Inventors and Inventions

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  • John Kay

    John Kay
    1704.
    He was an English Inventor.
    He is known for the "Flying Shuttle".

  • John Roebuck

    John Roebuck
    1718-1794. English Inventor and Industrialist. Developed the industrial-scale manufacture of sulphuric acid.

  • Adam Smith

    Adam Smith
    1723-1790.
    Was an Economists, Philosopher, and Author.
    Known as "The Father of Economics".
    His 1776 book "The Wealth of Nations".

  • Henry Cort

    Henry Cort
    1740-1800. English Ironmaster. He converted pig iron into wrought iron.

  • Nicholas LeBlanc

    Nicholas LeBlanc
    1742-1806. He was a French Chemist. Discovered how to manufacture soda ash from common salt.

  • Edmund Cartwright

    Edmund Cartwright
    1743-1823. Was an English Inventor. Invented the wool combing machine.

  • Samuel Crompton

    Samuel Crompton
    1753-1827. English Inventor. Pioneer of the Spinning Industry. He invented the spinning mule as well.

  • Robert Owen

    Robert Owen
    1771-1858
    Most Influential Early 19th century advocate of Utopian Socialism.
    Opened up a Infant School in Great Britain.
    He invented Spinning Mules.

  • David Ricardo

    David Ricardo
    1772-1823. British Political Economist. Came up with many theories in his time.

  • George Stephenson

    George Stephenson
    1781-1848. British Civil Engineer and Mechanical Engineer. Renown as "The Father of Railways".

  • Karl Marx

    Karl Marx
    1818-1883.He is a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, and journalists. Published "The Communist Manifesto."

  • Cyrus Field

    Cyrus Field
    1819-1892. American Businessman. He laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean.