Henry Bessemer

[image]Transportation

Agriculture

Robert Fulton

·       The Clermont

·       Steamboat

·       1807

Eli Whitney

[image]Machine to separate fibers from seeds

·       1793

Agriculture

Cyrus McCormick

[image]1831

Agriculture

Eli Whitney

[image]Process to produce  parts that meet specifications so it can be used in any machine

·      1798

·      Agriculture, Transportation, communication, household

James Watt

[image]Steam Engine

·      Engine to pump water

·      1769

Transportation

John Fitch

[image]First successful trial of steam boat

·      1787

Transportation

John Deere

[image]Cast-steel plow

·      1837

Agriculture

Samuel Morse

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Communication

Peter Cooper

[image]First American built steam locomotive

·      1830

Transportation

James Hargreaves

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Household

Richard Trevithick

[image]Engine that used high pressure steam

·      1764

Transportation

Samuel Slater

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Household

Erie Canal

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Transportation

[image]First highway built by federal government

·       1839 (completed

Transportation

[image]Improved movement of goods and services

·       1764 (First US)

Transportation

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Household