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By: Ashley Bandish Julia Culver Anna McJunkin Crystal Genov
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The inventors of the Industrial Revolution contributed greatly to the aide of production and advancement in factories. The inventors listed below made major inventions that affected the Industrial Revolution. John Kay James Hargreaves James Watt Edmund Cartwright Eli Whitney Thomas Newcomen Richard Arkwright Robert Fulton
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1704-1780 Invented the cotton gin in 1733 Home was attacked from angry textile workers; afraid that his invention would take their jobs Fled to England; died from poverty around 1780
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1720-1722 Weaver Carpenter Inventor from Lancashire, England Invented Spinning Jennifer or “Spinning Jenny” in 1764
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o 1664-1729 o Ironmonger o Created the first practical steam engine used to pump water; invention known as the “Newcomen steam machine”
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1936-1819 Home-schooled for most of his life Opened a workshop with his friend Professor John Robison Acknowledged for perfecting the Newcomen’s engine
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1743-1823 English Clergyman Made first power loom in 1784 but patented it in 1785 Also known for patented wool combing machine in 1789
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1765-1825 Invented the cotton gin on March 14 th, 1794 Also invented the first musket with interchangeable parts Worked as a farm laborer and a school teacher Wanted to study law
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1732-1792 Invented spinning frame Invention first powered by water wheels Built first textile mill in Cromford, England in 1774 30,000 people employed in 785 factories using Arkwright’s patent
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1765-1815 American engineer and inventor Developed a new type of steam warship Commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1800 to design the Nautilus, to make the first practical submarine
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