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"Machine_age"
Facts on invention and technology in the machine age.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the flying shuttle? | A machine that sped up the weaving process. |
| What is the spinning Jenny? | A machine that enabled spinners to spin cotton into thread very quickly. |
| What is the cotton gin? | A machine that cleaned cotton 50 times more quickly that a person could. |
| What is puddling? | A process that used coke to burn away impurities in iron ore. |
| What is a patent? | The exclusive ownership of an invention, for the process from the United States Patent Office. |
| What is a open hearth process? | A method that used special furnace to make many kinds of steel. |
| What is a steam engine? | A invention that allowed factories to be built almost anywhere because the steam engine did not rely on water power. |
| What is mass production? | This is a manufacture of huge quantities if identical goods at cheap prices. |
| What are interchangeable parts? | The use of machine-made parts that are exactly alike. |
| What is division of labor? | It occurs by assigning workers to be specialized tasks as a product moves along a conveyer belt from worker to worker. |
| What is a assembly line? | When products are assembled in a moving line. |
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