Steam

During the Industrial Revolution, steam power began to replace water power and muscle power (which often came from horses) as the primary source of power in use in industry. Steam power was not only used in engines but also in locomotives, furnaces and other factory appliances that were difficult to implement prior to the invention of steam power.

The Great Ship

Isambard kingdom Brunel dreamed of building the biggest ship ever. The ship was nearly 700 feet long and weighed 10 000 tones. The ship had a double hull, 10 water thigh bulkheads, and vast steam engines. The Ship to be called Leviathan but later the name was changed to S.S Great Eastern. On the 3rd November 1857 10 000 people gathered to see the ship launch but One of the launch drums lost control and hit workers. It took 90 days of pushing and pulling to get the ship onto water. The whole project was 4 times over the budget.

Eli Whitney

Eli Whitney was an American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. He was born December 8, 1765 and died January 8, 1825. Whitney was born in Westborough, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale College in 1792. In 1798, Eli Whitney invented a way to manufacture muskets by machine so that the parts were interchangeable. 

Cholera

Cholera is a disease that was commonly caught during the Industrial Revolution. It was spread though water but some people believed that it was spread by smell. It killed thousands of people.

Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison was born February 11, 1847 and died October 18, 1931. He was an American inventor and businessman. Thomas Edison was one of the biggest inventers of the industrial revolution. Edison invented hundreds of different things but he is most famous for inventing the light bulb. Edison was born February 11, 1847

Isambard kingdom Brunel

Isambard kingdom Brunel was an English mechanical and civil engineer who built bridges and dockyards, the Great Western Railway, a series of steamships including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship and numerous important bridges and tunnels. His designs revolutionised public transport and modern engineering. He was born 9 April 1806 and died 15 September 1859.

Health improvements

Some simple improvements that had a great effect on the health of the people were a proper sewerage system and clean water. People wore not worried about make any health improvements until an outbreak of Cholera in 1830 and 1840. After the outbreak people started to change their minds about any health improvements that were need.