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Jethro Tull
Inventor of the seed drill which sowed the seeds in neat rows. -
Abraham Darby
Inventor of the blast furnace. -
Thomas Newcome
The inventor of the Newcomen atmospheric engine -
John Roebuck
Invented the lead chamber process of manufacturing sulfuric acid and a process for producing malleable iron. -
Samuel Crompton
Inventor of the spinning mule which was a machine used to spin cotton and other fibers. -
Edmundm Cartwright
The Inventor of the power loom -
Henry Cort
Invented the puddling process which was a method of converting pig iron into wrought iron by subjecting it to heat and frequent stirring in a furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances -
Nicolas Leblanc
Inventor of the process for transforming sodium chloride (NaCL, or common salt) into soda ash. -
Eli Whitney
Patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. -
George Stephenson
Inventor of the steam locomotive -
Elise Howe
Inventor best known for his creation of the modern lockstitch sewing machine. -
Cyrus Field
Created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in.