Industrial Revolution -- People

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Eli Whitney

Developed the idea of interchangeable parts.

Robert Fulton

Built the first steamboat — Clermont.

Henry Cort

Began using coal to produce better iron.

Samuel Morse

Developed the telegraph.

Frederick Taylor

Developed the idea of division of labor.

Richard Arkwright

Created the water frame

John Kay

Created the “flying shuttle.”

Guglielmo Marconi

Created the wireless telegraph.

Richard Trevithick

Developed the steam-powered carriage.

Samuel Crompton

Created the cotton mule

James Watt

Created the steam engine

Rudolf Diesel

Created an industrial engine to run off of oil.

James Hangreaves

Created the “spinning jenny.”

Michael Faraday

Developed the idea of the electric motor.

Gottlieb Daimler

Re-worked the internal combustion engine to run on gasoline.

Edmund Cartwright

Created the powerloom.

Alexander Graham Bell

Teacher of the deaf; created telephone.

Thomas Edison

Developed the phonograph.