The industrial revolution was a period of important changes. Josephine Cochrane, Charles Townshend, James Watt and Josiah Wedgewood were fundamental to process and machinery innovations.
Josephine Cochrane was born in1839, Ohio. Cochrane’s husband, a prosperous politician, required his household to host many dinner parties. Over-worked staff often chipped expensive dishes during events. Cochrane observed that inefficient dish-washing was harsh on fine china.
Cochrane, widowed at 45, was left with financial debts, motivating her dish-washer invention. Despite others’ failed dish-washer attempts, Cochrane considered dish fragility and size, creating wire separating racks for china. The rack placed in a wheel, within a copper boiler, relied on water pressure rather than scrubbing. The "Cochrane Dishwasher” built with mechanic George Butters, later founded the Garis-Cochran Manufacturing Company, following patenting. The automatic dish-washer was awarded “best mechanical construction, durability and adaptation" by the Colombian Exposition. …show more content…
Her achievements were acknowledged in 2006, when inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Charles Townshend was born in 1675, England. In later life, he observed agricultural fields wasting to maintain soil fertility. His solution was the four-course crop rotation, involving turnips, barley, clover, and wheat, while improving soil fertility. Turnips, included as livestock feed, led to his name "Turnip Townshend".
The rotation system allowed production of extra crops throughout much of the year, allowing many farmers to profit.
Townshend died in 1738, yet is considered of great importance in the "Agricultural Revolution", contributing to practices that supported Britain's population increase between 1700 and 1850.
James Watt was born in 1736, Scotland. He was an inventor, engineer and
Josephine Cochrane was born in1839, Ohio. Cochrane’s husband, a prosperous politician, required his household to host many dinner parties. Over-worked staff often chipped expensive dishes during events. Cochrane observed that inefficient dish-washing was harsh on fine china.
Cochrane, widowed at 45, was left with financial debts, motivating her dish-washer invention. Despite others’ failed dish-washer attempts, Cochrane considered dish fragility and size, creating wire separating racks for china. The rack placed in a wheel, within a copper boiler, relied on water pressure rather than scrubbing. The "Cochrane Dishwasher” built with mechanic George Butters, later founded the Garis-Cochran Manufacturing Company, following patenting. The automatic dish-washer was awarded “best mechanical construction, durability and adaptation" by the Colombian Exposition. …show more content…
Her achievements were acknowledged in 2006, when inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Charles Townshend was born in 1675, England. In later life, he observed agricultural fields wasting to maintain soil fertility. His solution was the four-course crop rotation, involving turnips, barley, clover, and wheat, while improving soil fertility. Turnips, included as livestock feed, led to his name "Turnip Townshend".
The rotation system allowed production of extra crops throughout much of the year, allowing many farmers to profit.
Townshend died in 1738, yet is considered of great importance in the "Agricultural Revolution", contributing to practices that supported Britain's population increase between 1700 and 1850.
James Watt was born in 1736, Scotland. He was an inventor, engineer and