Inventors
John Kay 1753-54 House destroyed by machine breakers…keeps inventing
John Kay Inventor persecuted and house destroyed by machine breakers, he didn’t give-up and kept inventing, now that’s entrepreneurial against the odds…and was this the start of organised labour and uprisings?
Read MoreJohn Kay Inventor of the Flying Shuttle
The costs to John Kay inventor of the flying shuttle were significant, as they were to the workers who lost their jobs as a result of mechanisation but his tenacious approach in the face of adversity is part of what made the inventors, visionaries and entrepreneurs of the Industrial Revolution brilliant.
Read MoreFlying shuttle – What is it?
Just what was the flying shuttle and why did it have such an impact on the lives of our ancestors? A simple invention that produced incredible results. A great example of the speed of change during the Industrial Revolution.
Read MoreInvention of the whippletree
The Chinese invented the whippletree, this allowed two oxen to pull a single cart together, this meant double the load, so halving the journey time. This invention probably dates between 190 – 209 AD. Related posts:Telford’s Menai Straits Bridge 1826 Thomas Telford’s Menai Straits Bridge opened on 30th January 1826. It was the first modern…
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- Absence from school in rural areas 1876 The Rural Poor and Education 1876…
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- Education Acts of 1870, 1873, 1876, tough on poor families? The affect of the Education Acts on poor families…
Barnes Wallis 1st Job Engineer at Supermarine
Barnes Wallis on the Isle of Wight 1913
Read MoreBarnes Neville Wallis born 1887
The start of the Dam Busters…Ripley derbyshire
Read MoreThe first telephone conversation 1876
The first wire telephone conversation took place between Alexander Graham Bell and his colleague Thomas Watson, over a distance of 3km between Boston and Cambridge US.
Read MoreAlexander Graham Bell Patent 1876
Alexander Graham Bell was issued with a patent from the US Patent Office on 7th March 1876 for ‘a method of and apparatus for, transmitting vocal or other sounds, telegraphically’.
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