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    Today‚ we have come to use machines every day for doing our daily tasks. However‚ in a long time ago‚ there were no machines for us to work. If you take away all the machines that you use or work with‚ the life will go slower and most importantly‚ time managing and even communicating will seem to get harder in the absence of these machines. Now imagine earlier generations during their childhood years. How did they move from place to place? How did they communicate? The industrial revolution was the

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    or wool‚ depending on the environment‚ and it was almost always hand woven. With the invention of the Spinning Jenny in 1764 by James Hargreaves the chore of making cloth became much easier. Instead of a regular spinning wheel‚ which could only make one piece of thread at a time‚ the spinning jenny had 8 spindles‚ making 8 threads while only turning one wheel. The "descendant" of the spinning jenny would have to be Richard Arkwright’s water frame‚ invented in 1769. It used two rollers‚ making the thread

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    much wider than an arms length at much greater speeds. The spinning jenny 1764 The spinning jenny is a multi-spool spinning frame. It was invented c. 1764 by James Hargreaves in Stanhill‚ Oswaldtwistle near Blackburn‚ Lancashire in England. 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. The Spinning Frame 1768 The spinning frame was an invention developed during the 18th century British

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    A Progress There’s really no reason for the Industrial Revolution to be considered a problem. The Industrial Revolution did much more good than bad; even when things were bad‚ they eventually got better. There were many instances where the Industrial Revolution did good and/or fixed the wrong that occurred. For example‚ diseases and viruses were being discovered‚ meaning people began to open their eyes which led to the many advances in the medical field which led to people becoming healthier and

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    great advances with the way the world is perceived today. In Britain‚ the five most important events/dates in the history of science and technology are the introduction of printing press in England by William Caxton in 1476‚ the invention of the spinning jenny by James Hargreaves in 1764‚ the steam engine as perfected by James Watt in 1780‚ the discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming in 1928‚ and the birth of the first test-tube baby in England in 1978. The introduction of printing press

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    European Industrial Revolution Economical Aspect Causes: http://socyberty.com/history/causes-of-the-early-industrial-revolution Population Growth: The English civil war and the end to Feudalism contributed to the increasing population. People became immune to diseases and this immunity spread to children‚ enabling them to combat getting infected with illness. Young adolescents married early which lead to an increased birth rate‚ so the population makeup composed of a large young population

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    British. This way they were able to steadily grow at a faster rate‚ because of having invented Spinning Jenny and Water Frame. Spinning Jenny was invented by James Hargreaves‚ the main reason why it became popular was because the simple mechanics it used‚ not to mention it was quite economical to use. The Water Frame was invented by Richard Arkwright‚ it came to existence particularly used for cotton spinning mill. This steady growth could not have been carried out without the steam engine‚ which was

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    during this time period where the spinning jenny‚ water frame‚ steam engine and locomotive. The inventors of these inventions were Jasmes Hargreaves‚ Richard Arkwright‚ Jame ’s Watt and Richard Trevithick. New ideas‚ methods‚ and machinery helped the Industrial Revolution go at a faster pace. The spinning jenny was invented by Jasmes Hargreaves. This machine could spin eight threads of wool at once. It was later extended to spin 120 threads at one time. Spinning jennys were very small and extremely

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    Life is something that evolves and as life evolves so does the items and ideas that encompass life. Humans have the nature to want things better to make life easier‚ that is just human nature‚ we want the items we work with on a daily basis to be simple and leave us with the sense of knowing we did something useful without having to put in an abundance of effort‚ You could take the farming as an example‚ the people who inhabited America before the white men used things they made from clay or the

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    grown in one area of land so you doing take all the nutrients out of the soil Better breeding 4 crop rotation (yield increases) *All produces better quality and more food --> which makes cheaper food --> more people use it first factories Spinning jenny Water frame Cotton mill Steam engine: energy was in shortage so the steam engine became a necessary source for energy Seed drill Better plows Railroads: carries coal from the mines to the factories Reduced the cost and uncertainty of shipping

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