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Invention of the Seed Drill
In 1701, Jethro Tull invented the seed drill. This made planting seeds easier for farmers. Instead of having to handplant their seeds or just let their seeds plant themselves they could use the seed drill. Which made farming easier and efficient. -
The invention of the atmospheric engine
Thomas Newcomen invented the internal-condensing jet for obtaining a vacuum in the cylinder and an automatic valve gear. By using steam at atmospheric pressure, he kept within the working limits of his materials. For a number of years, Newcomen’s engine was used in the draining of mines and in raising water to power waterwheels. -
James Watt
James Watt FRS FRSE was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world. He died on August 25, 1819. -
Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism. Bentham defined as the "fundamental axiom" of his philosophy the principle that "it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong." -
Abraham Darby the Third
Abraham Darby III was an English ironmaster and Quaker. He was the third man of that name in several generations of an English Quaker family that played a pivotal role in the Industrial Revolution. He died in 1791. -
The invention of the spinning frame
Richard Arkwright made the creation of strong yarn very simple and easy. He also made an invention that led to the reduced need of spinning cotton by hand. He also invented something very similar, the water frame. To conclude he invented the spinning and water frame. -
Robert Owen
Robert Owen was a Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist and social reformer, and a founder of utopian socialism and the cooperative movement. Died on November 17th, 1858. -
David Ricardo
Ten years after retiring and four years after entering Parliament, Ricardo died from an infection of the middle ear that spread into his brain and induced septicaemia. He was 51. who served as an officer in the Life Guards and was a deputy lieutenant for Oxfordshire. Ricardo is buried in an ornate grave in the churchyard of Saint Nicholas in Hardenhuish, now a suburb of Chippenham, Wiltshire. At the time of his death his assets were estimated at £675,000–£775,000. -
The invention of GDP
Smith's best-known ideas formed the basis of economic theory, including the invisible hand theory (the idea that free-markets coordinate themselves), the division of labor (the idea that people should specialize in specific tasks), and the measurement of economic activity (Gross Domestic Product). -
Karl Marx
Karl Heinrich Marx FRSA was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, critic of political economy, and socialist revolutionary. His best-known titles are the 1848 pamphlet The Communist Manifesto and the four-volume Das Kapital. Died on March 14th, 1883. -
Invention of many locomotives
Over the next few years, Stephenson built several locomotives for Killingworth and other collieries and gained a measure of fame by inventing a mine-safety lamp. In 1821 he heard of a project for a railroad, employing draft horses, to be built from Stockton to Darlington to facilitate. His most famous locomotive being the Rocket which was invented in 1829. -
The invention of Celluloid
John Wesley invented Celluloid. Celluloids are a class of materials produced by mixing nitrocellulose and camphor, often with added dyes and other agents.