Industrial Revolution Inventors

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  • Jethro Tull (1674-1741)

    Jethro Tull invented the seed drill. The seed drill sows the seeds at equal distances and proper depth, ensuring that the seeds get covered with soil and are saved from being eaten by birds.

  • Abraham Darby (1678-1717)

    Abraham Darby developed a method of producing pig iron in a blast furnace fuelled by coke instead of charcoal. This development made producing pig iron more efficient.

  • John Kay (1704-1779)

    John Kay invented the flying shuttle. The flying shuttle allowed a single weaver to weave much wider fabrics

  • John Roebuck (1718-1794)

    John Roebuck is known for the developing of industrial-scale manufacture of sulphuric acid. He invented it in 1742.

  • James Hargreaves (1748-1832)

    James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny. A spinning jenny made making cotton easier by turning a single wheel, the operator could now spin eight threads at once.

  • Richard Arkwright (1732-1792)

    Richard Arkwright invented the water frame. The water frame was a water powered wheel that made spinning thread a lot easier.

  • James Watt (1736-1819)

    James Watt invented the steam engine. The steam engine made it easier because than factories could locate anywhere.

  • Samuel Crompton (1753-1827)

    Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule. The spinning mule spun textile fibers into yarn.

  • Henry Cort (1760-1800)

    Henry Cort discovered a method of creating iron bars with grooved rollers. the invention of this made forming iron a lot easier and quicker, before this invention you had to use hammers and other materials

  • Edmund Cartwright (1743-1823)

    Edmund Cartwright invented the power loom. The power loom used water power instead of human power which sped up the weaving process.

  • Eli Whitney (1765-1825)

    Eli Whitney created the cotton gin. When there was no cotton gin, people had to manually pick seeds and exract the fiber. The cotton gin was a faster and easier way to produce cotton.

  • Cyrus Field (1819-1892)

    Cyrus Field invented the first telegraphic cable across the Atlantic ocean. This telegraphic cable allowed telegraphic communication across oceans.