1. Dawn of the Industrial Age
Chapter 7 Section 1 pp

2. #1a Charles Townshend
Lord in England that urged farmers to grow turnips to help restore minerals in exhausted fields.

3. #1b Jethro Tull
Invented a seed drill, placing seeds in a row rather than scattering them around

4. #1c Thomas Newcomen
1712 created a steam engine powered by coal to pump water out of mines

5. #1d James Watt
1769 improved Newcomen’s engine, Watt’s engine was one of the keys to the Industrial Revolution, also figured HORSE POWER [1 horse could pull 180lbs so that’s a 1 hp engine]

6. #1e Abraham Darby
Used coal to melt iron to separate iron from its ore, and improved coal used to melt metal so there were fewer impurities

7. #2a Anesthetic
A drug that prevents pain during medical procedures– First used by American Dentist Horace Wells??

8. [Additional]--- Antiseptic
Product used to stop the spread of germs during hospital stays, today used everywhere– First used by Dr. Ignaz Philip Semmelweis in Hungary

9. #2c Smelt
Separating iron from its ore, basically to melt metal

10. #2b Enclosure
The process of closing in pastures or fields with fences, used as early as the 1500s in Britain