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1 By: Ashley Bandish Julia Culver Anna McJunkin Crystal Genov

2 The inventors of the Industrial Revolution contributed greatly to the aide of production and advancement in factories. The inventors listed below made major inventions that affected the Industrial Revolution.  John Kay  James Hargreaves  James Watt  Edmund Cartwright  Eli Whitney  Thomas Newcomen  Richard Arkwright  Robert Fulton

3 1704-1780 Invented the cotton gin in 1733 Home was attacked from angry textile workers; afraid that his invention would take their jobs Fled to England; died from poverty around 1780

4  1720-1722  Weaver  Carpenter  Inventor from Lancashire, England  Invented Spinning Jennifer or “Spinning Jenny” in 1764

5 o 1664-1729 o Ironmonger o Created the first practical steam engine used to pump water; invention known as the “Newcomen steam machine”

6  1936-1819  Home-schooled for most of his life  Opened a workshop with his friend Professor John Robison  Acknowledged for perfecting the Newcomen’s engine

7  1743-1823  English Clergyman  Made first power loom in 1784 but patented it in 1785  Also known for patented wool combing machine in 1789

8  1765-1825  Invented the cotton gin on March 14 th, 1794  Also invented the first musket with interchangeable parts  Worked as a farm laborer and a school teacher  Wanted to study law

9  1732-1792  Invented spinning frame  Invention first powered by water wheels  Built first textile mill in Cromford, England in 1774  30,000 people employed in 785 factories using Arkwright’s patent

10 1765-1815 American engineer and inventor Developed a new type of steam warship Commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1800 to design the Nautilus, to make the first practical submarine


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