Industrial Revolution Inventors

  • Jethro Tull

    Jethro Tull
    he invented the seed drill. The drill incorporated a rotating cylinder in which grooves were cut to allow seeds to pass from hopper above to a funnel below
  • Abraham Darby

    Abraham Darby
    He founded the Bristol Iron Company. That melts iron to make supplies for the people.
  • Thomas Newcomen

    Thomas Newcomen
    He invented a new engine that the intensity of pressure was not limited by the pressure of the steam
  • James Hargreaves

    James Hargreaves
    He invented the spinning jenny that could spin multiple thins at a time
  • James Watt

    James Watt
    He invented the Newcomen steam engine that didn't waste as much steam.
  • Richard Arkwright

    Richard Arkwright
    He invented the water frame that produced a cotton yarn suitable for warp.
  • Henry Cort

    Henry Cort
    He invented the "puddler" that extracts a mass of iron from the furnace using a rabbling bar. Worked with Fontley Mill
  • Robert Owen

    Robert Owen
    he invented the cotton mills. The cotton mills made cotton to make clothing and other thing for the people.
  • Robert Fulton

    Robert Fulton
    He invented the steamboat. The steamboat carried people between New York City and Albany New York
  • Alessandro Volta

    Alessandro Volta
    He invented the first electric battery. It makes things have power and things move.
  • Elias Howe

    Elias Howe
    He invented the Sewing Machine. To make clothing and put clothing together for the people to wear.