Industrial Era
Inventions and innovations
Flying shuttle - John Kay
allowed a single weaver to weave much wider fabrics, and it could be mechanized, allowing for automatic machine looms.
Spinning Jenny - James Hargreaves
capable of spinning eight threads of cotton yarn, instead of the spinning wheel's one.
From Left to Right
Richard Awkqright's water frame machine, James Watt's rotary engine, Edmund Cartwright's power loom.
The Steam Engine
Steam engine- Thomas Savery, and Edward Summerset
Used to remove water from mines
Transportation and Iron
- Henry Cort developed a system of puddling, in which coke was used to burn away impurities in pig iron to produce an iron of high quality.
- Pig Iron evolved to flexible steel. which were used for the machines.
Rail roads started to rise as early as the 1500's. Ws a new means of transportation