Set: Industrial Revolution Inventors

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Jethro Tullseed drill - eliminated broadcast method of planting
Charles Townshendcrop rotation techniques - eliminated fallow fields
John Kayflying shuttle - increased speed of weaving
James Hargreavesspinning jenny - 8x as much thread
Richard Arkwrightwater frame - large spinning machine, beginning of factory system
Edmund Cartwrightpower loom - 200x more cloth
James Wattmodern steam engine - replaced water as main power source
Henry Bessemerbessemer converter - efficient way of making steel
George Stephensonsteam locomotive - starts railroad era
John McAdammacadam roads - roads usable in all kinds of weather
Sam Morsetelegraph - used electrical impulses
Robert Fultonsteamboat - used watts steam engine

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Creator jfuggy
Created December 17, 2008
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Subject Social Studies
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Important inventors from the industrial revolution.

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