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Jethro Tull
Invented seed drill, permits large-scale planting in rows, for easier cultivation between the rows. -
Abraham Darby
Invented the process of smelting, made metals finer and stronger -
Thomas Newcomen
Builds first commercially successful steam engine, able to keep deep coal mines clear of water, first significant power source other than wind and water. -
John Kay
Flying shuttle sped back and forth on wheels, doubled the amount of work a weaver could do in a day, modernized the cotton industry, shortened the long hours a person would have to work -
James Hargreaves
Invented the spinning jenny, allowed one spinner to work eight threads at a time, helped the industrial revolution by increasing the output of spinners, and also helped them keep pace with the weaves -
Richard Arkwright
Water powered frame automates the weft, used the water power from rapid streams to drive spinning wheels. They provided a source of energy. -
James Watt
First efficient steam engine, much more efficient than the Newcomen, helped to transport goods more efficiently and use less resources and energy -
Samuel Crompton
Combined the features of the spinning jenny and water frame to make a powerful invention, made thread that was stronger,finer, and more consistent than earlier machines, made the products from the spinning mule better so you would have to make less products -
Edmund Cartwright
Built the power loom, sped up weaving, led to factories, used the sources of water around them such as rivers and streams, so they wouldn't have to spend money on transporting the sources needed to run a large factory -
Eli Whitney
Equipped roadbeds with a layer of large stones for drainage, made heavy wagons able to travel over roads without sinking into the mud -
Robert Fulton
Invented the stream boat, boats powered by steam engines rather than water wheels, transportation became easier and faster -
George Stephenson
Opened up the first railroad line, ran 27 miles from Yorkshire coalfields to the port of Stockton on the North Sea, used four locomotives that helped to move products much faster on the railroads