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Thomas Newcomen
was "baptized" on Feb. 28, 1664 and died aug. 5, 1729. Through his life he became an british engineer and invented the atmospheric steam engine a pursuctor of james watt's engine which was patented in 1698. -
Abraham darby
British ironmaster who first successfully smelted iron ore with coke. -
John kay
English machinist and engineer, inventor of the flying shuttle, which was an important step toward automatic weaving. -
Samuel Crompton
British inventor of the spinning mule, which permitted large-scale manufacture of high-quality thread and yarn. -
Richard Arkwright
Born Dec. 23, 1732 and died aug. 3, 1792. Used power-driven machinery and employment of a factory system of production. Everything he did succeded in 1782. -
James watt
Scottish instrument maker and inventor whose steam engine contributed substantially to the Industrial Revolution. He was elected fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1785. -
Eli whitney
Was born on Dec. 8, 1765 and died on jan. 8 1825, He was an american inventor, mechanical engineer, inventing the cottin gin and mass production of interchangable parts. -
George Stephenson
English engineer and principal inventor of the railroad locomotive. -
Robert owen
invented the wrench, which was used to remove bolts and other things and is replacing 30 men. He was grown up working in factories. -
Elias Howe
He was born on July 9, 1819 and died on oct. 3, 1867. He was an american inventor whose sewing machine helped revolutionize garment manufacturing. -
Karl Marx
Was the philosophy known as "dialectal materialism", with which he claculated that communism was the ultimate and inescapable final form of society. -
John wesley
He was an american invetnor and industrrialist who discovered the process for making celluliod, the first artificial plastic.
