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A seed drill is a device used in agriculture that sows seeds for crops by positioning them in the soil and burying them to a specific depth while being dragged by a tractor. This ensures that seeds will be distributed evenly
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Abraham invented coke(roasted coal) smelting, rather than charcoal. This development was a major step forward and changed the course of the iron industry in the Industrial Revolution that was to follow.
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Thomas Newcomen invented the first steam engine. Combining the ideas of Thomas Savery and Denis Papin, he created a steam engine for the purpose of lifting water out of a tin mine.
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The spinning jenny is a multi-spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key developments in the industrialisation of textile manufacturing during the early Industrial Revolution.
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The water frame is a spinning frame that is powered by a water-wheel.
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French surgeon and chemist who in 1790 developed the process for making soda ash from common salt
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She invented the cotton gin. A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation.
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His "voltaic pile" operated by placing pieces of cloth soaked in salt water between pairs of zinc and copper discs,
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Robert Fulton designed and operated the world's first commercially successful steamboat. It made transportation and trade by the river more feasible.
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Elias Howe invented the first practical sewing machine.
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Cyrus Field was a wealthy merchant and investor who masterminded the creation of the transatlantic telegraph cable in the mid-1800s. Thanks to Field's persistence, news which had taken weeks to travel by ship from Europe to America could be transmitted within minutes.
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John invented the first Celluloid. Celluloids are a class of materials produced by mixing nitrocellulose and camphor, often with added dyes and other agents.