| Term | Definition |
| seed drill | jethro tull |
| jethro tull | seed drill |
| seed drill | allowed farmers to sow seeds in rows and specific depths |
| flying shuttle | john kay |
| john kay | flying shuttle |
| flying shuttle | allowed weaver to work twice as fast, held yarn |
| spinning jenny | james hardgreaves |
| james hardgreaves | spinning jenny |
| spinning jenny | better spinning machine, work 6 or 8 threads at a time |
| water frame | richard arkwright |
| richard arkwright | water frame |
| water frame | used water power to drive spinning wheels |
| spinning mule | samuel crompton |
| samuel crompton | spinning mule |
| power loom | edmund cartwright |
| edmund cartwright | power loom |
| power loom | run by water power, promised to restore balance by speeding up weaving |
| spinning mule | made more, stronger, and finer thread |
| cotton gin | eli whitney |
| eli whitney | cotton gin |
| cotton gin | removed seeds from cotton |
| steam engine | james watt |
| james watt | steam engine |
| steam engine | used to power machines |