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Jethro Tull
He perfected a horse drawn seed drill that sowed the seeds in neat rows. He later developed a horse-drawn hoe. -
John Wesley
was a cleric, theologian and evangelist who was a leader of a movement with the Church of England -
Thomas Newcomen
an inventor who created the atmospheric engine, the first practical fuel-burning engine. he engine was operated by condensing steam pulled into the cylinder, creating a partial vacuum which allowed the atmospheric pressure to push the piston into the cylinder. -
John Roebuck
was an English inventor who invented the lead chamber process of manufacturing sulfuric acid and a process for producing malleable iron. -
Adam Smith
Adam Smith wrote 'The Wealth of Nations' and achieved the first comprehensive system of political economy. -
Robert Fulton
an American engineer and inventor who invented the first Steamboat. it was used to travel up and down rivers faster that traditional boats could. -
Robert Owen
was a textile manufacturer, Owen made use of the first American Sea Island cotton (a fine, long-staple fibre) ever imported into Britain and made improvements in the quality of the cotton spun. -
Henery Cort
an ironmaster. He revolutionized the British iron industry with his use of grooved rollers to finish iron. He developed the first process for manufacturing steel inexpensively. -
Eli Whitney
was an American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. This was one of the key inventions that made cotton less labor intensive and could make cotten faster -
Karl Marx
He is famous for his theories about capitalism and communism. Marx and Engels began writing what was to become their most famous work – a programme of action for the Communist League. -
Elias Howe
as an American inventor best known for his creation of the modern lockstitch sewing machine. used to stitch fabric together. -
Cyrus Field
created the telegraph, along with others; created the Telegraph and they laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858.
