Ind rev

Inventors of the revolution

  • Jethro Tull- Seed Drill

    Perfected a horse-drawn seed drill. Planted seeds in neat rows.
  • Abraham Darby- Coke Smelting

    Coke smelting replaced charcoal with coal in metal foundries during the process of refining metals
  • James Watt- Steam Engine

    First engine
  • James Hargreaves- Spinning Jenny

    helped the handling of large quantities of harvested cotton
  • Adam Smith- Wealth of Nations

    Book first modern work of economics
  • Samuel Crompton- Spinning Mule

    spun textile fibers into yarn
  • Henry Cort- Puddling process

    1st step first in making appreciable volumes of high-grade bar iron
  • Eli Whitney- Cotton Gin

    Took seeds out of cotton
  • Nicolas LeBlanc- Leblanc process

    industrial process for the production of soda ash
  • George Stephenson- First Locomotive

    Train runs on coal.
  • David Ricardo- iron law of wages

    wage limits
  • Elias Howe- Sewing Machine

    250 stitches a minute