Inventors of the Industrial Revolution

  • Jethro Tull, Seed Drill

    Jethro Tull, Seed Drill
    Jethro Tull invented the seed drill which is a mechanical seeder that was able to dig holes for seeds at the correct depth and space.
  • Abraham Darby, Inventor of using blast furnace to produce pig iron

    Abraham Darby, Inventor of using blast furnace to produce pig iron
    Abraham Darby I was a English Inventor who invented the method of producing pig iron through a blast furnace fueled by coke rather than charcoal.
  • John Wesley

    John Wesley
    John Wesley is most well known for being a religious leader in the revival movement in the Church of England also known as Methodism.
  • John Kay, Father of the Flying Shuttle

    John Kay, Father of the Flying Shuttle
    John Kay is the most famous for the flying shuttle, a device used for weaving wider fabrics.
  • John Roebuck, Father of lead chamber process

    John Roebuck, Father of lead chamber process
    John Roebuck was an English inventor who is known for making the lead chamber process for manufacturing sulphuric acid and malleable iron.
  • Adam Smith, Father of Modern Economics

    Adam Smith, Father of Modern Economics
    Adam Smith was a scottish economist who was responsible for coming up with the idea of modern economics which included GDP- Gross Domestic Product.
  • Henry Cort, Father of puddling process

    Henry Cort, Father of puddling process
    Henry Cort was an innovator who is responsible for the puddling process which allowed for pig iron to be transformed into wrought iron.
  • James Watt, Inventor of the Steam locomotive Engine

    James Watt, Inventor of the Steam locomotive Engine
    James Watt is a scottish engineer who is widely known for the Steam Locomotive engine which was used for trains and steamboats who was influenced by Thomas Newcomen.
  • Eli Whitney, Inventor of the Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney, Inventor of the Cotton Gin
    Eli Whitney was the inventor of the cotton gin which was tool that made it easier for slaves to clean cotton it also was very effective at amping the cotton production.
  • Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine

    Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine
    Elias Howe is known for making the first ever sewing machine which is a machine that allowed for faster and much more efficient production of clothes and other sewed items.
  • Karl Marx, Father of Communism

    Karl Marx, Father of Communism
    Karl Marx was a German economist who came up with the idea of communism which was made to counteract the idea of capitalism, communism is political and economic ideology which suggests that there are no social classes and wealth as well as property was distributed equally and owned by the community as a whole.
  • Cyrus Field, Inventor of telegraph cable

    Cyrus Field, Inventor of telegraph cable
    Cyrus Field was an inventor who was responsible for the telegraph cable which was used to transport telegraph messages across the atlantic often called the transatlantic cable.