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Thomas Newcomen
Newcomen invented the world's first successful steam engine. This engine pumped water using a vacuum created by condensed steam. This was a very important component in the Industrial Revolution in Britain. It was the method of draining water from deep mines. -
James Watt
Although he didn't actually invent the first steam engine, he improved on it and made it one that didn't waste as much energy. Which made the machine more powerful and more efficient. -
John Kay
Kay invented the first flying shuttle, which represented an important step towards automatic weaving. Using this, one weaver could weave fabrics of any width more quickly than two of them could before. -
James Hargreaves
The problem of slow weaving, and using 3 spinners to keep up with one weaver, was resolved when James a the spinning jenny which was capable of spinning 8 threads of cotton yarn, instead of the spinning wheel's one. -
Samuel Crompton
Samuel invented the spinning mule that used the moving carriage of the spinning jenny with the rollers of the water frame. The mule was an important invention because it could spin thread better than by hand. -
Edmund Cartwright
Cartwright invented the first power loom which used water power to speed up the weaving process which served as predecessor for the modern power loom. -
Nicolas LeBlanc
LeBlanc discovered how to manufacture soda from common salt. The "Leblanc Process" was key to making soap, glass, and many other products out of soda ash. -
Eli Whitney
He invented a cotton gin which was able to successfully pull out the seeds from cotton bolls, enabling much better productivity than manual cotton separation. -
George Stephenson
George Stephenson invented Geordie lamp, which what a safety lamp used in inflammable atmospheres. It was a miner's lamp to prevent explosions because of the firedamp in coal mines. -
Robert Owen
Owen founded a Utopian society of New Harmony, Indiana. A Utopian society focuses on bettering life for its citizens. He made all facets of life for New Harmony communal, and regimented. -
Elias Howe
Machine after machine was invented but none were successful until Howe invented a successful sewing machine. Sewing machines were first invented to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed. -
Cyrus Field
Cyrus created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph across the Atlantic Ocean. This is an undersea cable running under the Atlantic for telegraph communication. Although, it only operated for 3 weeks.
