Industrial Revolution Key Terms Flying Shuttle was one

Industrial Revolution

Key Terms Flying Shuttle- was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving. It allowed a single weaver to weave much wider fabrics, and it could be mechanized, allowing for automatic machine looms. • It was patented by John Kay (1704–c. 1779) in 1733. • Video of the flying shuttle: www. youtube. com/watch? v=PCp. YJ 7 ii. S 40 •

Spinning Mule-is a machine used to spin cotton and other fibers in the mills. • Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule or mule jenny in 1779. • The spinning mule spins textile fibers into yarn by an intermittent process. •

Spinning Jenny-is a multi-spindle spinning frame • • It was invented in 1764 by James Hargreaves The device reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn, with a worker able to work eight or more spools at once. • • This grew to 120 as technology advanced. Video of a spinning jenny: http: //history. howstuffworks. com/31667 -industrialrevelations-spinning-jenny-video. htm •

Cotton Gin-a machine that automated the separation of cottonseed from the short-staple cotton fiber. • Eli Whitney was the inventor of the cotton gin and a pioneer in the mass production of cotton. • Prior to his invention, farming cotton required hundreds of man-hours to separate the cottonseed from the raw cotton fibers. • Videos about the cotton gin: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=0 SMNYivh. Gsc •

• Elias Howe- was an American inventor and sewing machine pioneer. Contrary to popular belief, Howe was not the first to conceive of the idea of a sewing machine. Many other people had formulated the idea of such a machine before him, one as early as 1790. • Howe originated significant refinements to the design concepts of his predecessors, and on September 10, 1846, he was awarded the first United States patent (U. S. Patent 4, 750) for a sewing machine using a lockstitch design. • His machine contained the three essential features common to most modern machines: • a needle with the eye at the point, a shuttle operating beneath the cloth to form the lock stitch an automatic feed

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