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Industrial Revolution Inventors/Inventions/Contributions

  • Jethro Tull

    Invented the seed drill which helped sow seeds and cover them up after they were on the ground.
  • Abraham Darby

    He invented the process of smelting. Smelting made metals finer and stronger.
  • Thomas Newcomen

    He made the first steam engine ever with his own two hands.
  • John Kay

    He created the flying shuttle, that aided in the process of weaving faster.
  • James Hargreaves

    He made the Spnning Jenny. The spinning jenny was an upgrade from the spinning wheel in the process of dealing with cotton.
  • Richard Arkwright

    Arkwright invented the Spinning Frame that makes stronger threads for the yarn.
  • James Watt

    He improved Newcomen's steam enigine.
  • Eli Whitney

    Eli invented the cotton gin, that removed seeds from the cotton as a faster pace than humans.
  • Alessandro Volta

    Volta is the creator of the first battery and one of the first methods of generationg electricty.
  • George Stephenson

    Made the first locomotive engine for railroads, which was soon for public use after he invented it.
  • Elias Howe

    Invented the first sewing machine that sewed 250 stiches a minute which would be 5 times as much as hand sewing.