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Jethro Tull - Seed Drill
The seed drill was a horse drawn hoe that helped farmers plant seeds a lot faster and easier. -
Abraham Darby - Sand Casting
Sand casting is a method of metal casting where the mold for the iron is made out of sand. -
John Kay - Flying Shuttle
The flying shuttle was used so 1 person could operate a very wide loom on their own. This aided in the weaving of textiles -
Samuel Crompton - Spinning Mule
Crompton took ideas from Akwright's spinning frame and Hargreave's spinning jenny and made a spinning mule. This invention helped the mass production of thread and yarn. -
Jeremy Bentham - Modern Utilitarianism
This theory states that actions hold moral value and they can boost someone's mood or bring their mood down more, based on what you choose to do. -
Edmund Cartwright - Wool Combing Machine
This machine was used to arrange and lay the wool by the lengths of the fibers, before more treatments. -
Nicolas LeBlanc - Soda Ash
The first man to create soda ash using table salt. Soda ash was used in making many things like paper, soap, and glass, but the process of making soda ash was not very eco-friendly. Nicolas LeBlanc helped make the process a little safer. -
Eli Whitney - Cotton Gin
The cotton gin is a machine that was used to pick seeds and other debris out of the freshly-picked cotton. This sped up the process of picking through the cotton all day. -
Alessandro Volta - Early Electric Battery
Volta invented the voltaic pile, this produces a steady electric current through zinc and copper. -
Robert Fulton - Steamboat
This was the first successful commercial steamboat, it carried passengers between New York City and Albany New York -
Elias Howe - Sewing Machine
Elias Howe invented the first sewing machine, this would help textiles workers sew faster and more efficiently. -
Cyrus Field - Telegraph Cable
Cyrus Field came up with the idea of running an insulated telegraph cable along the Atlantic ocean floor.
