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Inventor of the seed drill which sowed the seeds in neat rows.
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Inventor of the blast furnace.
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The inventor of the Newcomen atmospheric engine
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Invented the lead chamber process of manufacturing sulfuric acid and a process for producing malleable iron.
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Inventor of the spinning mule which was a machine used to spin cotton and other fibers.
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The Inventor of the power loom
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Invented the puddling process which was a method of converting pig iron into wrought iron by subjecting it to heat and frequent stirring in a furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances
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Inventor of the process for transforming sodium chloride (NaCL, or common salt) into soda ash.
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Patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber.
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Inventor of the steam locomotive
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Inventor best known for his creation of the modern lockstitch sewing machine.
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Created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in.