The Industrialisation of Britain

people made clothes etc. by hand in their own house
1. domestic system or cottage industry
flying shuttle, John Kay
1. James Hargreaves, spinning jenny
  1. richard arkwright, water frame
    1. samuel crompton, spinning mule
      1. edward cartwright, power loom using james watts steam engine
smelting
1. separating iron from the rock in which it is contained
coke
1. coal burnt to remove harmful gasses
Abraham Darby made wrought iron, cheaper to use than charcoal
Henry Court, puddling and rolling method, better quality wrought iron and was cheaper
henry bessemer invented to converter method of making steel
1. cheaper to make
2. stronger than wrought iron
3. more flexible

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