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SC 7-3.4 Industrial
SC 7-3.4 2014 Inventions and Technology in the "Machine Age"
Question | DEFINITION |
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FLYING SHUTTLE | machine that sped up the weaving process to make cloth |
Industrial Revolution | Change in industry brought about by new inventions |
puddling | improved process used to purify iron ore |
patent | exclusive ownership of an invention |
open-hearth process | special furnace to make many kinds of steel more quickly and cheaply |
steam engine | did not rely on water power so enabled factories to be built anywhere |
mass production | ability to make large quantities cheaply |
assembly line | identical products assembled on a moving line |
interchangeable parts | machine made parts that are exactly alike (Eli Whitney) |
cotton gin | machine that cleans cotton (Eli Whitney) |
Electricity | power that converts easily to heat, light, motion |
Samuel Morse | invented the telegraph and Morse code |
Thomas Edison | invented the light bulb, movies, phonograph, first permanent power station and much more |
Alexander Graham Bell | invented the telephone |
James Watt | first motor (we measure power in WATTS) |
Marconi | invented the first radio |
Robert Fulton | invented the first steam boat |