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Jethro Tull
Invented and perfected the seed drill in 1700. This sowed seeds in neat rows. -
Abraham Darby
Darby is known as a British iron master. He the first person who was able to successfully smelt iron ore in a coke-fired furnace. Coke is a coal product. -
James Hargreaves
He invented the spinning jenny. The use of this machine is to separate the cotton from the seeds. -
Richard Arkwright
Invented the water frame, it is used to make thousands of cotton threads at once. -
Adam Smith
Political economist and philosopher who wrote the influential book The Wealth Of Nations in 1776, this analyzed the relationship between work and the production of the nation's wealth. -
samuel crompton
He invented the spinning mule which is used to spin cotton and fibers. -
James Watt
The steam engine and the copier, and the horse power concept. The steam engine allowed water to be pumped out of the mines so coal was able to be mined. -
Henry Cort
He patented the puddling process for refining iron ore. It turns pig iron into wrought iron. -
Edmund Cartwright
He invented and patented the first power loom, and set up a factory in Doncaster, England. The power loom used water power to speed up the weaving process. -
Eli Whitney
Created the cotton gin, milling machines, and interchangeable parts. The cotton gin is used to easily separate cotton from the seeds. -
Cyrus Field
Created the Atlantic Telegraph Company, and he laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858 The telegraph company allowed messages to be sent across the Atlantic. -
John Wesley
He simplified the production of celluloid, the first industrial plastic (artificial plastic).
