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Jethro Tull invented the seed drill to help farmers in 1714 and revised it in 1741.
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John Kay invented the Flying Shuttle which was an important step toward automatic weaving. The Flying Shuttle weaved together fabric.
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The Spinning Jenny was a multi-spindle spinning frame that was another important step towards weaving; invented by James Hargreaves.
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John Roebuck worked with James Watts ideas that led to the invention of the first commercially condensending steam engine.
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Henry Cort discovered the Puddling Process which is for converting pig iron into wrought iron.
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First machine invented by Edmund Cartwright that weaved wide cotton cloth.
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Eli Whtiney invented the Cotton Gin to help seperate cotton from the seed at a faster rate than by hand.
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Robert Fulton invented the first famous steam boat called the Clermont.
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Elias Howe invented the sewing machine in 1846 to help piece together cotton and make cloth.
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Cyrus West Field along with other entrepernaurs made the first Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph line across the Atlantic Ocean.
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John Wesley invented celluloid which is used in the first artificial plastic.
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Robert Owen invented the first ratchet wrench in 1913.
