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founded the Bristol Iron Company in 1709 he also produced marketable iron in a coke-fired furnace
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invented the spinning jenny and recieved patent in 1770
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best known for imporvement of the carding cotton machine
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obtained patent for grooved roller that made making iron bars much faster.
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invented the powerloom, a machine to spin cotton powered by water
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discovered how to make soda ash out of plain salt
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created the cotton gin, it made mass manufactoring much easier
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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
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from lancaster PA, brought steamboats from the expermintal stage to commercial success, he also designed subamrine and steam warships.
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made the first locomotive for hauling coal
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created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph cabel across the Atlantic Ocean
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introduced the leaden condensing chambers in the manufacturing of sulfuric acid