The First Industrial Revolution:

Major Invention and Its Inventor

1. The Spinning Jenny

- A multi-spindle spinning frame that
allowed workers to spin more wool at a
given time
- It allowed for a massive reduction in the
Inventor: James Hargreaves
work needed to produce a piece of cloth
- An English weaver, carpenter, and - Increased mills productivity and helped
inventor who lived and worked in further industrialization of the textile
Lancashire, England industry
- Patented his idea in 1764, he was
one of three men responsible for the
mechanization of spinning
- Technological improvements in
looms, weaving, and spinning led to
the growth of the textile industry

2. The Steam Engine

- A heat engine that performs
mechanical work using steam as its
working fluid.
- It replaced sails for ships on
paddle steamers and steam
Inventor: James Watt locomotives operated on the
railways.
- A Scottish inventor,
mechanical engineer, and
chemist that created the first
reliable steam engine in 1775
- He improved on Thomas
Newcomen’s 1712 “Newcomen
Steam Engine.”

3. Camer Obscura
- An analogous construction such as a
box or tent in which an exterior image
is projected inside
- The facilities provided by photography
Inventor: Joseph Nicéphore is for conveying information
- The invention of photography paved
Niépce
the way for the formation of cinema
- A multitasking French
inventor, credited as a pioneer
in photography
- In 1825, he developed the
heliography technique
- The famous First Photograph,
“View from the Window at Le
Gras,” captured in 1826 or 1827