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Jethro Tull invented the seed drill, which had a rotating cylinder to cut grooves and allow seeds to pass to the funnel. It created a fuel that kept the Industrial Revolution running. -
John Kay invented the flying shuttle to have a new shuttle that would speed up slow hand weaving. It spun many threads at the same time. -
Richard Arkwright's creation, the water frame, was a spinning machine powered by water that produced cotton yarn. -
James Watt created the steam engine that reduce waste and cut fuel costs. -
James Hargeaves invented in spinning jenny, which is a spindle machine used to spin wool and cotton. -
Edmund Cartwright created the power loom, an important invention in the Industrial Revolution. It used a large shaft and sped up the process of textile manufacturing. -
Nicolas LeBlanc created soda ash. Soda ash is also known as sodium carbonate. He developed the process of taking soda ash from common salt. -
Eli Whitney created the cotton gin. It has rotating saws to pull the cotton. It pulls the fibers from the seeds that are too big, then to be removed. -
George Stephenson and Richard Trevithick created the steam locomotive. It is a rail vehicle used for transportation. It is fueled by burning material to heat water in the boiler. -
Elias Howe is the inventor of the sewing machine. This made sewing much faster, easier and not done by hand. It helped the mass production of sewing machines and clothing. -
Cyrus Field invented the telegraph cable, creating the first rapid communication between continents. It sent signals representing language in telegraph messages. -
Alessandro Volta invented a battery consisting of disks of silver and zinc. He thought animal tissue wasn't needed to take a current and was correct. He used salt water and made the electric battery.