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Movers & Shakers: Inventions during Industrial Revolution

Movers & Shakers: Inventions during Industrial Revolution. How does technology improve people’s lives?. TEXTILE INDUSTRY. James Hargreaves - Spinning Jenny (1764). Eli Whitney – Cotton Gin (1794). IM Singer – Sewing Machine (1851). Impact – Quicker, cheaper, improved textile industry.

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Movers & Shakers: Inventions during Industrial Revolution

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  1. Movers & Shakers:Inventions during Industrial Revolution How does technology improve people’s lives?

  2. TEXTILE INDUSTRY • James Hargreaves - Spinning Jenny (1764) • Eli Whitney – Cotton Gin (1794) • IM Singer – Sewing Machine (1851) • Impact – Quicker, cheaper, improved textile industry

  3. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION • James Watt • Henry Bessemer • Improved Steam Engine (1784) • Steel production (1855) • Impact - Faster, more reliable engine • Impact – easier, faster to make steel

  4. Thomas Edison George Eastman EVERYDAY LIFE & ENTERTAINMENT • Light Bulb (1879) • Phonograph (1878) • Motion Pictures (1888) • Roll Film/Camera (1888) • Impact – Able to easily take pictures (photographs) • Impact – Reliable source of light, mass entertainment

  5. Guglielmo Marconi Alexander Graham Bell COMMUNICATION • Telephone (1876) • Radio (1902) • Impact - transmit sound over long distances, improves communication • Impact - Provided wireless communication

  6. TRANSPORTATION • Henry Ford • The Wright Brothers • Automobile Assembly Line & the Model T (1908) • The Airplane (1903) • Impact - Improved mobility & started aircraft industry • Impact - Assembly line production made cars affordable

  7. Louis Pasteur Joseph Lister IMPROVING HEALTH • Pasteurization (1862) • Antiseptics (1867) • Impact - Reduced infection, preserved food • Impact - Higher survival rate in surgery

  8. The Actual Telephone (National Museum of American History- The Smithsonian Institute)

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