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jethro tull
His invention of the seed drill a mechanical seeder that sowed efficiently at the correct depth and spacing and then covered the seed so that it could grow. -
Abraham Darby
Abraham Darby I is famous for pioneering the use of smelting iron with coke (roasted coal) This development was a major step forward and changed the course of the iron industry -
Thomas Newcomen
Thomas Newcomen invented the steam engine, for the purpose of lifting water out of a tin mine. -
james hargreaves
james hargreaves invented The hand-powered spinning jenny The development of the spinning wheel into the spinning jenny was a significant factor in the industrialization of the textile industry -
Samuel Crompton
Samuel Crompton created the The spinning mule that was a machine used to spin cotton and other fibres. -
Henry Cort
Henry Cort discovered the puddling process for making wrought iron. The puddling process converted pig iron into wrought iron by subjecting it to heat and stirring it in a furnace, without using charcoal. -
Edmund Cartwright
English inventor of the first wool-combing machine and of the predecessor of the modern power loom. -
Nicolas LeBlanc
Nicolas LeBlanc invented a method of making sodium bicarbonate from table salt that became one of the most important chemical processes of the nineteenth century. -
Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Volta invented the first electric pile, the forerunner of the modern battery. -
Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton designed and operated the world's first submarine and, most notably, a commercially successful steamboat -
George Stephenson
George Stephenson builds his first steam locomotive, the Blucher his first steam locomotive, the Blucher.Every part of the engine had to be made by hand, and hammered into shape just like a horseshoe -
Elias Howe
Elias Howe invented the first practical sewing machine