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| Charles Townshend | Introduced the 4-year crop rotation using 4 different crops, each sown in separate fields. The crops wree rotated each year |
| Jethro Tull | Introduced machinery to farming in Britain. He developed a seed planting machine that deposited seeds at proper depth and in straight rows. He also developed a new plough. |
| James Hargreaves | Built the first "spinning jenny" which marked the beginning of the I.R. |
| Richard Arkwright | Invented the water frame. First textile machine that wasn't powered by person or animal. He invented the factory system and used to employ up to 5000 people in his mills. |
| James Watt | Steam engine and horsepower |
| John McAdam | Built roads that were well drained and had hard surfaces. |
| Sam Slater | "Father of the American Industrial Revolution" - smuggled information into the USA from Britain that enabled the Americans to build textile machinery |
| Eli Whitney | Built a gun factory in Connecticut that produced weapons with interchangeable parts |
