THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION
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spinning jenny
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steam engine
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cotton gin
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dynamite
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Detailed explanation-1: -British engineer Richard Trevithick is generally recognized as the inventor of the steam railway locomotive (1803), an application of the steam engine that Watt himself had once dismissed as impractical.
Detailed explanation-2: -Steam power allowed for factories to be located anywhere. It also provided reliable power and could be used to power large machines.
Detailed explanation-3: -James Watt, (born January 19, 1736, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland-died August 25, 1819, Heathfield Hall, near Birmingham, Warwick, England), Scottish instrument maker and inventor whose steam engine contributed substantially to the Industrial Revolution.
Detailed explanation-4: -The steam engine was one of the most important technologies of the Industrial Revolution. It was a simple device that used boiling water to create mechanical motion to be utilized in useful work.