Inventors/Inventions/Contributions

  • Jethro Tull

     Jethro Tull
    He made the Seed Drill- a mechanical seeder that sowed efficiently at the correct depth and spacing and then covered the seed so that it could grow.
  • Abraham Darby

    Abraham Darby
    He created sand casting also known as sand molded casting, is a metal casting process characterized by using sand as the mold material
  • John Kay

    John Kay
    The flying shuttle was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution. It allowed a single weaver to weave much wider fabrics, and it could be mechanized, allowing for automatic machine looms.
  • Richard Arkwright

    Richard Arkwright
    He crated the Spinning Frame, known as the water frame after it was adapted to use water power; and he patented a rotary carding engine to convert raw cotton to 'cotton lap' prior to spinning. He was the first to develop factories housing both mechanised carding and spinning operations
  • Adam Smith

    Adam Smith
    created the concept of gross domestic product (GDP) and for his theory of compensating wage differentials.
  • Henry Cort

    Henry Cort
    He created the Puddling Process which is converting pig iron into wrought iron by subjecting it to heat and frequent stirring in a furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances
  • James Watt

    James Watt
    Created the steam engine. it was faster and made travel a lot easier
  • Eli Whitney

    Eli Whitney
    Created the Cotton Gin.It was a machine that was used to mechanically get ride of all the sticks and twigs or anything stuck in the cotton
  • Alessandro Volta

    Alessandro Volta
    He created the hydrogen lamp- is a long glass tube filled with Hydrogen gas that is stimulated electrically. As a voltage is applied between the cathode and the anode, an electrical current will flow through the gas, and excite the electrons of the Hydrogen atoms.
  • Elias Howe

    Elias Howe
    Created sowing machine- made sowing things much easier and much faster
  • Karl Marx

    Karl Marx
    The Communist Manifesto reflects an attempt to explain the goals of Communism, as well as the theory underlying this movement. It argues that class struggles, or the exploitation of one class by another, are the motivating force behind all historical developments.
  • Cyrus Field

    Cyrus Field
    Created the telegraph cable- a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals