2nd Viscount of Raynham, English statesman who was educated at Cambridge. Farmer who came up with crop rotation to help restore the soil. nickname “Turnip Townshend” b/c encouraged farmers to grow turnips to restore soil.

English agriculture, developed the seed drill in 1701.

developed the first practical steam engine

Scottish inventor who made improvement to the steam engine. Invention made fundamental changes brought about by the industrial revolution in Great Britain and the world.

British agriculturalist who bred stronger horses for farmwork and fatter sheep and cattle for meat.

British inventor who developed the flying shuttle, which improved the textile industry. Made weaving clothing much faster.

An English leader in the development of iron. He was the first to use coal to smelt iron instead of wood for smelting iron in a blast furnace. He also developed better ways to improve the quality of iron.

English inventor from Lancashire, England who invented the spinning jenny in 1764. This device spun many threads at the same time and improved the textile industry even more.

English inventor who invented the waterframe. This used water power to speed up the spinning even more.

American engineer and inventor who developed the first commercially successful steamboat in 1807. the steam engine powered the Clearmont up the Hudson River at speeds of 5 mph.

movement of people to cities form the country.

British scholar, In 1798 published “Essay on the Principle of Population.”

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Ch 20 Vargo vocab

W. History 9

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Charles Townsend	2nd Viscount of Raynham, English statesman who was educated at Cambridge. Farmer who came up with crop rotation to help restore the soil. nickname “Turnip Townshend” b/c encouraged farmers to grow turnips to restore soil.
Jethro Tull	English agriculture, developed the seed drill in 1701.
Thomas Newcomen	developed the first practical steam engine
James Watt	Scottish inventor who made improvement to the steam engine. Invention made fundamental changes brought about by the industrial revolution in Great Britain and the world.
Robert Bakewell	British agriculturalist who bred stronger horses for farmwork and fatter sheep and cattle for meat.
John Kay	British inventor who developed the flying shuttle, which improved the textile industry. Made weaving clothing much faster.
Abraham Darby	An English leader in the development of iron. He was the first to use coal to smelt iron instead of wood for smelting iron in a blast furnace. He also developed better ways to improve the quality of iron.
James Hargreaves	English inventor from Lancashire, England who invented the spinning jenny in 1764. This device spun many threads at the same time and improved the textile industry even more.
Richard Arkwright	English inventor who invented the waterframe. This used water power to speed up the spinning even more.
Robert Fulton	American engineer and inventor who developed the first commercially successful steamboat in 1807. the steam engine powered the Clearmont up the Hudson River at speeds of 5 mph.
Urbanization	movement of people to cities form the country.
Thomas Malthus	British scholar, In 1798 published “Essay on the Principle of Population.”

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