Inventors WC2

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    WC2 inventors

  • Thomas Newcomen

    Thomas Newcomen

    He was an english inventor who created one of the first practical fuel burning engines.
  • John Kay

    John Kay

    English inventor who invented a wheeled shuttle for looms decreasing the amount of people needed to run a loom.
  • John Wesley

    John Wesley

    He was an english cleric, theologian, and evangelist. The societies he founded became modern day Methodism.
  • Adam Smith

    Adam Smith

    Scottish economist and philosopher who invented the idea of the Free Market meaning the market is based purely on supply and demand.
  • James Hargreaves

    James Hargreaves

    English carpenter, weaver, and inventor. He created the Spinning Jenny which reduced the amount of time and effort needed to create cloth.
  • James Watt

    James Watt

    Scottish engineer who improved the steam engine by drastically decreasing the amount of energy they used thus making them go further distances.
  • Samuel Crompton

    Samuel Crompton

    He was an english inventor and pioneer of the spinning industry. He made the spinning wheel which was designed to spin cotton and other fibres.
  • Henry Cort

    Henry Cort

    He was an english inventor and pioneer in the iron industry. He made an iron rolling and pudding furnace to help in the navy.
  • Edmund Cartwright

    Edmund Cartwright

    He was an english inventor who made the power loom which is a mechanized loom.
  • Elias Howe

    Elias Howe

    American inventor who invented the first U.S. patented sewing machines
  • Alessandro Volta

    Alessandro Volta

    Italian engineer and inventor who made the first battery. He is also known for discovering methane.
  • Karl Marx

    Karl Marx

    He was a german philosopher and economist that was the father of socialism and communism.