Industrial Revolution Inventors

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  • Jethro Tull

    Jethro Tull
    He perfected a horse-drawn seed drill in 1701 that economically sowed the seeds in neat rows, and later a horse-drawn hoe.
  • Thomas Newcomen

    Thomas was an English inventor who created the first practical steam engine for pumping water, the Newcomen steam engine.
  • Henry Cort

    Henry Cort
    Henry Cort is best known for inventing the puddling process in 1740. This process involved stirring the molten pig iron in a reverbatory furnace until the decarburizing action of the air produced a loop of pure metal.
  • John Roebuck

    John Roebuck
    John Roebuck was an English inventor and industrialist who played an important role in the Industrial Revolution and who is known for developing the industrial-scale manufacture of sulphuric acid.
  • Adam Smith

    Adam Smith
    Adam Smith is best known for his classic work: The Theory of Moral Sentiments in 1759 and he also invented An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations in 1776
  • Eli Whitney

    Eli Whitney
    Eli Whitney was an American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin in 1794
  • Elias Howe

    Elias Howe
    Elias Howe invented the sewing machine in 1846 and he was a american inventor
  • Cyrus West Field

    Cyrus West Field
    He was american businessman and financier who, along with other entrepreneurs, created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean
  • John Wesley

    John Wesley
    John wesley was born on june 17th 1703 and he was a inventor for simplifying the production of celluloid, the first industrial plastic. He made it on the date of november 28th 1963
  • Robert Owen

    Robert Owen
    Robert Owen revolutionized the industry by helping ease labor and use of children in labor and creating a fair employment standard in England and Britain.
  • Robert Fulton 1960

    Robert Fulton  1960
    He has published over 30 books, he also developed numerous inventions, mainly architectural designs
  • Karl Marx

    Karl Marx
    Karl Marx found a new goverment in 1989 which was called regime