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He created the seed drill
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Created the Newcomen atmospheric engine (steam engine for pumping water out of mines)
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Invented the lead process of manufacturing sulfuric acid
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Created "The Wealth of Nations" and achieved the first comprehensive system of political economy
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Created the Puddling Process, which replaced hammering with grooved rollers and finish iron
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Created the cotton gin, separated cotton fibers from their seeds
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Created the Utopian Society
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Created the first successful commercial steamboat and created the first submarine
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Created the first ever lock-stitch sewing machine in the world
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Created the Communist Manifesto
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Created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic
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Created the first artificial plastic
