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Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Jethro Tull-Seed Drill
The seed drill is a horse-drawn hoe was used to create uniform rows and cover the seeds. -
Thomas Newcomen- Steam Engine
First practicle device to use steam power for energy. Was first used to get water out of mines in the 18th century -
John Kay - Flying shuttle
Greatly accelerated weaving by allowing the shuttle by carring the weft to be passed through the warp threads faster. -
Abraham Darby II
Used iron to replace brass cylinders in Newcomens engines. Made Horsehay and Ketley furnaces. -
Richard Arkwright - Water Frame
A machine that produced a strong twist for warps, a substituting wood and metal cylinder. -
Henry Cort
English ironmaster during the industrial revolution. Created the rolling mill and the puddling furnace. -
Elias Howe
Created the sewing machine but it also had significant refines unlike others. Was made with a lockstich design -
Eli Whitney - Cotton Gin
Inventor of the cotton gin and interchangeable parts. Mechanical device that removes seed from the cotton fibers quicker than doing it by hand. -
Robert Fulton - Steam Boat
Created the first commercialy successful steamboat. Was in paris the time of his ideas. -
George Stephenson - Steam Locomotive
He built steam locomotives for the first railways. People called him the Father of Railways. -
Robert Owen
Was a welsh social reformer, and one of the founder of Utpoian Socialism. -
David Ricardo
British Political economist credited with systematizing economics. Also a member of parliament
