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Jethro Tull invents a seed drill
The seed drill was invented to plant more efficiently in both space and time as before it was done by hand scattering seeds across the ground. It caused farming to become much more productive and less time consuming -
Abraham Darby invents smelting
He came up with the idea of coke smelting from coal to use as fuel instead of charcoal as well as sand casting to shape the iron which made the mass production of iron and brass economically viable and more productive -
John Kay creates the flying shuttle
The flying shuttle was used in weaving to make weaving a one man process that was faster then if two people did it. It allowed for weavers to weave fabrics of any width faster then if two people did it -
James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny
a machine that used a large wheel to spin many spindles of thread at once and decreased the amount of work needed to do this process. It increased production ability of textiles and was important for the production for cotton -
Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule
the spinning mule was made to make spinning cotton thread and yarn easier and allowed one person to work on over 1,000 spindles at one time and allowed for higher quality yarn and faster production of said yarn -
Henry Cort invents puddling furnace
Henry Cort created a puddling furnace and grooved rollers which allowed iron bars to be make quicker and were also more economic then the times before with much less work and caused the iron business in England to multiply 4x what it was before -
Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom
He invented the power loom, which is used to weave cloth and tapestry and allowed more people to not have to weave cloth by hand -
Nicolas LeBlanc finds a way to make soda ash
He discovered the process on how to make soda ash(sodium bicarbonate) from normal salt which is a key chemical for producing glass, soap, bleaching fabrics, and paper which caused a boom in the production of these products -
Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin
The cotton gin was invented to reduce time in picking seeds from raw cotton fibers, it boosted productivity and increased cotton usage. It also made cotton a much more profitable crop and because of this promoted the use of slaves for cotton cultivation. -
David Ricardo makes theories on economy
He came up with the theories for profits and wages, the labor theory of value, the theory of comparative advantage, and the theory of rents. They contributed to society the cause and benefits of international trade as well as how capitalism would make an economy stagnate -
Elias Howe invents the sewing machine
The sewing machine was created to decrease the amount of manual work it takes to sew in the clothing companies and helped along the mass production of sewing machines and clothing -
Karl Marx creates Communism
Karl Marx wrote the book Communist Manifesto which introduced the idea of communism and talked about how unstable capitalism would make society, as well as offering a few requirements for a communist society.