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Jethro Tull: The seed drill
Jethro Tull created the seed drill in 1701 while working on his father's farm.It was a horse-drawn seed drill. The seed drill sowed the seeds neatly in a row rather than scattering them by hand. This helped growing crops a whole lot easier. -
Abraham Darby: British ironmaster
Abraham Darby was the first to successfully smelt iron ore with coke. He used coke since it was more efficent and not worht as much money as charcoal. -
John Kay: Flying Shuttle
John Kay created the flying shuttle it helped with weaving. One weaver could weave fabrics of any width more quickly than two could before. -
John Roebuck: Sulfuric acid
John Roebuck created sulfuric acid in 1746. Roebuck was a chemist at heart, and devoted his life to chemistry. He was the first to create sulfuric acid. -
James Harvgreaves: Hand powered spinning wheel
James created the hand powered spinning wheel when he observed a spinning wheel. The machine could spin threads lots of thread at one time. -
Richard Arkwright: Spinning frame, Water frame
Richard Arkwright produced the water frame which produced cotten yarn suitable for warp. He opened factories which had machinery textile manufacteuring from carding to spinning. -
James Watt: Steam Engine
James Watt was a scottish who invented the steam engine, The steam engine contributed greatly the the Industrial Revolution. It helped transport people faster than by steam boat. -
Henry Cort: Discovered puddling process
Henry Cort bought a ironworks near Portsmouth in 1775. He discovered the puddling process. "It consisted of stirring molten pig iron on the bed of a reverberatory furnace (one in which the flames and hot gases swirling above the metal provide the heat, so that the metal does not come in contact with the fuel). The circulating air removed carbon from the iron." (http://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Cort) His iron production when through the roof. -
Nicolas Leblanc: French Chemist
He was a french surgeon and chemist. He developed a process for making soda ash from common salt. This bacame one of the most important industrial chemical processes of the 19th century. -
Eli Whitney: The Cotten Gin
Eli Whitney was the first to create the cotten gin. The cotten gin cleaned the cotten and took the seeds out. Instead of people doing it by hand, this made the job a whole lot easier. -
Robert Fulton: First Successful Steam Engine
Robert Fulton created the first successful steam engine in 1807. He created the steamboat because John Fitch's steamboat was too expensive and unsuccessful. Steamboats helped transportation on river canals. -
Robert Owen: Changed social reforms
Robert Owen gave children of child labor better homes, and opened a store that sold sound quality goods at a good cost. He also opened a infant school.
