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Abraham Darby Inventor of Sand Casting
It is a metal casting process that is done by using sand as the mold material. It was also known as coke smelting. It advanced the mass production of brass and iron goods. -
John Kay Inventor of the Flying Shuttle
It greatly accelerated weaving, by allowing the shuttle carrying the weft to be passed through the warp threads faster and over a greater width of cloth. The role of the shuttle was to insert the weft between the warp threads on the loom. -
John Roebuck Inventor of Lead Chamber Process
He invented the lead chamber process of manufacturing sulfuric acid and a process for producing malleable iron. His invention was used for storage batteries, papermaking, and his invention was used in many other ways. -
Adam Smith Inventor of Modern Economics
Adam Smith came up with the idea that free trade would affect society as a whole."The Wealth of Nations" which is a book that he is most famous for was why he was called the father of modern economics. He also invented GDP which stands for gross domestic product. -
Samuel Crompton Inventor of Spinning Mule
The spinning mule made a big change in textile production by very much increasing the amount of cotton that could be spun at any one time. It allowed one person to work more than 1,000 spindles at the same time. -
Henry Cort Inventor of the Puddling Process
It was the first method that allowed wrought iron to be produced on a large scale. It was invented in Ancient China. -
Nicolas Leblanc Inventor of Soda Ash
He made soda ash which is sodium carbonate which is from sodium chloride AKA salt. It is made by extracting naturally occurring Trona ore and then processing this compound a simple process of filtering, concentration, crystallisation and drying makes Soda Ash. -
Eli Whitney Inventor of Cotton Gin
Cotton Gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, which makes productivity go faster. It increased slavery. -
George Stephenson Inventor of Passenger Railways
He developed the "Rocket." It was an early locomotive that was built to run on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. It was the world's first inter-city passenger railway line. George was known as the Father of Railways. -
Elias Howe Inventor of the First Sewing Machine
His invention helped the mass production of sewing machines and clothing. It had also freed women from some of the drudgery of making clothes in day to day life. It solved many of their difficulties. -
Cyrus Field Inventor of the Telegraph Cable
Cyrus Field's invention allowed for the first rapid communication between continents. People could transmit messages back and forth across the world. -
John Wesley Inventor of Celluloid
Celluloid is a tough flammable thermoplastic which contains cellulose nitrate and camphor. It is used for making billiard balls, jewellery and hair accessories. It is also used for motion picture film.