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history ch 19
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Edwin L. Drake | proved that it was possible to pump crude oil from the ground |
| Second Industrial Revolution | a period of rapid growth in U. S. manufacturing in the late 1800s. |
| Steel | is iron that has been made stronger by heat and the addition of other metals. |
| Henry Bessemer | invented the Bessemer process |
| Bessmer process | a way to manufacture steel quickly and cheaply by blasting hot air through melted iron to quickly remove impurities. |
| What was the time difference in how long it took to make one ore of steel? | Before, turning several tons of iron ore into steel took a day or more. The Bessemer process took only 10 to 20 minutes. |
| Thomas Alva Edison | envented the first electric lightbulb |
| Patent | exclusive rights to make or sell inventions,allowed inventors to protect their inventions from being manufactured by others. |
| Alexander Graham Bell . | patented the telephone. |
| Charles and J. Frank Duryea | used a gasoline engine to build the frst practical motorcar in the United States. |
| Henry Ford | introduced the Model T in 1908. |
| What was Ford first to implement | the moving assembly line in manufacturing |
| Assembly line | a process that greatly reduced the cost of building a product, thus making cars more affordable. |
| Wilbur and Orville Wright | built a lightweight airplane that used a small, gas-powered engine. |