Inventors Of The industrial Revolution Quiz Flashcards

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This man revolutionized communications with the invention of the telephone

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Alexander grand bell

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Invented the first steam locomotive which could do the work of 40 horses

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George stephenson

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Successfully attached a steam engine driven by paddle wheel to the back of a ship and created the first successful steamboat

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Robert Fulton

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Revolutionized agriculture by creating the reaper, thresher, and combine

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Cyrus McCormick

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Discovered that the injection of pure oxygen during the steel making process could burn off impurities and produce a stronger more flexible product

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Bessemer

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Invented the seed drill

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Jethro Tull

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Created the steel plow

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John Deere

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Attached the steam engine to the spinning Jenny

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Richard Arkwright

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Scotsman who used crushed limestone as a roadbed that could be traveled on rain or shine

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MacAdam

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Technician who produced the first commercially successful steam engine

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James Watt

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