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123195073Townshendadvocated crop rotation as a way to revive exhausted soil particularly turnips0
123195074Tulldeveloped the seed drill which improved the planting of crops1
123195075Kaydeveloped the "first machine of the industrial revolution"...the flying shuttle doubled the weaving speed in the spinning of cotton into thread2
123195076Newcomendeveloped the first practical steam engine powered by coal; used to pump water3
123195077Macadampioneered a new form of road construction...paved roads4
123195078McCormickdeveloped a mechanical grain reaper5
123195079Horgreaueinvented the spinning jenny...allowed the spinning of multiple threads of yarn at once6
123195080Arkwrightinvented the water frame for spinning yarn7
123195081FultonAmerican who developed the first regular steamboat service8
123195082Deereinvented the steel plow9
123195083Wattsimproved the Newcomen's steam engine by eliminating the need for coal10
123195084Blackwelldeveloped a system of selected breeding of cattle and sheep11
123195085Cartwrightinvented a power loom that replaced weaving by hand with the machine12
123195086Whitneyinvented the cotton gin that separated cotton from the seeds increasing the available cotton13
123195087Younghis writings helped to publicize the latest developments in agriculture helping to increase agricultural development14
123195088Darbydeveloped a Technique of reducing coal to coke that stimulated the production of pig iron15
123195089Bessemerpioneer in the technology of steel production; developed a process for purifying iron ore to create steel16
123195090Nobeldeveloped dynamite and later sponsored the peace prizes in his name17
123195091Edison"invented" the light bulb18
123195092Fordpioneer in automobile production and the assembly line process19
123195093Wright Brotherspioneers in the development of the airplane20
123195094Morsedeveloped the telegraph21
123195095Graham Belldeveloped the telephone22
123195096Marconiinvented the radio23

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