Match the Inventor!
Age of Invention
Do you remember what these people invented?
Print the sheets, cut out the tiles and match up the names of the machines
with the correct invention and their inventor. Watch out for the red herrings!
Thomas
Newcomen
James
Hargreaves
Richard
Arkwright
Eli Whitney
James Watt
John Kay
Samuel
Crompton
Edmund
Cartwright
Matthew
Boulton
Spinning
Jenny
Steam Engine
Spinning
Mule
Knitting
Machine
Cotton Gin
Water Frame
Steam Engine
Water-wheel with separate
The Rocket
Flying Shuttle Power Loom
Carding
Machine
condensing
chamber
Why don’t you try to find out about
other amazing inventions of
the Industrial Revolution!