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Jethro Tull invented the seed drill
Spins more than 1 ball of yarn at a time making it faster to make cloth. -
Thomas Newcomen invents the steam engine.
First invented the steam engine that was later to be upgraded and put to use. -
James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny
Made to spin more than one ball of yarn at a time making it faster to make cloth. -
James Watt improves the steam engine
Watt improves Newcomens design to make it more effiecent. It is used for locomotion, and in factories. -
John Wesley improves the steam engine to be commercially practical.
He improved the steam engine, so that it would be practical to make it commercially. -
Henry Cort creates a better refining method for iron.
He found a more successful way to refine iron, and get more iron out of it. -
Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin
It helps separate the cotton from the seeds much faster than by hand. -
Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom
It sped up the weaving proccess, and it used steam power, not man power. -
Robert Fulton invents the steam boat.
Robert created a form of locomotion by using steam power. These were very expensive to build and to run. -
George Stephenson patented a steam engin locomotive.
He created the first steam locomotive to run on rails. -
Elias Howe invented the sewing machine
It made sewing faster instead of doing it by hand. -
Cyrus Field invents the trans-Atlantic telegraph
Him and his company created the telegraph that sent messages acrossed the Atlantic Ocean.
