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Jethro Tull
He invented the horse-drawn seed dril. Which sowed the seeds in neat rows. Tull's invention were adopted by many large landowners, and they helped form the basis of modern agriculture. -
Thomas Newcomen & James Watt
They invented the first steam engine that was powered by coalwhich was used to pump water out of coal mines -
John Kay
John Kay invented the flying shuttle, an improvement to looms that enabled weavers to weave faster. By using a flying shuttle, a single weaver could produce a wide piece of cloth. -
Karl Marx
He thought that the Industrial Revolution allowed the rich to get richer and the poor to get poorer. The industrial revolution inspired Marx to invent communism. He believed that since there were more workers than owners, the workers would eventually get fed up, start a revolution and take over. -
Abraham Darby II
He used iron to replace brass cylinders in Newcomens engines. Made Horsehay and Ketley furnaces -
James Hargreaves
He invented an improved spinning jenny which is a hand-powered multiple spinning machine that was the first machine to improve upon the spinning wheel. It allowed you to combine many different threds at the same time. -
Richard Arkwright
He patented the water-frame, a machine that produced a strong twist for warps, substituting wooden and metal cylinders for human fingers. Which used water to power the spinning wheel. -
Henry Cort
English ironmaster during the industrial revolution. He created the rolling mill and the puddling furnace. -
Jeremy bentham
A believer in the untilitarianism. He agreed with the thought that everones actions were fight if they promoted happiness and were wrong if they caused pain. -
Robert Fulton
He invented the he first commercialy successful steamboat. -
George Stephenson
Invented the first steam powered locomotive, first used to pull coal out of the mines. Then later became more of a train. -
Elias Howe
He created the sewing machine. It was made with a lockstich design
