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Jethro Tull
He created the seed drill. Which helped speed up the planting process by putting seeds into the ground at a certain depth -
Abraham Darby
A new way to smelt iron. This new way used coke to smelt it down faster. -
Thomas Newcomen
He invented the steam engine. This was first motor made used for transportation and farming. -
Richard Arkwright
He created the spinning machine which helped spin cotton yarn faster. -
Adam Smith
He created the Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. This was the first comprehensive system of political economy. -
Robert Owen
He made the spinning mule which was a machine used to spin cotton and other fibres. -
John Wesley
He created the first methodist church which was a place to support their god. -
Jeremy Bentham
He created the panopticon, an architectural form for a prison. This was the circular design in which prisoners are placed in cells along the circumference, and the guardroom is in the center of the structure. -
George Stephenson
He created the steam engine which helped people move from 1 place to another -
David Ricardo
He created the The Principles of Political Economy. This was the production, the distribution of goods, exchange, the effect of social progress on production and distribution, and the role of government in economic affairs. -
Elias Howe
They made the mechanical sewing machine. This sped up the process of making clothes, and they could now mass produce them. -
Karl Marx
He invented the labor theory of value. This was made to explain why goods were exchanged for certain relative prices on the market.