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20 Cards in this Set
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Jethro Tull
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seed drill
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Richard Arkwright
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spinning mill
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James Watt
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steam engine
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Henry Bassemer
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Bessemer process (steel)
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Robert Fulton
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steamboat
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Henry Ford
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Automobiles
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J.P. Morgan
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US Steel Company
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Adam Smith
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Scottish economist, Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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Thomas Malthus
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Anglican clergyman, "An Essay on the Principle of Population"
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David Ricardo
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"Principles of Political Economy and Taxation"
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Charles Dickens
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"David Copperfield"
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Jeremy Bentham
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Philosopher, put forth utilitarianism
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John Stuart Mill
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"On the Subject of Women"
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Jethro Wood
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Plow w/ replaceable blade
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Charles Townshend
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Crop rotation
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John Kay
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Flying shuttle
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James Hargreaves
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Spinning "jenny"
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Edmund Cartwright
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Water-powered loom
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Thomas Newcomen
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Harnessed the power of steam
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Charles Goodyear
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Discovered vulcanization.
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