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He perfected a horse drawn seed drill that sowed the seeds in neat rows. He later developed a horse-drawn hoe.
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was a cleric, theologian and evangelist who was a leader of a movement with the Church of England
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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.
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was an English inventor who invented the lead chamber process of manufacturing sulfuric acid and a process for producing malleable iron.
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Adam Smith wrote 'The Wealth of Nations' and achieved the first comprehensive system of political economy.
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an American engineer and inventor who invented the first Steamboat. it was used to travel up and down rivers faster that traditional boats could.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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as an American inventor best known for his creation of the modern lockstitch sewing machine. used to stitch fabric together.
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created the telegraph, along with others; created the Telegraph and they laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858.
