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Jethro Tull
He created a horse-drawn seed drill in 1700 that economically sowed the seeds in neat rows. -
Richard Arkwright
He was an inventor and a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution. -
Adam Smith
Best known for two classic works; The Theory of Moral Sentiments, and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. -
James Watt
Improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine. -
Samuel Slater
He designed the first textile mills in the US and later went into business for himself, developing a family business with his sons. -
Eli Whitney
Best known for inventing the cotton gin. -
Joseph Lister
Surgeon who introduced new principles of cleanliness which transformed surgical practice. -
Richard Trevithick
His most significant contribution was the development of the first high-pressure steam engine. He also built the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive. -
Luddite Attacks
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The Sadler Report
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Samuel Morse
Morse formed a partnership with fellow inventor Alfred Vail, who contributed funds and helped develop the system of dots and dashes for sending signals that would eventually become known as Morse code. -
Karl Marx
His most well-known work is the 1848 pamphlet The Communist Manifesto. -
Sir Henry Bessemer
Inventor and engineer who developed the first process for manufacturing steel inexpensively. -
The Great Exhibition
First in a series of World's Fairs, exhibitions of culture and industry that became popular in the 19th century, and it was a much anticipated event. -
Charles Darwin
He published a detailed explanation of his theory in his best known work, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. -
Louis Pasteur
He came up with the food preparing process known as pasteurization. He also developed a vaccination for anthrax and rabies. -
Alexander Gram Bell
Legend has it that Bell knocked over a container of transmitting fluid and shouted, “Mr. Watson, come here. I want you!” The more likely explanation was Bell heard a noise over the wire and called to Watson. In any case, Watson heard Bell’s voice through the wire and he received the first telephone call. -
Thomas Edison
He created the electric light bulb and the phonograph. -
Ivan Pavlov
He developed the surgical method of the chronic experiment with extensive use of fistulas, which enabled the functions of various organs to be observed continuously under relatively normal conditions. -
Marie and Pierre curie
Best known for their pioneering work in the study of radioactivity, which led to their discovery of the elements radium and polonium. -
Gottlieb Daimler
Inventor patented one of the first successful internal-combustion engines and later founded the Daimler company, which produced the first Mercedes car. -
Henry Ford
Established the Ford Motor Company and introduced the model T. -
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Wright Flyer became the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard. -
Albert Einstein
Einstein completed his General Theory of Relativity, and brought to the world a fuller understanding of the interaction of space, time and gravity. He also came up with E=Mc2.
