The Industrial Revolution

  • Jethro Tull

    Jethro Tull
    Jethro Tull invented the seed drill during the Industrial Revolution. This invention helped harmers drill seeds into the ground much easier and efficently, rather than by hand.
  • Abraham Darby

    Abraham Darby
    Abraham developed a method of producing pig iron in a blast furnace fuelled by coke which he found was better than charcoal. So then he developed the first coke burning furnace.
  • Thomas Newcomen

    Thomas Newcomen
    Was the inventor of the Newcomen atmospheric engine, which was used to harness the power of steam to produce mechanical work.
  • John Kay

    John Kay
    He invented the Flying Shuttle, which made weaving cloth much easier.
  • James Watt

    James Watt
    Watt invented the photocopier and also the watt steam engine. The steam engine was his main invention, because it improved majorly to the old steam engine that was used.
  • Adam Smith

    Adam Smith
    He is considered the founder of a moral philosophy and the founder of the science of economics. Also Adam wrote The Wealth of Nations, and invented the first comprehensive system of political economy
  • Samuel Crompton

    Samuel Crompton
    Inventor of the Spinning Wheel, which was used to spin cotton.
  • Henry Cort

    Henry Cort
    Discovered the puddling process, that is used for converting pig iron into wrought iron.
  • Nicolas LeBlanc

    Nicolas LeBlanc
    Invented the economical method, which made ecoonomics much easier.
  • Robert Fulton

    Robert Fulton
    Inventor of the first sucessful steamboat, which was used to transport all kinds of goods and people through water.
  • David Ricardo

    David Ricardo
    David invented the technique of economists, which gave ecomics a much easier process.
  • John Wesley

    John Wesley
    Who invented the first celluloid process for making artifical plastic, which was then used in many celluloid factories for making various things.