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Jethro Tull - Seed Drill
The Seed Drill was invented by Jethro Tull in 1701 which is used for planting seeds at a controlled depth and at a specified amount. It dates back to around 2,000 B.C. but was a lot more primitive compared to the one made by Tull. It works by using wheels bearing small spoons that dipped into the seed hopper and guided it to the furrows equal amounts. -
John Kay - Flying Shuttle
The flying shuttle was an important step forward to automatic weaving. It was placed into a loom and using wheels, tracks, paddles, and a bit of side to side movement it allow one weaver to do the job more efficiently than two weavers together ever could. -
James Watt - Watt Steam Engine
The steam engine is a machine that uses steam power to perform mechanical work through the use of heat, and Watt's steam engine was considered the first truly efficient steam engine, as it solved the energy wastage problem through the use of a separate condenser, and the steam engine would go on to be the main driving factor behind the Industrial Revolution. -
Sir Richard Arkwright - Water Frame
The water frame is a spinning machine that is powered by water that produces strong threads of yarn suitable to be bent or twisted for manufacturing purposes. -
Nicolas Leblanc - Leblanc Process
The Leblanc Process is a chemical process that allows one to turn common salt in soda ash which is used in about every aspect of manufacturing all the way from glass to medicines. -
Eli Whitney - Cotton Gin
A cotton gin is a machine that is used to quickly separate cotton fibers from the seeds which allows for greater work output compared to separating the fibers and seeds by hand. It was invented by Eli Whitney in an attempt to lessen the needed manual labor needed to separate the fibers from the seeds and he hoped it would reduce slave numbers buy making the job require less manual labor, but it only helped increase slave numbers. -
Alessandro Volta - Battery
The battery is a usually small device that stores a lot of power and uses it by converting chemical energy into electrical energy. Just about everything in the modern day runs on some sort of battery, and without them we wouldn't be where we are today. -
George Stephenson - Railroad Locomotive
The locomotive was a revolutionizing new form of transportation, being able to travel long distances in a relatively short amount of time. By building and using railroads, trains are able to travel all across the country with ease and transport cargo and people. -
Robert Fulton - Steamboat
A steamboat is a watercraft that is propelled by steam that causes a paddle to move causing the boat to move. Robert Fulton is the man responsible for bringing steamboating from an experimental stage to a commercial success. -
Elias Howe - Sewing Machine
The sewing machine is a machine used to sew fabric and materials together with thread. Howe invented one of the first sewing machines during the Industrial Revolution which helped to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. -
Karl Marx - Communism
Communism is the political ideology in which one believes that all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. This ideology was created by Karl Marx because he believed that all poverty, disease, and early death that affected the working class was caused due to capitalism. -
Cyrus Field - Transatlantic Cable
The transatlantic telegraph cables was a set of undersea cables running under the Atlantic Ocean for telegraph communications which allowed for at first a few words per hour, but were later able to produce 400 words per minute.