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Jethro Tull
invented a seed plow which greatly helped to increase the harvest yield by planting seeds in straight lines. -
Abraham Darby
Developed a method of producing pig iron in a blast furnace fueled by coke rather than charcoal. This was a major step forward in the production of iron as a raw material for the Industrial Revolution. -
John Kay
Invented the flying shuttle allowed a single weaver to weave much wider fabrics -
John Wesley
Founded Methodism(Methodist movement)-a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity which derive their inspiration from the life and teachings of John Wesley. -
Robert Owen
Fund Utopian Socialism, or a socialism achieved by the moral persuasion of capitalists to surrender the means of production peacefully to the people. -
John Roebuck
A chemist and inventor who invented the lead of chamber process of manufacturing sulfuric acid and a process for producing malleable iron. -
James Hargreaves
Invented the spinning jenny which is a machine for spinning with more than one spindle at a time, -
Richard Arkwright
created the spinning frame, or water frame, which spun thread or yarn from fibers such as wool or cotton in a mechanized way. -
Adam Smith
Created the book: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations ,a magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher -
Samuel Crompton
Invented the spinning mule, a machine that revolutionized the industry. It is a machine used to spin cotton and other fibers -
James Watt
improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine which brought large change to the Industrial Revolution -
Edmund Cartwright
invented the power loom which is a mechanized loom, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving -
Eli Whitney
Invented the cotton gin which is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation. -
David Ricardo
best known for his theory on wages and profit which stated that wages depended on the relative amounts of capital available for the payment of workers and the size of the labor force. -
Alessander Volta
Invented the electric battery and the discovered methane -
Jeremy Bentham
founder of modern utilitarianism or a normative ethical theory that places the locus of right and wrong solely on the outcomes of choosing one action/policy over other actions/policies -
Robert Fulton
created the first commercially effective steamboat, The North River Steamboat of Clermonts. -
Thomas Newcomen
Created the first practical steam engine for transportation -
George Stephenson
Invented the Locomotion No. 1 which was the first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line -
Elias Howe
Invented the modern lockstitch sewing machine which enabled fast sewing -
Karl Marx
Made The Communist Manifesto, which laid out the beliefs of the new Communist League. -
Cyrus Field
created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean -
Henry Cort
refined iron from pig iron to wrought iron using innovative production systems and patented the puddling process for refining iron ore
