Luca Bruns
9/23/2/16
9/23/2/16
TECHNOLOGY
Timeline of main events
· Technological advances caused the industrial revolution
o Practice spread in late 18th century
· 1712: Thomas Newcomen made steam engines to pump water from coal mines
· 1769: James Watt patented more efficient steam engine
o 1780s: more efficient model adapted to power machinery
· Textile industry first to become mechanized
o 1771: Richard Arkwright opened cotton spinning mill with machine – water frame – powered by water mill
o 1779: Samuel Crompton invented cotton spinning machine – spinning mule
o 1785: Edmund Cartwright invented loom powered by steam engines
o Caused large increase in cotton production
· 1784: Henry Cort developed way to make wrought iron – advanced from beating red hot iron with hammers to 'puddling'
o Iron melted in furnace and stirred to remove impurities
o Caused large increase in iron production
· 1777: Samuel Miller patented a sawmill
o Patent mentions circular saws – is debatable whether or not he invented it
o 1819, Hans Christian Oersted discovered electrical current in wire causing nearby compass needle to move
o Michael Faraday invented dynamo
o 1837: Samuel Morse invented electric telegraph
o 1876: Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone
o 1878: Joseph Swan invented the lightbulb
o Electricity mastered in 19th century
o Mayor Changes in Technology
o Textile Manufacture
o Before
o In the early 18th hundreds flax and cotton were made by workers in their homes but the materials needed to be pre-made and made by hand or basic materials, which therefore it took longer to make which made a small portion of output.
o After
o To make the cloth spinning wheels where used which make the product faster, which increased selling rate and workers now worked in factories. This technology made it easier for the people working and for the people buying cloth because of the increase in speed.
o Iron Industry
o Before
o Charcoal was used in furnaces which made the cost of burning iron ore and getting iron a lot more expensive then the coke fueled furnace.
o After
o In the early 18th Century, Englishman Abraham Darby discovered a new cheaper and easier way to produce iron, in using a coke fueled furnace. This invention helped a lot because of its cheap way of producing one of the most used materials in the world and of the production being
o Steam Engine
o Before
o Before steam engines were made transportation was slow and managed by wagons pulled by horses. The people got over rivers or lakes with small boats.
o After
o In 1712 a man named Thomas Newcomen invented a steam engine, which was used in pumping water out of mines. A Scottish man named James Watt improved the steam engine which was used during the Industrial revolution to power machinery, trains and ships. American Robert Fulton was the first person to successfully build a steam engine power ship in the 1800s. This improvement of the steam engine changed the way of transport because now people and goods could get a lot faster to their destination.
o Communication
o Before
o The only way of communication was mail which took weeks until it reached the reader because of bad transportation, and the other way was talking in person.
o After
o In 1837 William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone invented the first ever electrical telegraph, which is
Effect on people’s lives
All these inventions changed peoples live, but are all of them good?
All the inventions did change people’s way of living in a good way, their is less danger when working because of safer enviorment, easier travel with steam engines, better communication with the electrical telgraph, so the Industrail revolution change the way people do stuff for the better.
Timeline of main events
· Technological advances caused the industrial revolution
o Practice spread in late 18th century
· 1712: Thomas Newcomen made steam engines to pump water from coal mines
· 1769: James Watt patented more efficient steam engine
o 1780s: more efficient model adapted to power machinery
· Textile industry first to become mechanized
o 1771: Richard Arkwright opened cotton spinning mill with machine – water frame – powered by water mill
o 1779: Samuel Crompton invented cotton spinning machine – spinning mule
o 1785: Edmund Cartwright invented loom powered by steam engines
o Caused large increase in cotton production
· 1784: Henry Cort developed way to make wrought iron – advanced from beating red hot iron with hammers to 'puddling'
o Iron melted in furnace and stirred to remove impurities
o Caused large increase in iron production
· 1777: Samuel Miller patented a sawmill
o Patent mentions circular saws – is debatable whether or not he invented it
o 1819, Hans Christian Oersted discovered electrical current in wire causing nearby compass needle to move
o Michael Faraday invented dynamo
o 1837: Samuel Morse invented electric telegraph
o 1876: Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone
o 1878: Joseph Swan invented the lightbulb
o Electricity mastered in 19th century
o Mayor Changes in Technology
o Textile Manufacture
o Before
o In the early 18th hundreds flax and cotton were made by workers in their homes but the materials needed to be pre-made and made by hand or basic materials, which therefore it took longer to make which made a small portion of output.
o After
o To make the cloth spinning wheels where used which make the product faster, which increased selling rate and workers now worked in factories. This technology made it easier for the people working and for the people buying cloth because of the increase in speed.
o Iron Industry
o Before
o Charcoal was used in furnaces which made the cost of burning iron ore and getting iron a lot more expensive then the coke fueled furnace.
o After
o In the early 18th Century, Englishman Abraham Darby discovered a new cheaper and easier way to produce iron, in using a coke fueled furnace. This invention helped a lot because of its cheap way of producing one of the most used materials in the world and of the production being
o Steam Engine
o Before
o Before steam engines were made transportation was slow and managed by wagons pulled by horses. The people got over rivers or lakes with small boats.
o After
o In 1712 a man named Thomas Newcomen invented a steam engine, which was used in pumping water out of mines. A Scottish man named James Watt improved the steam engine which was used during the Industrial revolution to power machinery, trains and ships. American Robert Fulton was the first person to successfully build a steam engine power ship in the 1800s. This improvement of the steam engine changed the way of transport because now people and goods could get a lot faster to their destination.
o Communication
o Before
o The only way of communication was mail which took weeks until it reached the reader because of bad transportation, and the other way was talking in person.
o After
o In 1837 William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone invented the first ever electrical telegraph, which is
Effect on people’s lives
All these inventions changed peoples live, but are all of them good?
All the inventions did change people’s way of living in a good way, their is less danger when working because of safer enviorment, easier travel with steam engines, better communication with the electrical telgraph, so the Industrail revolution change the way people do stuff for the better.
Works Cited
History.com Staff. "Industrial Revolution." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 13 Sept. 2016. <http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution>.
Http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aboutcom-European-History/225505610840034. "Iron in the Industrial Revolution." About.com Education. N.p., 09 Apr. 2014. Web. 22 Sept. 2016. <http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/industryandagriculture/fl/Iron-in-the-Industrial-Revolution.htm>.
"Industrial Revolution Inventions Timeline 1712-1942." American Patrotism Success in America. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://storiesofusa.com/industrial-revolution-inventions-timeline-1712-1942/>.
Http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aboutcom-European-History/225505610840034. "Iron in the Industrial Revolution." About.com Education. N.p., 09 Apr. 2014. Web. 22 Sept. 2016. <http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/industryandagriculture/fl/Iron-in-the-Industrial-Revolution.htm>.
"Industrial Revolution Inventions Timeline 1712-1942." American Patrotism Success in America. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://storiesofusa.com/industrial-revolution-inventions-timeline-1712-1942/>.