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Industrial Revolution Inventions
Textile
Flying Shuttle, John Kay
1733
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Enables weavers to weave faster
Spinning Jenny, James Hargreaves
1764
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First machine to improve spinning wheel
Water Frame, Richard Arkwright
1764
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First powered textile machine
Spinning Mule
1779
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Enabled greater control over the weaving process
Power Loom, Edmund Cartwright
1785
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A mechanized loom to weave cloth
Cotton Gin, Eli Whitney
1792
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Machine automating separation of cottonseed from short-staple cotton fibre
Jacquard Loom, Joseph Jacquard
1804
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Machine able to weave complex designs
Variable Speed Baton, William Hollocks
1813
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Improved the power loom
Synthetic Dye, William Perkin
1856
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The first of its kind
Power
Leyden Jar, E.G. Kleist
1745
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The original capacitator that stores static electricity
Steam Engine, James Watt
1769
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A heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its main fluid
Steel Roller, Henry Cort
1783
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Enables effective steel production
Gas Turbine, John Barber
1791
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Machine for fuel combustion
Battery, Alessandro Volta
1799
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Converts chemical energy into electrical energy
Electric Light, Humphry Davy
1809
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The first arc lamp
Electromagnet, William Sturgeon
1825
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Improves electric current through the use of coils surrounding the electromagnet
Electric Dynamo, Michael Faraday
1831
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A generator used to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy
Communication
Typewriter, W.A. Burt
1829
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Enables words to be put on paper much faster than through writing
Telegraph, Samuel Morse
1837
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Makes message transmission easier through an electrical connection
Transportation
Steamship, Jacques Perrier
1775
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Improves ships by making use of the steam engine
Submarine, David Bushnell
1776
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Innovation for undersea explorations
Steamboat, John Fitch
1786
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A boat propelled by steam engine would cross rivers much more effectively than before
Steam Powered Locomotive, Richard Trevithick
1804
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Increases train speed drastically by making use of steam engine as the main source of power
Manned Glider, George Cayley
1853
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Designed to fly for a long period of time without using an engine