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John Kay
The Flying Shuttle was a key tool of productivity during the Industrial Revolution, but could only produce one piece of cloth. Now days we have a mechanical sewing machines. The benefit of this was it made the process of making cloths quicker. -
James Watt
James Watt was best know for inventing the steam machine; his invention was the engineering power that made the industrial revolution possible and forever changed the world as we know it. -
Richard Arkwright
The water frame was a large spinning machine and was used when cloth was made by hand.This machine made thousands of cotton threads all at once. This machine is no longer used, but still affects us today. This invention which are used everyday. -
James Hargreaves
The spinning jenny revolutionized the process of cotton pinning.Now days we have a mechanical sewing machine. -
Samuel Compton
The spinning mule, is multiple spindle spinning machine invented by Samuel Compton 1779, which permitted large scale manufacture of high-quality thread for the textile industry. The spinning Mule increased the speed of production yarn. It impacted society by bringing more jobs and expanding the textile industries. -
George Srephenson
The first railway was used to how iron from Merthur Tydfil to Anercynon Wales. The first train carried a load of ten tons of iron. This helped factories grow and made transportation faster.The steam engine was just another improvement in transportation which leads us to where we are today. -
Robert Fulton
Although Robert Fulton didn't invent the steamboat, as commonly believed; he was instrumental in making steamboat travel a reality. This reinvented a a way for people to travel and to transport things. This would later be improved into like speedboats and yatch. -
George Stephenson
The railroads were the first way people got from place to place instead of horses. This changed the way people made it from place to place forever. This would later lead to people eventually getting their own form of transportation right outside their door. -
Henry Bessemer
The first process for manufacturing steel inexpensively leading to the development of the Bessemey converter. -
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur was the first person with the process of pasteurization. This is when bacteria is destroyed by heating beverages and then allowing them to cool. This has been able to save many lives by providing them with fresh,clean water to drink. The only problem with that method is that there is a chance that not the Bactria is gone. -
Thomas Edison
This was such a amazing invention as the practical incandescent electric light bulb. This has made a big impact on us today the phone is used for a lot more than just to make calls. The bad thing about it si that now people can't live a day without their phone. -
Nikola Tesla
The remote control was a natural outcropping of the radio. Patent no.61309 was the first remote control. Although this made life a bit sweeter by not having to get up and change the channel. This just made people very lazy. Now people can watch TV for hours and end up doing no physical activity.
