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Jethro Tull
He created the horse-drawn seed drill that sowed seeds in neat rows. -
Thomas Newcomen
He created the steam engine. It was important because it was a method of draining water from deep mines. -
John Kay
John kay invented the 'flying shuttle' which was made to operate a shuttle across a wide loon which increased the production of cloth. -
Richard Arkwright
Arkwright designed a model from the production of cotton thread; The water frame. -
Henry Cort
He created the puddling process for making wrought iron -
Eli Whitney
He created the cotton gin which was a machine used to pull cotton fibers from cotton seed. -
Robert Owen
Welsh manufacturer turned reformer, one of the most influential early 19th-century advocates of utopian socialism. -
Robert Fulton
He operated the worlds first steamboat. -
George Stephenson
He conducted the Blurcher which was used for hauling coal. -
Karl Marx
He introduced their concept of socialism as a natural result of the conflicts inherent in the capitalist system. -
Cyrus Field
Field created the telegraph cable. It made messages to be able to be sent in minutes rather than days. -
John Wesley
He invented the celluloid, which was a material that was easily molded and shaped. It was used as an ivory replacement.
