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Industrial Revolution: agricultural inventions. Pod 3: Jewelia Bradley, Isaiah godwin , preston marvel and ross gAUdet April 4, 2014. Table of contents. Joseph Farwell Glidden Andrew Meikle Anna Baldwin John Smeaton End Slide Bibliography. Joseph Farwell glidden.
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Industrial Revolution: agricultural inventions Pod 3: Jewelia Bradley, Isaiah godwin, preston marvel and ross gAUdet April 4, 2014
Table of contents • Joseph Farwell Glidden • Andrew Meikle • Anna Baldwin • John Smeaton • End Slide • Bibliography
Joseph Farwell glidden • Contributor of modern barbed wire • Originally invented by Lucien B. Smith • Before – No easy way to keep livestock from roaming, used Osage Bush • After – Opened up the plains for large scale farming • Created the Barb Fence Company, DeKalb, IL • Also useful in trench warfare
Threshing machine-Andrew meikle • Removed outer husk from grain • Made in 1843 • Early threshers were hand fed • Put thousands of people out of work in England and Ireland
Milking Machine –Anna baldwin • Made in 1878 • She was in new jersey • Not built for commercial use • This was a large rubber cup connected to the udders and a hand held pump lever • The milking machine had a tank for the milk to go
The water wheel-john smeaton • 1759 in England • Machine used to convert the energy of free-flowing water to useful forms of power • Was largely used in Industrial Revolution to power factories • Allowed factories to move away from water ways and into cities where demand was higher • Power made mass production possible in factories 2007-2013 StasoSphere
Importance of inventions • Barbed Wire • Opened up the Great Plains for industrial farming • Alternative to wooden fences • Used everyday • Milking Machine • Large scale milking • Availability to purchase milk more commonly
Importance of inventions cont. • Water Wheel • Powered Industries • Created enough power to power machines in factories • Mass production = more profit and jobs • Threshing Machine • Pro - Easier to produce more grain
Bibliography • Joseph Glidden http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Glidden http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0886844.html • John Smeaton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_wheel http://www.waterhistory.org/histories/waterwheels/
Bibliography continued… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smeaton • Anna Baldwin http://www.americanartifacts.com/smma/milker/milker.htm http://www.ask.com/question/who-invented-the-milking-machine http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blfarm.htm • Andrew Miekle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Meikle http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/373349/Andrew-Meikle