Industrial Revolution Figures Flashcards
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| 123195073 | Townshend | advocated crop rotation as a way to revive exhausted soil particularly turnips | 0 | |
| 123195074 | Tull | developed the seed drill which improved the planting of crops | 1 | |
| 123195075 | Kay | developed the "first machine of the industrial revolution"...the flying shuttle doubled the weaving speed in the spinning of cotton into thread | 2 | |
| 123195076 | Newcomen | developed the first practical steam engine powered by coal; used to pump water | 3 | |
| 123195077 | Macadam | pioneered a new form of road construction...paved roads | 4 | |
| 123195078 | McCormick | developed a mechanical grain reaper | 5 | |
| 123195079 | Horgreaue | invented the spinning jenny...allowed the spinning of multiple threads of yarn at once | 6 | |
| 123195080 | Arkwright | invented the water frame for spinning yarn | 7 | |
| 123195081 | Fulton | American who developed the first regular steamboat service | 8 | |
| 123195082 | Deere | invented the steel plow | 9 | |
| 123195083 | Watts | improved the Newcomen's steam engine by eliminating the need for coal | 10 | |
| 123195084 | Blackwell | developed a system of selected breeding of cattle and sheep | 11 | |
| 123195085 | Cartwright | invented a power loom that replaced weaving by hand with the machine | 12 | |
| 123195086 | Whitney | invented the cotton gin that separated cotton from the seeds increasing the available cotton | 13 | |
| 123195087 | Young | his writings helped to publicize the latest developments in agriculture helping to increase agricultural development | 14 | |
| 123195088 | Darby | developed a Technique of reducing coal to coke that stimulated the production of pig iron | 15 | |
| 123195089 | Bessemer | pioneer in the technology of steel production; developed a process for purifying iron ore to create steel | 16 | |
| 123195090 | Nobel | developed dynamite and later sponsored the peace prizes in his name | 17 | |
| 123195091 | Edison | "invented" the light bulb | 18 | |
| 123195092 | Ford | pioneer in automobile production and the assembly line process | 19 | |
| 123195093 | Wright Brothers | pioneers in the development of the airplane | 20 | |
| 123195094 | Morse | developed the telegraph | 21 | |
| 123195095 | Graham Bell | developed the telephone | 22 | |
| 123195096 | Marconi | invented the radio | 23 |