was invented in 1764 by James Hargreaves. James Hargreaves was a British carpenter and weaver. A hand-powered multiple spinning machine that was the first machine to improve upon the spinning wheel. Weaving looms became faster.
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Spinning frame - Wikipedia
The spinning frame was invented in 1768 by Richard Arkwright. The spinning frame produced stronger threads for yarns. It was the first powered, automatic and continuous textile machine.
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A Visual History of the Industrial Revolution
Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule in 1779. It combined the moving carriage of the spinning jenny with the rollers of the water frame. It gave the spinner great control over the weaving process.
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Cotton Times
The Steamship was invented until the 1840s, by the middle of the 1820s, paddle steamers were a fairly common sight on rivers and short sea routes in both Britain and America. Robert Fulton invented the Steamship
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The Corn Planter was invented in 1834. Henry Blair invented the Corn Planter. Made it far easier to plant one of the main staple crops of the North and Midwest
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Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin in 1793. Prior to his invention, farming cotton required hundreds of man-hours to separate the cottonseed from the raw cotton fibers.
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The sewing machine
Elias Howe invented the sewing machine. The sewing machine was invented in 1844. The sewing machines changed the way clothing was made and also more importantly the speed in which garments could be produced. It increased the speed of production.
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Cyrus McCormick invented the reaper in 1831. He began the mass manufacture of his reaper in a Chicago reaper. It was a successful invention.
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The Open Door Web Site : History : The Second Industrial Revolution : Electricity and Electric Power : Humphry Davy and Michael Faraday
The electric light was invented in 1831. Faraday was the man that came up with such a brilliant idea. He discovered that an electric current was induced in a coil of wire when a magnet, placed near the coil was moved.
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Edmund Cartwright invented the power loom in 1785. The power loom was a steam-powered, mechanically operated version of a regular loom. It was an invention that combined threads to make cloth.
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Benjamin Hanks patents the self-winding clock in 1783. A mechanical clock with a mainspring and a pendulum. There are fewer parts in this clock than in many others.
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The battery in the Industrial Revolution opened a lot of possibilities being able to transport energy. The battery was invented by Alessandro Volta in 1799.
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January 1, 1839 photography was invented. Louis Daguerre and J.N. Niepce invented photography.