Industrial+Revolution+JB

Jasmine Baboldashtian

Industrial Revolution

Inventions and Inventors


 * Richard Arkwright: invented the water frame spinning machine, it was powered by horses or water.
 * James Hargreave: invented the spinning jenny, it enabled the spinners to produce yarn in greater quantities.
 * Samuel Crompton: mule, which combined aspects of the water frame and spinning jenny, it increased yarn production even more.
 * Edward Crompton: power loom.
 *  James Watt: repaired Newcomen engine into a steam engine

Impact:
 * revolutionized production of cotton goods and caused factory system to spread to other areas of production
 * created whole new industries
 * steam engine helped find a new source of energy to replace wood
 * Mines no longer would be filled with water and difficult to mine in because of the steam engine
 * Cheaper goods for the poorer people
 *  increase in population