Choose from the selection offered.
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Who was responsible for speeding up the spinning process by developing the ‘Spinning Jenny’? Henry Ford James Watt James Hargreaves Richard Arkwright
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The water-driven spinning frame was the brainchild of which prolific inventor? Samuel Crompton Richard Arkwright Eli Whitney Thomas Edison
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Who is responsible for the miner's safety helmet Thomas Newcomen Richard Trevithick George Stephenson Humphry Davy
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He developed a steam powered carriage that carried passengers on roads? Richard Trevithick James Watt Thomas Telford John Macadam
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Who developed the first practical steam powered pump? James Watt James Hargreaves Thomas Newcomen Humphry Davy
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Who built the famous 'Rocket' which ran between Stockton and Darlington? George Stephenson James Watt Thomas Newcomen Richard Arkwright
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Who developed canals designed on a gravity flow system, to carry bulk cargoes such as coal around the country? George Stephenson Thomas Telford Duke of Bridgwater James Brindley
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Who created the Great Western Railways? Isambard Kingdom Brunel Robert Stephenson George Stephenson Michael Faraday
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Who was responsible for the method for converting iron into steel quickly allowing ships and bridges to be bigger? Samuel Crompton James Brindley Henry Bessemer Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Who do we have to be grateful to for the first one-piece toilet? Alexander Graham Bell Thomas Twyford Henry Bell Thomas Edison
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Who designed the two-deck High Level Bridge, at Newcastle upon Tyne? James Stephenson Thomas Telford Isambard Kingdom Brunel Robert Stephenson
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Who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone? George Eastman Alexander Graham Bell Thomas Edison Humphry Davy
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Who was the inventor of the negative / positive photographic process? William Henry Fox Talbot George Eastman Mathew Boulton Josiah Wedgewood
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Who was the Scottish engineer and inventor who built a steam-powered boat called the Comet? James Watt James Stephenson James Watt Henry Bell
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He was responsible for the ‘Mule’ which combined the good points of the water frame and the spinning jenny and resulted in a machine that could spin cotton thread better than any other machine. Samuel Crompton John Kay Richard Arkwright James Hargreaves
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The ‘Flying Shuttle’ allowed wider cloth to be weaved and at a faster speed than before. Who used his knowledge as a weaver to develop this machine? Samuel Crompton Richard Arkwright Eli Whitney John Kay
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In London - the electric motor was invented by which scientist who, though trained in Chemistry, took an interest in electricity? Thomas Edison Henry Bell Joseph Swan Michael Faraday
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In Manchester this man invented the waterproof raincoat ... Charles Macintosh Charles Babbage Maxim Mathew Boulton
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Which immigrant in London can be credited with the invention of the machine gun? John Moses Browning Joseph Sten Hiram Maxim General John T. Thompson
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He was the inventor of the Analytical Engine, the world's first programmable ‘calculator’ and the father of computing. Michael Faraday Charles Babbage James Watts Alan Turing
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