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Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull created the seed drill and it made distributing seeds faster, but also more efficient. -
Abraham Darby
Abraham Darby created coke smelting and that replaced charcoal with coal in metal foundries during the process of recining metals. During this time, Britains charcoal was scarce -
Henry Cort
Henry Cort invented the wrought iron and that made the production of household goods from iron significantly easier and less expensive. -
Thomas Newcomen
Thomas Newcomen created the atmospheric steam engine and that helped improve the steam engine. -
Charles Townshend
Charles Townshend invented the crop rotation system and it became the chief way to keep a field fertile and make it usable all year round. -
James Hargreaves
James Hargreaves created the spinning-Jenny and that is a major improvement on the single spinning wheel. -
Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin and that was where a machine separated cotton seeds. -
Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton invented the steamboat and that made boats powered by steam. -
Henry Bessemer
Henry Bessemer invented the first process of mass producing steal. This was cheap and essential to the development of sky scrapers. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone which is a device used to talk to people from other places. -
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi invented the radio and that was a way for people to communicate and listen to things. -
Wright Brothers
The Wright Brothers invented a plane and that was a new way to travel.