Inventors
He invented the flying shuttle
Who is John Kay?
This was a boat-shaped piece of wood to which yarn was attached, and doubled the work a weaver could do
This root vegetable was planted to restore nutrients to exhausted fields
What is the turnip?
This man invented a more efficient steam engine, causing more businesses to thrive
Who is James Watt?
This man partnered with inventor James Watt to build better steam engines for business
Who is Mathhew Boulton?
He invented the spinning jenny, which could work eight threads at a time
Who is James Hargreaves?
Run by water power, this invention sped up weaving after its invemtion in 1787
What is the power loom?
Jethro Tull invented this device that allowed farmers to sow seeds in well-spaced rows
What is the seed drill?
This American inventor put a Watt steam engine on his ship the Clermont in 1807
Who is Robert Fulton?
Private investors formed companies to build these toll roads to operate for profit
What are turnpikes?
He invented the water frame
Who is Richard Arkwright?
This spinning wheel allowed one spinner to work eight threads at a time
What is the spinning jenny?
This breeder increased his mutton output by scientificlly breeding sheep
Who is Robert Bakewell?
This Scottish engineer perfected a technique of building roads with stone and gravel
Who is McAdam?
People in Britain were able to obtain these to invest in new machinery and expand operations
What are bank loans?
He invented the spinning mule
Who is Robert Crompton?
This machine used water power from rapid streams to drive spinning wheels
What is the water frame?
Wealthy farmers bought up village farms and with these larger fields, bounded by hedges or fences, experimented with more productive methods
What are enclosures?
Robert Trevithick put a steam engine on wheels to invent this machine that travels on tracks
What is a locomotive?
Wealthy textile merchants set up machines in these large buildings to produce quantities of goods
What are factories?
He invented the power loom
Who is Edmund Cartwright?
In 1779, Samuel Crompton combined the features of the spinning jenny and the water frame so that this machine could make stronger and finer thread
What is the spinning mule?
This farming method planted different crops each year to replenish exhausted soils
What is crop rotation?
This man built the first railroad line, from the Yorkshire coal fields to Stockton on the North Sea
Who is George Stephenson?
These spurred industrial growth by giving manufacturers a cheap way to transport materials and finished products
What are railroads?