Inventors Of The industrial Revolution Quiz Flashcards
This man revolutionized communications with the invention of the telephone
Alexander grand bell
Invented the first steam locomotive which could do the work of 40 horses
George stephenson
Successfully attached a steam engine driven by paddle wheel to the back of a ship and created the first successful steamboat
Robert Fulton
Revolutionized agriculture by creating the reaper, thresher, and combine
Cyrus McCormick
Discovered that the injection of pure oxygen during the steel making process could burn off impurities and produce a stronger more flexible product
Bessemer
Invented the seed drill
Jethro Tull
Created the steel plow
John Deere
Attached the steam engine to the spinning Jenny
Richard Arkwright
Scotsman who used crushed limestone as a roadbed that could be traveled on rain or shine
MacAdam
Technician who produced the first commercially successful steam engine
James Watt