Industrial Revolution Invention Brochure
Week 9 Assignment: Industrial Revolution Invention Brochure
Congratulations! You have just been hired by an inventor to help him bring his new invention/innovation to market. Your job has two parts. First, you need to become an expert on the invention/innovation; find out how it works, what it is for, and how it is made. Second, you need to figure out how to help your client turn his idea into a profit-making business. For that, you must identify potential buyers and would-be investors. A list of inventions/innovations is on the next page.
Inventions/innovations:
1770s
1. Weighing scale 2. Boring machine 3. Screw-cutting lathe 4. Mechanical Air Compressor |
1780s
1. Steamboat 2. Hot Air Balloon 3. Threshing Machine 4. Power Loom |
1790s
1. Sewing Machine 2. Cotton Gin 3. Hydraulic Press 4. Lithography Printing 5. Plywood 6. Smallpox Vaccine 7. Air Compressor |
1800s
1. Voltaic Pile (early form of battery) 2. Morphine 3. Steam Locomotive 4. Anesthetic 5. Combustion Engine 6. Workable Steamboat |
1810s
1. Canning process 2. Powered Printing Press 3. Safety Lamp 4. Planing Machine 5. Electric Telegraph 6. Stirling Engine 7. Dandy Horse 8. Tunnelling Shield |
1820s
1. Pattern-tracing Lathe 2. Heliography 3. Mechanical Computer 4. Lighter 5. Bolt-Action Rifle 6. Electromagnet 7. Reaping Machine 8. Air Compressor |
1830s
1. Lawn Mower 2. Electric Motor 3. Morse Code 4. Electrotyping 5. Steam Shovel 6. Steam Hammer |
1840s
1. Printing Telegraph 2. First Fuel Cell 3. Man-made Fertilizer 4. Cement 5. Tunnel Boring Machine 6. Pneumatic Drill 7. Repeating Rifle 8. Francis Turbine |
Assignment Instructions:
Create a brochure that advertises an invention or innovation that appeared during the Industrial Revolution (1770-1840). Submit the brochure by Sunday at 11:59pm ET.
Guiding Questions: (Be sure to cite your sources)
- When was your product created?
- Who developed the product? (There may have been several contributors over a number of years.)
- Is your product a new invention, or is it a new-and-improved version of an existing invention?
- Write a “before and after” statement that describes how the product affected peoples’ lives.
- How is this product superior to similar or alternative products?
- How does the product make people’s lives easier, better, or more enjoyable?
- How is the product produced?
- How much did the product cost when it was first introduced to the market?
- Was the product affordable for ordinary people or for only wealthy people?
- How common or widely used was the product at the height of its popularity?
- What makes this product revolutionary? World-changing?