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(flying shuttle (used throughout Lancashire after 1760 and was one of the…
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- The Locomotive revolution
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- The Bessemer process that changed steel
The Bessemer Process was the world's first inexpensive process for mass production of steel from molten pig iron.
The ability to mass-produce high-quality steel and iron allowed a literal boom in the use of them in many other aspects of the revolution.
He invented the cotton engine, gin for short, in 1794.
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The invention of the Power Loom effectively increased the output of a worker by over a factor of 40. It was one of the most important inventions of the Industrial Revolution.
It was introduced in 1874 by Edmund Cartwright who built the very first working machine in 1785. Over the next 47 years, the Power Loom was refined until it was made completely automated by Kenworthy and Bullough.
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James Watt created the first reliable steam engine in 1775 his invention would literally change the world
improved steam engine efficiency, especially latent heat losses. His new engine would prove very popular
early batteries from the Parthian Empire around 2,000 years ago, the first true modern electric battery was invented in 1800.
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During the 1700s turnpike trusts were set up to charge tolls in an attempt to improve maintenance and the general quality of the country's transport system.
John McAdam would eventually develop a new road-building technique that would revolutionize road construction forever
in 1824, devised and patented a chemical process for making Portland Cement.
Years later, Brunel would be used Portland Cement to help construct the Thames Tunnel
- The first factory opened by Lombe
One of, if not the first documented factory was opened by John Lombe in Derby around 1721. Lombe's factory used water power to help the factory mass produce silk products.
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