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IR leaders
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Jethro Tull and the seed drill
it was a horse drawn hoe, improved plough experience and required less man power -
Thomas Nwcomen and the steam engine
simple task of retriveing water from the ground -
John Kay and the flying shuttle
The flying shuttle was an improvement to the loom and helped the weavers weave faster -
James Watt Improved steam engine
Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer who improved the Newcomen steam engine were crucial to the Industrial Revolution -
Richard Arkwright and the water frame
The water frame produced stronger threads or yarn -
David Ricardo the Economist
British political economist. One of the most influential of the classical economists -
Adam smith and The Weatlh of Nations
Scottish moral philosopher an Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations -
James hargreves
James Hargreaves was a weaver, carpenter and inventor on of the three men involved in making spinning -
Eli Whitney and the cotton gin
cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, allowing for much greater productivity than manual cotton separation -
Greorge Stephenson and the locomotive
Georges locomotive went up a four mile trek at a pace of about five miles an hour -
Karl Marx
German philosopher, economic socialist, revolutionary socialist, journalist -
Samuel Crompton and the spinning mule
Samuel Crompton was an English inventor and pioneer of the spinning industry. Building on the work of James Hargreaves and Richard Arkwright he invented the spinning mule