Seed drill Sowed the seeds in neat rows

Flying shuttle Step towards automatic weaving

one weaver could weave fabrics of any width more quickly than two could before

Spinning Jenny Hargreaves is said to have conceived the idea

for his hand-powered multiple spinning machine when he observed a spinning wheel that had been accidentally overturned by his young daughter Jenny

Water frame Operated by

waterpower

Produced cotton yarn.

Was stronger than the thread made on James Hargreaves’ spinning jenny

Spinning mule Permitted large-scale manufacture of high-quality thread and yarn Cross between the machines

invented by Arkwright and Hargreaves.

He could not afford a patent. Sold in secret to a number

of manufacturers on the promise that they would pay him. All he received was £60.

Years later (in 1812), when there were at least 360 mills using 4,600,000 mule spindles, Parliament granted him £5,000.

Power loom further increased weaving

other inventions included a cordelier (machine for making rope; 1792)

McCormick’s reaper Resembled a two-wheeled, horse-drawn

chariot, the machine consisted of a cutting blade, a reel to bring the grain within its reach, and a platform to receive the falling grain.

Telegraph Morse Code System of dots and dashes

Sewing machine Company was

incorporated in 1863

Original design

The first practical sewing machine

Telephone professor of vocal

physiology at Boston University

opened his own school in Boston for training teachers of the deaf

Bell Telephone Company

Steam engine Watt had realized that

the loss of heat, was the worst defect of the Newcomen engine

1803 he built a steam locomotive

steam engine gave way to the internal-combustion engine as a means of vehicle propulsion

“macadam” roads roads should be raised

above the adjacent ground for good drainage and covered, first with large rocks, and then with smaller stones, the whole mass to be bound with fine gravel

Steam locomotives sought to improve his locomotive’s power and

introduced the “steam blast”

“The Rocket” A new engine, the

Rocket, which he built with his son

Max speed of 36 miles per hour