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chap.6 s.s.vocab
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| petroleum | oily,flammable liquid used to produce oil |
| patent | A document declaring an invention yours |
| business cycle | Good and bad times in the American industry pace |
| Bessemer steel process | A way of making steel using less coal |
| generator | Is a machine that produces electric current |
| Thomas Edison | He is the inventor of the lightbulb |
| Alexander graham belle | The inventor of the telephone |
| centennial exhibition | An event celebrating Americas 100th year |
| Christopher sholes | Invented the type writer |
| Elias Howe | made the first sewing machine |
| Isaac singer | Invented the sewing machine |
| Jan Matzeliger | patent for the shoe lasting machine |