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Inventions (Flying shuttle or a weaving made easy (a weaver was required…
Inventions
- Flying shuttle or a weaving made easy
a weaver was required on each side of a broad-cloth loom, now one weaver alone could do the job of two.
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It arguably prompted further industrialization throughout the textile and other industries to keep up.
The Cotton Gin enabled many more farmers to consider cotton as their main crop. This was especially important for farmers and plantation owners in the Americas.
With the seeds and fibers separated more efficiently it became much easier for farmers to use the fibres to make cotton goods like linen.
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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.
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John McAdam would eventually develop a new road-building technique that would revolutionize road construction forever.
6.The Power Loom
The invention of the Power Loom effectively increased the output of a worker by over a factor of 40.
power loom was first licensed by Grimshaw of Manchester who built a small steam-powered weaving factory in 1790.
Initially, his looms were not a commercial success as they needed to be stopped to dress the warp.
11.Camera Obscura
a journey of discovery that would eventually lead him to become the first person to ever take a photograph.
He would continue his experimentation using different cameras and chemical combinations for the next 10 years or so.
In 1827 he successfully produced the first, long-lasting image using a plate coated with bitumen.
- Arkwright's Water Frame spinning machine
Richard Arkwright was a barber and wig maker who managed to devise a machine that could spin cotton fibers into yarn or thread very quickly and easily.
Further refinement of his design would ultimately allow the machine to spin 100's of strands at one time.
The spinning machine would go on to be installed in mills around Derbyshire and Lancashire where they were powered by waterwheels hence they were called water frames.
10.The Tin Can
It would have an incalculable impact on food preservation and transportation right up to the present day.
It took the American Civil War to inspire the creation of tin cans with a key can opener as can still be found on sardine cans
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9.Gaslighting
These early gas lights used coal gas which was installed as the lighting in his house in Redruth, Cornwall.
These would eventually be replaced with low-pressure sodium or high-pressure mercury lighting in the 1930s.
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8.The Spinning Mule
The Spinning Mule combines features of two earlier Industrial Revolution inventions: the Spinning Jenny and above-mentioned Water Frame
The very first Mules were hand-operated but by the 1790s larger versions were driven by steam engines.
The Spinning Mule would become a very popular machine indeed and was installed in a large number of factories but as he had relinquished his rights to the machine
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