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Jethro Tull
He invented the horse-drawn seed drill in 1700 that sowed the seeds in neat rows. He provided a basis for modern agriculture -
Thomas Newcomen
he invented the first ever successful atmospheric steam engine in 1712. It pumped water using a vacuum created by condensed steam. -
John Kay
He invented the flying shuttle, which was an important step towards automatic weaving, and allowed for much wider fabric to be weaved. -
John Roebuck
He manufactured and developed the industrial-scale of sulphuric acid, and played an important role in the Industrial Revolution -
Richard Arkwright
He patented and invented the simple but remarkable spinning machine, which made it much faster to spin cotton yarn faster and in more quantities than ever before -
James Hargreaves
He invented the spinning jenny, which was very important and revolutionary because it allowed for 8 threads to be spun at a time, rather than just 1 -
Henry Cort
He invented the puddling process, which would convert pig iron into wrought iron, with grooved rollers which mechanised the former laborious process -
Edmund Cartwright
He invented the wool combing machine, which was very important not only in England, but around the world due to its ability to speed up production and automate the weaving process of wool -
Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney invented and patented what is called the cotton gin. It was used to remove seeds from the cotton fiber much faster than what it would take to do by hand -
Robert Fulton
He invented the first commercially successful steamboat in 1807. Its first run was on the Hudson River -
Elias Howe
He patented and invented the first ever lockstitch sewing machine. His machine helped mass produce sewing products and clothing -
Cyrus Field
He conceived the idea of the telegraph cable and wanted to lay a well-insulated line across the floor of the Atlantic Ocean