industrial revolution/ inventions

  • Jethro Tull

    English agricultural pioneer. He worked on a horse drawn seed drill in 1700's that economically sowed the seeds in neat rows. which helped a lot with sowing.
  • John Wesley

    John Wesley
    Priest, who led "Holy Club". Formed from the Methodists Church.
  • John Kay

    John Kay
    Flying Shuttle it was a key part to the industrial revolution. It allowed a single weaver to weave much wider fabrics.
  • Alessandro Volta

    Alessandro Volta
    Battery, he was appointed to the chair of physics at the University of Pavia. and his inventions changed the way people worked.
  • Adam Smith

    Adam Smith
    Scottish economist, philosopher and author as well as a moral philosopher. he was a key part to the Scottish enlightenment.
  • Robert Owen

    Robert Owen
    Influenced social experimentation and the cooperative movement. the cotton factory
  • James Watt

    James Watt
    Helped improve the steam engine. it was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain, and other countries.
  • Henry Cort

    English iron master, which he helped influence products in the revolution.
  • Eli Whittney

    invented the cotton gin. one of the greatest invention in the industrial revolution. He shaped the economy
  • David Ricardo

    He was a British political economist, and probably one of the most influential of the classical economists.
  • Karl Marx

    He made theories on society. he was best known for them and is known as one of the greatest influences in history.
  • Cyrus Field

    he created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and made the very first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean. this helped with telegraphing.