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1st Revolution
Unit 3: Important inventions and figures from the Industrial Revolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Steam Engine | First used to drain water from mines but became important to power industrial transport (1712) |
| Spinning Jenny | Innovation in textiles; allowed workers to produce multiple spools of thread at one dramatically increasing productivity (1779) |
| Water Frame | A machine that was able to spin about 100 strands of yarn at once (1769) |
| Spinning Mule | A combination of the Water Frame and Spinning Jenny (1785) |
| Steam Engine Locomotive | Steam engine powered train used to haul coal out of mines (1814) |
| Telegraph | Method of near instant communication over long distances utilizing Morse Code (1838) |
| Steel Plow | Improvement on iron plows that increased agricultural efficiency leading to greater food surplus (1837) |
| Telephone | Improved method of communication, allowing people to talk with their voices rather than a series of tones (1875) |
| Incandescent Lightbulb | Invented by Thomas Edison, first practical lightbulb allowing light without use of oil (1880) |
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