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ATP I - Obj. 1.01
Industrial Revolution Key Terms
Term | Definition |
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Flying Shuttle | 1733 (18th Century) - John Kay - allowed single weaver to weave wider fabrics. Helped looms become mechanized |
Cotton Gin | 1794 (18th Century) - Eli Whitney - automatically separates cotton seeds from short staple cotton fibers |
Spinning Mule | 1779 (18th Century) - Samuel Crompton - Spins textile fibers into yarn using an intermitten process - improvement on the Spinning Jenny |
Spinning Jenny | 1764 (18th Century) - James Hargreaves - multi spindle spinning frame that allowed one worker to make 8 or more spindles of yarn at one time |
Elias Howe | 1846 (19th Century) - Sewing machine pioneer - eye at point of needle, automatic feed, and shuttle beneath the cloth to form lock stitch |