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Jethro Tull
Invented the Seed Drill in 1701, Tull lived from 1674 to 1741 -
Abraham Darby
Found new way to smelt ores while getting rid of certain impurities -
John Kay
Invented flying shuttle -
James Watt
Inventor of the modern steam engine -
Richard Arkwright
Invented the water frame -
Alessandro Volta
Discovered methane and invented power cell -
Edmund Cartwright
Invented the power loom and was a political reformer and radical -
Eli Whitney
Inventor of Cotton Gin as well as interchangeable parts, which were used in many machines,transportation, and weaponry -
Robert Fulton
Inventor of steam boat -
Robert Owen
Important supporter of socialism, Rose the expectations for how workers were treated and what they were given. Conducted socialism experiment in a created community. -
George Stephenson
Renown as father of the railway system -
Karl Marx
Thinker behind communism, also wrote The Communist Manifesto