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Jethro Tull - Seed Drill
A mechanical seeder that sowed efficiently at the correct depth and spacing and then covered the seed so that it could grow. -
Thomas Newcomen - Atmospheric engine
An early form of single-acting engine in which the power stroke is provided by atmospheric pressure acting upon a piston in an exhausted cylinder. -
John Kay - Flying shuttle
A type of weaving shuttle. It was a pivotal advancement in the mechanisation of weaving during the initial stages of the Industrial Revolution, and facilitated the weaving of considerably broader fabrics, enabling the production of wider textiles -
James Watt - Steam engine
Machine that uses steam power to perform mechanical work through the agency of heat -
Henry Cort - The puddling process
The puddling process converted pig iron into wrought iron by subjecting it to heat and stirring it in a furnace, without using charcoal. It was the first method that allowed quality wrought iron to be produced on a large scale. -
Edmund Cartwright - Power loom
A power loom is a mechanized loom, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution -
Nicolas LeBlanc - Soda ash
A method of making sodium bicarbonate from table salt. Used to control pH in water treatment, neutralising acidity and eliminating issues with corrosion -
Eli Whitney - Cotton Gin
Machine that enabled the rapid separation of seeds from cotton fibres -
Alessandro Volta - Electric battery
A device that produced a small but steady electrical current. consisted of alternating disks of zinc and silver separated by paper or cloth soaked either in salt water or sodium hydroxide. -
Robert Fulton - Steamboat
A flat-bottomed steamship with a rectangular stern, whose steam engine powered two paddle wheels. -
Elias Howe - Sewing machine
A machine used to sew fabric and materials together with thread. Much faster than by hand -
Cyrus field - First transatlantic cable
Undersea cables running under the Atlantic Ocean for telegraph communications.