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Naminventionsandtech
Flash cards on the machine age. (Inventions and technology)
Question | Answer |
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Flying shuttle | A machine that speed up the weaving process |
Spinning Jenny | Enabled spinners to spin cotton into thread very quickly |
Cotton gin | Cleaned cotton 50 times faster than a person could |
Puddling | Used coke (derived from coal) to burn away impurities in iron ore |
Patent | Exclusive ownership of an invention |
Open-hearth process | A method that used a special furnace to make many kinds of steel |
Steam engine | Allowed factories to be built almost anywhere because the steam engine didn't rely on water power |
Mass production | The manufacture of huge quantities of identical goods at cheap prices |
Interchangeable parts | The use of machine-made parts that are exactly alike |
Division of labor | Occurs by assigning workers to specialized tasks as a product moves along a conveyer belt from worker to worker |
Assembly line | Due to the parts moving in a line this is known as a assembly line |