Industrial+Revolution

Jessica Harris ** __Industrial Revolution __ ** ** // Industry Inventions // ** · Hargreaves -spinning jenny · Arkwright -water frame spinning machine, powered by horse · Cartwright -power loom · Crompton -‘mule’ · Britain -textile industry · Whitney -cotton gin ** // Transportation // ** · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Newcomen <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">-1st steam pump / “atmospheric engine” · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Watt <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">-repair Newcomen engine · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Trevithick <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">-1st steam steam-powered locomotive · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Stephenson <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">-// Rocket // · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Demand for coal and iron · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Railroad construction <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">-more job opportunities <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1981/2/81.02.06.x.html