Industrial revolution project
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Updated: 8 Apr 2022
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James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny, which allows worked to produce multiple spools of thread at the same time.By 1775 Arkwright develops mills in which the whole process of yarn manufacture is carried on by one machine.In 1779 Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule, a cross between machines invented by Arkwright and Hargreaves. The spinning mule permits large-scale manufacture of high-quality thread and yarn.Edmund Cartwright invents a crude power loom, first patented in 1785. This is the predecessor of the modern power loom.In 1789 he patents the first wool-combing machine.Samuel Slater, a former apprentice to Jedediah Strutt constructs versions of Arkwright’s machinery and establishes a cotton mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the first successful cotton mill in the United States.Two Englishmen, William and John Cockerill, bring the Industrial Revolution to Belgium by developing machine shops at Liège. Belgium will become the first country in continental Europe to be transformed economically.New
eventIn the United States Cyrus McCormick invents several machines used to mechanize farming. His mechanical reaper, patented in 1834, revolutionizes harvesting, making it quicker and easier.Elias Howe’s sewing machine, patented in 1846, makes the manufacture of clothing less expensive.Periods
Industrial revoultionSocial opposition to industrialization begins to arise. Luddites, people opposed to industrialization, attack factories in a number of towns across Great Britain, destroying textile machinery, which is displacing them.
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