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David William Donald Cameron The industrial revolution Typical examples of the inventions 1. John Kay’s flying shuttle (1733) speeded up hand weaving The industrial revolution 2. James Watt’s steam engine(1765) The industrial revolution 3. Hargreaves’ spinning jenny (1766) enabled one hand to spin many threads at a time Means of transportation canals were dug to ship goods the locomotive invented in 1814 the first railway completed in 1825 large merchant fleet Steam Engine Merchant Fleet 2.4 The Industrial Revolution By the middle of 19th century, the Industrial Revolution w