4. The industrial revolution was dominated by two important developments in technology machines used to make textiles, or cloth the steam engine driven by coal
5. The development of the new industrial or manufacturing towns in the North came with the invention of steam power-a source which was not dependent on climatic conditions. It was James Watt who, in 1765, produced the first steam engine capable of turning a wheel. Now steam power could be used to drive machinery in factories. James Watt
6. Parallel to the steam engine driven , the cloth industry began to move into large buildings capable of holding the large machinery. Infect, John Kay built a machine called the Flying Shuttle (1733) which allowed for more cloth to be woven more quickly and James Hargreaves that invented the Spinning Jenny (1764) which increased the output of thread. Another important element was iron in the whole industrial revolution, because it was a necessary material for the construction of the newly-designed machinery and for the future construction of the railway.