Industrial Revolution Inventions Sections 1-2

1845-1855

American dentists used an anesthetic for the first time, a French physicist measured the speed of light, German Chemist developed the Bunsen burner. A Hungarian doctor introduced antiseptic methods to reduce the risk of women dying in childbirth.

Sewing Machine

Elias Howe

first sewing machine

mad between 1845-1855

Dutch Farming Inventions

1600s, built earthen walls, decided to make larger fields, used fertilizer from livestock

British Farmers

The 1700s, expanded on Dutch experiments, mixed soils, and new methods of crops, Lord Charles Townshend became “Turnip Townshend”

Seed Drill

Jethro Tull

1700s

Deposited Seeds in the Ground

Robert Bakewell

Bred stronger horses, and fatter sheep and cattle in 1700s

Early Steam Engine

Thomas Newcomen

1712

Powered by coal to pump water out of mines

Improved Steam Engine

James Watt

1769

Improvement of Newcomen’s design

Spinning Mule

Samuel Crompton

Combined the features of the spinning jenny and the water frame

Steam-Powered Locomotive

George Stephenson

Steam-powered vehicle used to pull a train. Moved faster and could hail heavier loads than horses.

Dynamo

Micheal Faraday

Electric generator that worked by rotating a coil of wire between the poles of a magnet, which created electric current

Abraham Darby

1709

Started using coal instead of wood for smelting, and found a way to improve impurities coal caused

Cast Iron Bridge

Abraham Darby III

1779

Worlds First Cast-Iron Bridge

Flying Shuttle

John Kay

1733

Device that allowed workers to weave cloth more efficiently

Spinning Jenny

James Hargreaves

1764

Spun lots of threads at the same time

Waterfrane

Richard Arkwright

Used waterpower to spin thread even faster

Paddle Wheel Steamboat

Invented by Scottish builders

Robert Fulton

In 1807, an American, Robert Fulton, used Watt's steam engine to power the Clermont up the Hudson River. Ful ton's steamboat traveled at a record-breaking speed of more than five miles an hour!