1. Inventions of the Industrial
Revolution
Choose 5-6
Inventions to take notes on in
your spiral.
Write what the invention is,
who invented it, when, and why
it was important to history.
2. The Seed Drill
Year - 1701
Developed by - Jethro Tull
Before the invention of the seed drill, seeds were
planted by hand. This process was time-consuming
and also involved intensive labor. The seed drill was
helpful in sowing seeds at specific positions, and
covering them too. This device increased the crop
yield ratio by about nine times, and also made the
sowing process cheaper, as it needed less labor.
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4. The Lightning Rod
Year - 1749
Invented by - Benjamin Franklin
• The lightning rod was aimed to protect
buildings during lightning strikes. The rod had
a pointed tip, and was grounded to the earth.
During a thunderstorm or lightning strike, it
would collect the charge and make it neutral
by earthing it. Thus, it was able to protect a
lot of houses, which were under frequent
threat of fires from lightning. It is interesting
to note that modern-day lightening rods
follow the same principle, which was used by
Franklin.
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6. The Spinning Jenny
Year - 1764
Invented by - James Hargreaves
• Prior to the Industrial Revolution, Britain's
textile industry worked with the help of
artisans who worked from home, using the
spinning wheel and the hand loom.
However, the traditional methods of
producing yarn restricted large-scale
production of goods. With the invention of
the spinning jenny, artisans could spin
almost 120 threads at a time, instead of
only a single thread.
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8. The Steam Engine
• Year - 1770
• Developed and Reinvented by - James Watt
• Watt developed the improved version of the steam engine,
more efficient than the one invented by Thomas Savery.
Though mainly known for its use in running a train, the steam
engine was also used to run machinery in factories and mines.
The engine was powered by high pressure steam, and was
able to work at places which lacked a nearby source of water.
Thus, it was able to overcome the problem faced by the water
frame, which could work only at places where water was
available.
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10. The Cotton Gin
• Year - 1794
• Patented by - Eli Whitney
• The cotton gin enabled separation of cotton
seeds from raw cotton fibers, which otherwise
had to be done by hand. This invention facilitated
large-scale production, and with lesser workforce.
Whitney's cotton gin, was capable of cleaning 23
kg of lint everyday, and proved to be of great help
to the cotton industry.
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12. Battery /Voltaic Pile
Year - 1800
Invented by - Alessandro Volta
• Based on his experiments related to electricity,
Volta was able to separate the basic components
in water viz., oxygen and hydrogen. Through his
experiments he came to know that electricity
could be made to flow through a conductor. The
idea helped him produce the world's first battery,
which later came to be known as the 'voltaic pile'.
As a tribute to the great scientist, the electric
potential, volt, has been named after him.
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14. The Pedal Bicycle
• Year - 1839
• Invented by - Kirkpatrick Macmillan
• This first pedal bicycle invented by Macmillan was
propelled with the help of horizontal
reciprocating movement of the rider's feet on the
pedals, which remains the basic principle even for
modern-day bicycles. The invention of the bicycle
helped people travel easily and with more speed,
and also proved beneficial in saving a lot of time.
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16. Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
1876• Alexander Graham Bell is most famous for his invention of the
telephone. He first became interested in the science of sound
because both his mother and wife were deaf. His experiments in
sound eventually let him to want to send voice signals down a
telegraph wire. He was able to get some funding and hire his
famous assistant Thomas Watson and together they were able to
come up with the telephone. The first words spoken over the
telephone were by Alex on March 10, 1876. They were "Mr.
Watson, come here, I want to see you".
• It turns out that other scientists had similar ideas. Bell had to race
to the patent office in order to get his patent in first. He was first
and, as a result, Bell and his investors had a valuable patent that
would change the world. They formed the Bell Telephone Company
in 1877. There have been many mergers and name changes over
the years, but this company is known today as AT&T.
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18. Research additional inventions to take
notes on for extra credit heading into
the new trimester
• https://interestingengineering.com/27-
inventions-of-the-industrial-revolution-that-
changed-the-world
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