The Industrial Revolution was a large part of history. During this period there were some important figures that made the Industry just a little bit easier in Britain. Three of the many major figures were Thomas Newcomen, James Watts, and James Hargreaves.Coal mining was a major industry during the Industrial Revolution. There were some technical problems of coal mining. One of the most difficult mining problems was water. The deeper the workers dug the pit reached pool of water. This problem made it hard to haul as the pit filled with water. Thomas Newcomen solved the problem by inventing the steam driven pump. These pumps allowed water to be suck through the pipe directly from the ...view middle of the document...
In 1720 when Thomas died over one hundred of his engines were working in Britain.When weavers started to work alone because of the flying shuttles this increased the demand for spun thread. The "spinning bottleneck" which was invented by James Watts, was another major figure whom invented the steam engine in Seventeen seventy five of the Industrial Revolution. Even though this invention was named his, he could not have done it without Matthew Boulton and John Wilkinson whom made the engine valves and bone cylinders which made this invention possible. Watts designed the mechanism to convert the traditional up-and-down motion of the pumping engine into rotary motion which were used for machines or the locomotion (The Steam Engine).Last person who made a major contribution to the Industrial Revolution was James Hargreaves whom was the inventor of a machine which was a wooden frame containing a number of spindles around which thread were drawn by means of a hand-turned wheel (Domestic Industries). Jenny is the name of the invention which spun cotton in large quantities. The Jenny was invented to spin thread, but the thread was not strong enough to be warped which it still continued to be wheel spun (Domestic Industries). Jennies replaced spinning wheels by the thousands. The Industrial Revolution had many others whom contributed to the Industry. These inventions did not only eliminate the problems of the Industrial Revolution, but also indeed improve the amount of production and minimize the amount of work the people would have to have done if these inventions were not thought of in the Industry.
