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jethro tull
He was and agricultural pioneer. Jethro Tull invented the seed drill, the horse drawn hoe and an improved plough. -
Abraham Darby
He developed a method of producing pig iron in a blast furnace fuelled by coke instead of charcoal. -
James Watt
Watt invented the Watt steam engine, the photocopier, Watt's linkage and parallel motion. -
John Kay
Kay was an English mechanic and engineer. He invented the flying shuttle which was an important step towards automatic weaving. -
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish economist, philosopher, pioneer of political economy and a key figure during the Enlightenment Era. He came up with the concept of GDP (gross domestic product). He wrote the book, "The Wealth of Nations" -
Samuel Crompton
Samuel Crompton was an English inventor and pioneer of the spinning industry. He invented the spinning mule. -
Henry Cort
Henry Cort was an English Ironmaster, and a pioneer in the iron industry. Cort began refining iron from pig iron to wrought iron using innovative production systems -
Nicolas LeBlanc
he made the Leblanc process, produced sodium carbonate by first exposing sea salt to sulfuric acid, and then converting the product to soda by calcinating (heating at a high temperature) with limestone and charcoal. -
robert owen
He was an early pioneer of socialism, one of the first to use the term "socialist" in publications. He made use of the first American Sea island cotton. He became a manager and partner in the Manchester firm. -
David Ricardo
David Ricardo was a classical economist best known for his theory on wages and profit, the labor theory of value, the theory of comparative advantage, and the theory of rents -
Elias Howe
Howe was an American inventor, he invented the modern lockstitch sewing machine. I was first used for making blankets and clothing. -
cyrus feild
Cyrus Field was a businessman who created the Atlantic Telegraphic Company and the whole idea of the telegraph cable.