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Seed Drill
Seed Drill In 1701 Jethro Tull invented the seed drill. He got the idea of this contraption from observing how wasteful the farmers' sow techniques were. The majority of the seeds that were sown never rooted and therefore were wasted. The seed drill was a contraption that would evenly disperse the seeds throughout the fields. -
Steam Engine
Thomas Newcomen created the first steam engine which was used to pump water out of the mines.He is less known for inventing the steam engine compared to James Watt, who only bettered the Newcomen model. Newcomen helped begin the Industrial Revolution with this invention of steam power. -
Spinning Jenny
James Hargreaves invented the Spinny Jenny which revolutionized the textile industry. His improvements to his machine by the late 1700s allowed 80 threads to be working at a time. His invention definitely pushed and improved the Industrial Revolution. -
Improved Steam Engine
James Watt improves Newcomen's steam engine. In 1775 he partnered with Matthew Boulton to promote his steam engine company because he was having financial problems. He is more recognized as the inventor of the steam engine compared to Newcomen who began the idea of a steam engine. -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney was an American inventor who created the Cottin Gin. He improved the relationship between the North and South. The North formed better manufacturing and the South recieved better methods of harvesting and using slavery. -
Steel Manufacturing
Henry Bessemer established the Bessemer Method of processing iron. It helped revolutionize the steel industry because it made producing steel cheaper by using molten pig iron. -
Dynamite
Alfred nobel produced dynamite. Dynamite was the first high explosive which could be handled safely. Dynamite is is an explosive material based on nitroglycerin. Nobel sold the dynamite as 'Nobel's Blasting Powder' -
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell was Scottish scientist and inventor. He created the first telephone. His invention is one of the most valued and useful to modern America. -
Light Bulb
Thomas Edison was an American inventor. He invented he phonograph in 1877 which led to many more inventions. He also invened the motion picture camera, along with the light bulb. His invention of the light bulb was the base of the inventions of many other things. -
Zeppelin
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Ferdinand Zeppelin, a German military officer, invented a rigid framed dirigible or airship that became known as the Zeppelin. His flew his airship for the first time on July 2, 1900 while carrying five passengers.
