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Invented and perfected the seed drill in 1700. This sowed seeds in neat rows.
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Darby is known as a British iron master. He the first person who was able to successfully smelt iron ore in a coke-fired furnace. Coke is a coal product.
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He invented the spinning jenny. The use of this machine is to separate the cotton from the seeds.
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Invented the water frame, it is used to make thousands of cotton threads at once.
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Political economist and philosopher who wrote the influential book The Wealth Of Nations in 1776, this analyzed the relationship between work and the production of the nation's wealth.
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He invented the spinning mule which is used to spin cotton and fibers.
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The steam engine and the copier, and the horse power concept. The steam engine allowed water to be pumped out of the mines so coal was able to be mined.
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He patented the puddling process for refining iron ore. It turns pig iron into wrought iron.
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He invented and patented the first power loom, and set up a factory in Doncaster, England. The power loom used water power to speed up the weaving process.
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Created the cotton gin, milling machines, and interchangeable parts. The cotton gin is used to easily separate cotton from the seeds.
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Created the Atlantic Telegraph Company, and he laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858 The telegraph company allowed messages to be sent across the Atlantic.
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He simplified the production of celluloid, the first industrial plastic (artificial plastic).
