The Effect Of Entrepreneurs On The Industrial Revolution

Entrepreneurs had a hug effect on the industrial revolution. There were many ideas and creativity that were coming up. The first industry to be transformed was the textile industry. Profits were speeding up because spinners and weavers made the cloth faster and better. There were many inventions that were advanced and help the cotton industry by the 1800s. After all these inventions they led to more and more inventions. John Kay was a machinist. She invented a shuttle that was on wheels and it spanned back and fourth. This inventions was like a boat shaped piece and was made out of wood. It had a piece of yarn on it as well. This doubled the work one weaver could do in one day. Although, the spinners couldn't keep up with weavers, …show more content…
The next machine that was incited was called the water from which was created by Richard Arkwright. This was created in 1769. This machine was ran by water power that can by streams. The water made the wheels spin. All these inventions led to a new invention. Samuel Compton was the next individual to come up with a new and bigger invention. He combined the machines spinning Jenny and water frame to create the spinning mule. This machine made the thread much more stronger, consistent, and more finer. This was also run by waterpower. Edmund Cartwright's invented a machine in 1787 that had a power loom and sped up weaving. These machines were very expensive machines because they were so important. The spinning and weaving work was taken out of the house. The next step was to put all these machines in a factory. Since these machines were run by waterpower they had the first factory built by streams and rivers. In 1799, plantations had cotton coming from England. Cotton was a long and had work hand by hand. It was a long process removing the seeds from the raw cotton. Eli Whitney invented a machine called the cotton gin in 1793. The cotton gin was a much faster process because it could do twice