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HTS Gambrell Date 2
Dates for test 2 of History, Technology, and Society Course taught by Gambrell
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When was coal first successfully used by Abraham Darby? | 1709 |
| When did coal become more commonly used? | 18th and 19th centuries |
| When did Henry Colt invent the puddling and rolling method? | 1784 |
| When did Bessemer invent his method of steel production? | 1856 |
| When did Thomas Savery invent the Steam Pump? | 1600s |
| When did Thomas Newcomen invent the Newcomen engine? | 1790 |
| When did James Watt invent the Separator Condenser? | 1776 |
| When was the high pressure steam engine independently invented by Oliver Evans and Richard Trevithick? | Start of 19th century |
| When was the first locomotive made by Richard Trevithick? | 1803 |
| What was the golden age of steamboats? | 1815-1860 |
| When was the first steamboat invented by John Fitch? | 1790 |
| When did Robert Fulton come up w/ American steamboat? | 1803-1807 |
| When did Eli Whitney promise he could make 10,000 muskets in 2 years? | 1788 |
| When did Samuel Colt live? | 1814-1862 |
| When did Elisha Root live? | 1808-1863 |
| When did Charles Newbold invent the Cast-iron plow? | 1797 |
| When did John Deere start making his steel plow? | 1837 |
| When did John Deere move to Moline, Illinois? | 1846 |
| When did Cyrus McCormick live? | 1809-1882 |
| When did Moore and Hascall invent the combine? | 1836 |
| When did John Froelich invent the gasoline tractor? | 1892 |
| When were circular saws invented? | 1814 |
| When were bandsaws invented? | 1819 |
| When were replacable teeth invented? | 1840s |
| When were chainsaws invented? | 1917 |
| When was the Forest Service created? | 1905 |
| When was the Second Industrial Revolution? | 1850-1914 |
| When was electromagnetic induction discovered by Michael Faraday? | 1821 |
| When was the mathematical theory of electromagnetic induction discovered by James Clerk Maxwell? | 1856 |
| When did Edison invent his light bulb? | 1879 |
| When did Nikola Tesla invent his machine that translated AC into mechanical energy? | 1888 |
| When was celluloid invented? | 1869 |
| When was Rayon invented? | 1891-2 |
| When was Bakelite invented? | 1909 |
| When was the first combustible engine invented? | 1859 |
| When did Otto invent his engine? | 1876 |
| When did Dailmer invent his engine? | 1885 |
| When did Benz invent the first internal-combustion motorcar? | Soon after 1885 |
| When did John Stevens invent the first American locomotive? | 1825 |