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Abraham Darby
founded the Bristol Iron Company in 1709 he also produced marketable iron in a coke-fired furnace -
James Hargreaves
invented the spinning jenny and recieved patent in 1770 -
Richard Arkwright
best known for imporvement of the carding cotton machine -
Henry Cort
obtained patent for grooved roller that made making iron bars much faster. -
Edmund Cartwright
invented the powerloom, a machine to spin cotton powered by water -
Nicolas LeBlanc
discovered how to make soda ash out of plain salt -
Eli Whitney
created the cotton gin, it made mass manufactoring much easier -
Alessandro Volta
invented the electric battery he got the idea from a friend who was using frog muscle and two metals to conduct electricity but he wanted to use just metal -
Robert Fulton
from lancaster PA, brought steamboats from the expermintal stage to commercial success, he also designed subamrine and steam warships. -
George Stephenson
made the first locomotive for hauling coal -
Cyrus Fields
created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph cabel across the Atlantic Ocean -
John Roebuck
introduced the leaden condensing chambers in the manufacturing of sulfuric acid