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Jethro Tull
He was a great influence in the British Agricultural Revolution. He was the inventor of the seed drill, the horse drawn hoe, and an improved the plough -
Thomas Newcomen
He invented the first practical steam engine. His steam engine was made better by James Watt. It was used to drain mines and raise water levels for water wheels to work. -
John Roebuck
He was an English inventor that is known for the industrial-scale manufacture of sulphuric acid. This was a great innovation in refining precious metals. -
James Hargreaves
He was an inventor that lived Lancashire, England. He was on of three inventors that helped create mechanising spinning. The spinning Jenny was a great advancements in textile because you could spin more thread at once. -
James Watt
Improved the steam engine and its consumption. The steam engine pumped water out of mines. -
Henry Cort
Invented a way to make pig iron into wrought iron. He used a method called smelting which is when you melt a substance down to get its purer form. He also created grooved rollers. -
Edmund Cartwright
He was an English inventor who is credited for inventing the power loom. The power loom was a machine that used water instead of human power which sped up the weaving process. -
Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher. He is credited for being the creator of modern utilitarianism, which is the doctrine that actions are right if they are useful or for the benefit of a majority. -
Eli Whitney
He invented the cotton gin. The machine separates the cotton from the seeds. -
Alessandro Volta
He is known for being a pioneer in the field of electricity. He made the first electrical battery, which was the first source of continuous current. -
Elias Howe
Elias Howe was an american inventor who is credited for his creation of the sewing machine. He created the first sewing machine but had little take off with it. Then companies violated his patent so he got royalties of all the sewing machines made in the U.S. -
Cyrus Field
Cyrus Field was an american businessman who with the help of other businessman they created the Atlantic Telegraph Company. He laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858. It let people talk to each other for three weeks.