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Seed Drill
Jethro Tull was one of the scientific farmers. He created the Seed Drill in 1701. After he noticed the traditional way of sowing seeds didn't work.The seed drill allowed farmers to sow seeds in appropriately spaced rows at specific depths, -
Piano
Bartolomeo Cristofor invented the piano because he wanted to produce an instrument with a better dynamic response than the harpsichord. -
Flying Shuttle
John Kay created a shuttle that stood on four wheels and sped back and forth. It was a boat shaped piece of wood that had a piece of yarn attached to it, and it doubled the amount of work that a weaver could do in one day. However, the technology would have to wait another thirty years before a power loom was invented by Edmund Cartwright in 1787. -
The spinning jenny
James Hargreaves created the spinning jenny. A single wheel on the spinning jenny controlled eight spindles which created a weave using eight threads at one time. To help weavers perform faster and more efficiantly -
Submerine
David Bushnell designed and built a submarine torpedo boat in 1776. it was underwater and went to surface bypumping it with a hand pump. Later on it was used as a weapon -
Cotton gin
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin to remove seeds from the cotton. Since doing this by hand was very difficult and took time , he invented this so people could work more efficiently. After this invention was made, the amount of cotton that was cleaned went from 1.5 million pounds in 1790, to 85 million pounds in 1810. -
Telegraph
Claude Chappe invented the telegraph This telegraph was not outdated, it transmitted electric signals through wires from location to location and was translated into a message. -
Sewing Machine
The first sewing needles were made out of bones and animal horns.The 1834 eye pointed needle sewing machine of Walter Hunt was later re-invented by Elias Howe.it was the best sewing machine at that time buy, had minor copies in the machine. it saved time for the workers and made fabrics look amazing. -
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone to transmit speech electrically.The telegraph and telephone are both wire-based electrical systems, and Alexander Graham Bell's success with the telephone came as a direct result of his attempts to improve the telegraph. -
Airplane
Orville and Wilbur Wright invented the first ariplane by carrying a man up in the air rose by its own power , flew naturally at even speed, and landed sucssefully without being damaged.
