Notable People and Inventions

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Across
  1. 4. creator of the Diesel engine
  2. 5. accelerated the speed of business transactions during the late nineteenth century and contributed to the industrialization of the United States
  3. 10. creator of the Bessemer converter
  4. 14. agriculturist who revolutionized sheep and cattle breeding in England by methodical selection and inbreeding
  5. 16. a process of producing steel, in which impurities are removed by forcing a blast of air through molten iron
  6. 19. used for hauling railroad cars on tracks
  7. 20. credited with building over 1,000 miles of roadway, 1,000 bridges, 40 harbors and piers, and numerous canals
Down
  1. 1. advocated a reconstruction of society based on communal associations of producers known as phalanges (phalanxes)
  2. 2. Made the “Stephenson rocket” with his son, Robert
  3. 3. blasting explosive
  4. 6. Developed an electric telegraph, Morse Code
  5. 7. discovered the puddling process for making wrought iron
  6. 8. a British civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbors and lighthouses.
  7. 9. creator of the first four-wheeled automobile and the Grandfather Clock
  8. 11. was one of the first experts to publish widely on English farming practices and encourage experimentation in agriculture
  9. 12. allows farmers to sow seeds in well-spaced rows
  10. 13. used water power to speed up the weaving process
  11. 15. improved working conditions for factory workers
  12. 17. allowed one person to work more than 1,000 spindles at the same time
  13. 18. his theories led to the development of Marxism