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Invention and techno
Inventions and technology in the “Machine Age”,
Question | Answer |
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Flying shuttle | That sped up the weaving process |
Spinning Jenny | Enabled spinners to spin cotton into thread very quickly |
Cotton gin | Cleaned cotton 50 times more quickly than a person could |
Puddling | HENRY CORT developed the process |
Patent | The exclusive ownership of an invention ,for the process form the United States patent office |
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 did not rely on water power |
Mass production | While machines increased he output of goods,two concepts paved the way for another change |
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 conveyor belt from workers to workers |
Assembly lines | HENRY FORD used assembly lines in 1900s to built low-cost automobiles |