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SC 7-3.4 Industrial
SC 7-3.4 2014 Inventions and Technology in the "Machine Age"
| Question | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| 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 |