Inventors and Inventions

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  • Jethro Tull

    Jethro Tull

    He invented the seed drill. It helped farmers plant things more efficiently.
  • John Kay

    John Kay

    He invented the flying shuttle which would be the basis for automatic weaving.
  • John Roebuck

    John Roebuck

    He invented a process to process both acid and malleable iron.
  • Richard Arkwright

    Richard Arkwright

    He made the spinning frame. It helped with spinning thread and/or yarn.
  • James Hargreaves

    James Hargreaves

    He created spinning jenny which made it possible that multiple threads could be spun at a time and not just one.
  • Alessandro Volta

    Alessandro Volta

    He created the first battery known as an electric pile.
  • Adam Smith

    Adam Smith

    He founded base theories about economics.
  • Samuel Crompton

    Samuel Crompton

    He made the spinning mule which helped with creating thread and yarn.
  • Henry Cort

    Henry Cort

    He created a new way of iron processing.
  • Nicolas LeBlanc

    Nicolas LeBlanc

    He created the process of making soda ash from common salt
  • Elias Howe

    Elias Howe

    He made the sewing machine. It helped with sewing.
  • Cyrus Field

    Cyrus Field

    He created the telegraph cable which helped with communication greatly.