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Tomas Newcomen
Created the first practical steam engine used atmospheric pressure to push the piston down. He was influenced by James Watt -
John Kay
created the flying shuttle. it was used for making fabrics. instead of two people on one machine only one person had to be on a machine. -
John Roebuck
Known for developing the industrial-scale sulfuric acid. -
James Watt
Watt made the first steam engine. they used this engine to pump water out of mines because they were to close to the water. -
Adam Smith
Wrote "the wealth of nations" a book on government and achived the first political economy. -
Henry Cort
Patented the refining process for cast iron, which where only introduced by two other iron masters. -
Nicholas LeBlanc
a surgeon and chemist that found out how to make salt. -
Edmund Cartwright
He invented the power loom. sped up the weaving process with water -
Robert Fulton
made the first ever steamboat. the people would no longer have to row from one side to another. -
Elias Howe
made the Lock-stitch sewing machine. -
Cyrus Field
made the first telegraph cable and owned a telegraph company. -
John Wesley
He mainly simplified the production of celluloid, the first industrial plastic. he made billiard balls, false teeth, and piano keys.