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The Age of Machines

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cottage systemmethod of making cloth in many small houses put together
spinning jennylet one person spin many threads at one time
flying shuttlemade weaving faster
millsfactories
factory systembegan when workers and machines were brought together in buildings
James Wattinventor of the steam engine
Henry Bessemerfound a cheaper way to make steel
investput money into a company
railstracks
locomotivesteam engine on wheels
freightgoods and raw materials
steamboatcould move both up and down rivers
industrializechange to the production of goods by machines
Samuel Slaterbrought the secrets of the factory system from Britain to the US
Eli Whitneyused interchangable parts in mass production of guns
interchangableidentical
generatormachine for producing electricity
telegraphused electricity to send messages over wires
telephonechanged sound into electrical signals
internal combustion enginesmaller and lighter, it was invented by Gotlieb Daimler



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