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was an English agricultural pioneer who helped bring about the British Agricultural Revolution. He perfected a horse-drawn seed drill.
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Developed the coke burning blast furnace
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Was an English inventor who created the atmospheric engine
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Was a Scottish economist most remembered for his masterpiece, "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations."
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Invented the flying shuttle—an improvement to weaving looms and a key contribution to the Industrial Revolution
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Scottish social philosopher and political economist wrote 'The Wealth of Nations'
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Was an English inventor. He invented the wool combing machine.
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Was an American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin.
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was an Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power who invented electric battery
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invented the first practical sewing machine.
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German thinker Friedrich Engels and Marx published “The Communist Manifesto.”
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Cyrus West Field was an American businessman and financier who, along with other entrepreneurs, created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean.