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Unit 8TH 1a
Unit 8TH 1a
C OL EG IO E SPAÑA
LE DL I TOM ÁS R E NT ER ÍA Á LVA R EZ
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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•
James Hargreaves: The Inventor of
the Spinning Jenny in 1765
James Hargreaves' spinning jenny was
at the "tip of the spear" of the Industrial
Revolution, along with the flying
shuttle.
TECHONOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS FROM THE
XVIII CENTURY
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• THE MOST RADICAL TRANSFORMATION WAS THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF STEAM (VAPOR). JAMES WATT PERFECTED
THE ATMOSFERIC STEAM MACHINE IN 1763, WHICH INCREASED
THE PRODUCTION OF THE TEXTILE PRODUCTS AND THE IN THE
AGRICULTURE.
TECHONOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS FROM THE
XVIII CENTURY
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• ANOTHER INPORTANT INVENTION WAS THE IMPLEMETNATION
OF THE MILL (MOLINO) TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY, THIS HELPED
TO CREATE FIRST HYDRAULIC ELECTRIC FACTORY IN ENGLAND.
TECHONOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS FROM THE
XVIII CENTURY
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• IN 1785 EDMUND
CARTWRIGHT INVENTED THE POWER
LOOM
• THE POWER LOOM IS A MECHANIZED
DEVICE USED TO WEAVE CLOATH AND
TAPESTRY. IT WAS ONE OF THE KEY
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
INDUSTRIALIZATION OF WAVERING
DURING THE EARLY INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION.
TECHONOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS FROM THE
XVIII CENTURY
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