First phase INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

First phase: Machines and manpower

Technical inventions
From one point-of-view the clock makers were the precursors of the industrial revolution. They used mathematic techniques of Newton to build the clocks and pendulums.

The world leading of England
Lots of Spanish and Hungarian immigrants arrived to England, and that helped to the textile industrial development. Very soon, they started to export and became the country with major nautical trade in the world.

The mechanization of the work
The Craftsmen gave practice solutions able to increase the productions with cheaper prices. So in 1733 John Kay invented the “lanzadora volante” that permit made fabrics (telas) of cotton. Samuel Crompton invented the “mule-jenny” that produces Threads of very high quality.

The application of the vapor
But all changed when James Watt invented the vapor machines in 1765. The invention was very important that 4 years later it was used in textile industries. And people start thinking about replace workers for machines.


By: Nicolas Botero Mejia