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Jethro Tull invented the seed drill with a rotating cylinder. Grooves were cut to allow seeds to pass through. This invention made it easier to plant seeds. It was a horse-drawn tool.
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Thomas Newcomen invented the frist steam engine that was used as a vacuum. His machine was great but very inefficient.
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Nicolas LeBlanc was a french chemist and surgeon who found a way to make alkali soda from salt.
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James Watt made an improvement on Newcomen's steam engine. He was a scottish inventor. His invention harnessed the steam better than Newcomen's design.
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David Ricardo was one of the most influential economists of the time. Him along with Thomas Malthus, Adam Smith, and James Mill.
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Adam Smith wrote the book: The Wealth of Nations. He is considered the father of economics
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Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. The cotton gin was used to separate the cotton from the seeds. It sped up the process of manufacturing.
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Alessandro Volta invented the first electrical battery. He was a physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electrical science.
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Robert Fulton invented the steamboat. The steamboat ushered in a new era of transportation.
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Karl Marx was the inventor of a philosphy known as dialectical materialism. He basically calculated that communism is ultimate and inexcapable.
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Elias Howe invented the first practical sewing machine. It didn't receive much attention until he went to Europe with his idea.
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Cyrus West Field was a businessman who, along with other entrepeneurs, created the Atlantic Telegraph Company. They laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean.
