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Thomas Newcomen invented the first ever steam engine. It wasn't very useful but the idea of using steam to make machines work is important to the Industrial Revolution.
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James Watt who is from Scotland improved the Steam Engine. He designed a better and more effecient steam , which is one of the most important inventions during the Industrial Revolution.
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James Watt invented a rotary motion device for his invention, the steam enging.
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Andrew Meikle (1719-1833) who is a Scottish man created the water threshing machine.
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Matthew Boulton develops the steam powered coin-minting machinery.
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Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) invented the Steam Carriage. It is abetter version of a normal Carriege usually powered by a horse.
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Cyrus McCormick (1809-1884) created the Horse-drawn Mechanical Grain Reaper which allowed a cheaper and faster way of harvesting grain. He is considered the father of modern agriculture.
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Henry Bessemer invents a process for making steel out of iron. Having a way to make steel more quickly and more cheaply helps the production of building and leads to the growth of cities.
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Edison developed a central power station
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Rudolf Diesel designed a pressure-ignited heat engine—the diesel engine—that would be successfully tested in 1897
