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Thomas Newcomen
Created the Newcomen Atmospheric Engine, the engine operated by condensing steam drawn into the cylinder, thereby creating a partial vacuum, thereby allowing the atmospheric pressure to push the piston into the cylinder. -
John Kay
Created the Flying Shuttle, it allowed a single weave to weave much wider fabrics, and it could be mechanized, allowing for automatic machine looms. -
James Hargreaves
Created the Spinning Jenny, its a multi-spindle spinning frame , and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early industrial revolution. It used eight spindles onto which the thread was spun, so by turning a single wheel, the operator could now spin eight threads at once. -
Richard Awkwright
Created the Water Frame, it was a large spinning machine and was used when cloth was only made by hand. The machine made thousands of cotton threads at once. -
Samuel Crompton
Created the Spinning Mule, it spun textile fibers into yarn by an intermittent process: in the draw stroke, the roving is pulled through and twisted; on the return, it is wrapped onto the spindle. -
Karl Marx
Contributed to sociology, sociology is the study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society -
Henry Cort
Revolutionized the British iron industry with his use of grooved rollers to finish iron, replacing the process of hammering, and through his invention of the puddling process. it made iron and steal. it replaced the charcoal fueled process. -
Robert Fulton
He invented the Steam boat which propelled primarily by steam power, typically driving propellers or paddle wheels -
Elias Howe
Created the Sewing Machine, the Sewing Machine is used to stitch fabric and other materials together with thread. -
Eli Witney
Created the Cotton gin, the Cotton Gin was a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. -
Alessandro Volta
Created the Electric Battery, it consisted of two plates of different metals immersed in a chemical solution. -
George Stephenson
Created the Steam Locomotive, a steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning combustible material- usually coal, wood, or oil- to produce steam in a boiler.