2. I wish I was joking….
• Yesterday, we introduced the concept of
a rise of machines. So how did it start?
What were the first machines built for?
• The first widely used machines were for
weaving cloth. This had been a “by
hand” industry. Suddenly, though,
machines could do the job much quicker
and better.
• Technologies from these machines were
then adapted to other needs.
3. First one and then another…
The flying shuttle
doubled the amount
of weaving one
person could do in
day.
Even better, the Spinning
Jenny allowed one
spinner to spin 8 threads
at a time! (be still my
beating heart)
4. Now, we’re playing with
power….Water Power!
• The Spinning Mule (1779) combined the
spinning jenny with water power (using a
device called the water frame).
• In 1787, the water-powered power loom
increased the speed of weaving yet again.
5. Taking a lesson from
one class to another….
• The major technological
innovations (new ideas)
had been for weaving and
sewing.
• In 1793, Eli Whitney
borrowed some of those
concepts and created the
cotton gin, which
increased cotton harvests.
• Sadly, it also reignited a
weakening slave
population in America.
7. Social Changes
• Large machines
needed buildings to be
in. Factories were
created to house the
machines.
• Employees had to live
close to the factory
• Many people who
sewed for a living were
put out of a job
because of the new
machines.
8. More on the Power of
Water!
• As water power was
needed for more and
more issues in the
factory, factories were
built by rivers.
• If a town was near the
river, it was built in
town.
• If not, a town would
develop around the
factory.
9. Unlimited Power!!!
• James Watts decided to create a new power
source.
• He created the steam engine.
• Factories could finally be built anywhere.
• Coal and iron became the primary resource
of these new factories.
10. And finally….
• As the Industrial Revolution entered a
second phase a hundred years later,
electricity, steel, and chemicals became the
primary resources of business.
