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Jethro Tull
He invented the seed drill. It helped farmers plant things more efficiently. -
John Kay
He invented the flying shuttle which would be the basis for automatic weaving. -
John Roebuck
He invented a process to process both acid and malleable iron. -
Richard Arkwright
He made the spinning frame. It helped with spinning thread and/or yarn. -
James Hargreaves
He created spinning jenny which made it possible that multiple threads could be spun at a time and not just one. -
Alessandro Volta
He created the first battery known as an electric pile. -
Adam Smith
He founded base theories about economics. -
Samuel Crompton
He made the spinning mule which helped with creating thread and yarn. -
Henry Cort
He created a new way of iron processing. -
Nicolas LeBlanc
He created the process of making soda ash from common salt -
Elias Howe
He made the sewing machine. It helped with sewing. -
Cyrus Field
He created the telegraph cable which helped with communication greatly.