industrial revolution

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  • Abraham Darby

    Discovered a cheaper and simpler method of producing cast iron, using a coke-fueled (as opposed to charcoal) furnace.

  • Thomas Newcomen

    Develops the first practical steam engine (used mainly to pump water from mines).

  • James Hargreaves

    He invented the spinning jenny, a machine that allowed an individual to produce multiple spools of yarn simultaneously.

  • James Watt

    Improved Newcomen's work, and the steam engine later powered machinery, locomotives, and ships during the Industrial Revolution.

  • Samuel Compton

    He improved the spinning machine, wich he will call spinning mule.

  • Edmund Cartwight

    He developed the power loom, which mechanizes the process of weaving cloth.

  • Henry Bessemer

    Develops the first low-cost process for the mass production of steel.

  • Carl Benz

    Thanks to his internal combustion engine, he develops the first automobile.

  • Bell

    invents the telephone

  • Pierre and Marie Curie

    They succeeded in isolating radium, this opening the way to nuclears physics.