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Lesson 5 Study Stack
made by Taylor Dobson
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Innovation | the action or process of innovating |
| Infrastructure | the basic physical, organizational structures, and facilities (ex: buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or an enterprise |
| Spinning | the action or process of converting fibers into thread or yarn |
| Weaving | form (fabric or a fabric item) by interlacing long threads passing in one direction with others at a right angle to them |
| James Hargreaves | invented the “spinning jenny," which could spin much faster |
| Spinning Jenny | a machine for spinning with more than one spindle at a time, patented by James Hargreaves in 1770 |
| Richard Arkwright | invented the water frame at about the same time which used water power to operate the spinners |
| Edmund Cartwright | invented a power loom |
| Power loom | power loom is a mechanized loom powered by a line shaft, was designed in 1784 by Edmund Cartwright |
| James Watt | designs the world's first efficient steam engine , which was the most efficient invention in this time |
| Steam Engine | an engine that uses the expansion or rapid condensation of steam to generate power |
| Manchester-Liverpool Railway | was a railway opened on September 15, 1830 between the Lancashire towns of Liverpool and Manchester in the United Kingdom |
| Water frame | a water-powered spinning frame which was an easy way to create cotton thread, developed by Richard Arkwright, who patented the technology in 1767 |
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