inventors

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  • Jethro Tull

    Jethro Tull

    Invented the seed drill.
  • Adam Smith

    Adam Smith

    Author of Wealth of Nations.
  • James Watt

    James Watt

    Improved the steam engine.
  • Samuel Crompton

    Samuel Crompton

    Invented the spinning mule.
  • Henry Cort

    Henry Cort

    Invented the reverberatory furnace.
  • Nicolas LeBlanc

    Nicolas LeBlanc

    Developed the process for making soda ash.
  • Eli Whitney

    Eli Whitney

    Invented the cotton gin.
  • Alessandro Volta

    Alessandro Volta

    Invented the first electrical battery.
  • David Ricardo

    David Ricardo

    Introduced in Principles of Political Economy and Taxation was the theory of comparative advantage.
  • Elias Howe

    Elias Howe

    Invented the first practical sewing machine.
  • Karl Marx

    Karl Marx

    Published The Communist Manifesto.
  • Cyrus Field

    Cyrus Field

    Invented the first telegraph cable.