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WC2 inventors
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Thomas Newcomen
He was an english inventor who created one of the first practical fuel burning engines. -
John Kay
English inventor who invented a wheeled shuttle for looms decreasing the amount of people needed to run a loom. -
John Wesley
He was an english cleric, theologian, and evangelist. The societies he founded became modern day Methodism. -
Adam Smith
Scottish economist and philosopher who invented the idea of the Free Market meaning the market is based purely on supply and demand. -
James Hargreaves
English carpenter, weaver, and inventor. He created the Spinning Jenny which reduced the amount of time and effort needed to create cloth. -
James Watt
Scottish engineer who improved the steam engine by drastically decreasing the amount of energy they used thus making them go further distances. -
Samuel Crompton
He was an english inventor and pioneer of the spinning industry. He made the spinning wheel which was designed to spin cotton and other fibres. -
Henry Cort
He was an english inventor and pioneer in the iron industry. He made an iron rolling and pudding furnace to help in the navy. -
Edmund Cartwright
He was an english inventor who made the power loom which is a mechanized loom. -
Elias Howe
American inventor who invented the first U.S. patented sewing machines -
Alessandro Volta
Italian engineer and inventor who made the first battery. He is also known for discovering methane. -
Karl Marx
He was a german philosopher and economist that was the father of socialism and communism.