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Richard Arkwright
Spinning Machine - The machines' moving rollers drew the cotton fibers, imitating the action of an actual person's fingers. --It made making fabrics faster & easier for the spinner (person). -
James Watt
Steam Engine - Improved the steam engine, not invented. Deduced the waste that resulted from the steam engine's single-cylinder design --More efficient & cost-effective than earlier models -
Adam Smith
The Wealth of Nations - A reflection on economics in light of the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. He states that free-market economies are the most productive & beneficial to their societies. --It changed how people looked into economics of nations. -
Samuel Crompton
Spinning Mule - Permitted large-scale manufacturing of high-quality thread & yarn --Better quality of fabrics -
Henry Cort
Puddling Process - Discovered the puddling process for making raw iron. Converts pig iron into wrought iron by subjecting it to heat & stirring it in a furnace, without charcoal. --First method that allowed quality wrought iron to be produced on a large scale. -
Edmund Cartwright
Power Loom - Used water power to speed up the weaving process --Transformed the textile industry by speeding up production and automating the weaving process -
Nicolas LeBlanc
Soda Ash - Used in extraction & melting of various metals --Cleaning agent & reduces amount of resources used -
Eli Whitney
Cotton Gin - Separated seeds from the raw cotton fast --Boosted productivity & an increased cotton usage -
Alessandro Volta
Electric Battery - Simple & reliable source of energy --Allowed the development of new technology powered by electricity -
Elias Howe
Lockstitch Sewing Machine - Produces lock stitches, which are created when the upper thread & the lower thread interlock or twist together as they pass through the hole created by the needle --Helped the mass production of sewing machines & clothing -
Karl Marx
The Communist Manifesto - Introduced the concept of socialism as a natural result of the conflicts inherent in the capitalist system' --Became public ownership & communal control of at least the major means of productions -
Cyrus Field
Transatlantic Cable - a submarine communications cable connecting one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other --Helped develop far away communications