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.

Farming

Farming in the 17^th century had not change and much from the new stone as they used much the same tools and same system. This system was called the open-field system this meant that each villager would get their own strips of good and bad soil the rich farmers would get more strips. They would all share the common and waste land to rear their cows, sheep and pigs. There was alternative to this system and it was enclosed fields. This system meant that each farmer would get his own field roughly the size of the strips he previously owned. The fields were enclosed by hedges or fences. Most poor people were against this because they had to few strips to make a field and did not have enough money to enclose the field anyway. There were also some improvements made to the machinery. For example the invention of seed drill which was a much more efficient way to sow the seeds. 

Karl Marx

Karl Heinrich Marx was born 5 May 1818 and died 14 March 1883. He was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. He was important to the industrial revaluation because he started a major criticism of the Industrial Revolution.   Marx believed that the Industrial Revolution was unfair to the workers. He believed it took away the pride in their work. Marx created the ideas of Marxism, socialism, and communism.

Telephone

The Telephone is an invention from a period of time known as the Industrial Revolution (1750-1850).The Telephone was invented by Alex Bell in the year 1874. The Telephone was a major invention of the Industrial Revolution because it made it easier for people communicate. The Telephone has grown over the years and lead to the invention of the mobile phone.  

Steam Engine

The Steam Engine is an invention from a period of time known as the Industrial Revolution (1750-1850). The Steam Engine was invented by James Watt in the year 1775. Coal was used to power the steam engines. The Steam Engine lead on to be the building point for many other invents.

Spinning Jenny

The Spinning Jenny is an invention from a period of time known as the Industrial Revolution (1750-1850). The Spinning Jenny was invented by James Hargreaves in the year 1764. The machine used eight spindles onto which the thread was spun from a corresponding set of rovings. By turning a single wheel, the operator could now spin eight threads at once. Improvements were made that enabled the number to be increased to eighty.