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Jethro Tull perfected a horse-drawn seed drill. The seed drill economically sowed seeds in neat rows.
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Thomas Newcomen invented the first steam engine. The steam engine was used mainly to pump water out of mines deep underground
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John Roebuck invented the lead chamber process of manufacturing sulfuric acid.
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James Watt invented a more efficient steam engine. This new design allowed the steam engine to be used in places where there is not an abundance of coal.
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Edmund Cartwright invented the wool combing machine. The wool combing machine was used to arrange and lay parallel by length the fibers of wool, prior to further treatment.
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Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. The cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds
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Alessandro Volta invented the first electrical battery.
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Robert Fulton was an American engineer and inventor who is widely known for developing a commercially successful steamboat called Clermont. The steamboat took passengers from New York City to Albany and back again, a round trip of 300 miles, in 62 hours.
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George Stephenson invented the locomotive railroad.
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Elias Howe invented the sewing machine. The sewing machine made the process of making clothes faster.
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Cyrus Field created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean.