History - Unit 5 Technological Advances

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Seed Drill

Jethro Toll; made to plant more efficiently

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Spinning Jenny

James Hargreaves; >1 yarn spinning at a time

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Water Frame

Richard Arkwright; could spin larger quantities of yarn at one time

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Cotton Gin

Eli Whitney; removed seeds from cotton faster than humans

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Steam Engine

James Watt; used to pump water from the coal mines

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Internal Combustion Engine

Nicolaus Otto; used as a heat engine for ships & trains to make them faster

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Bessemer Process

Henry Bessemer; allowed for mass production of steel

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Electricity

Benjamin Franklin; used to give the flow of electrical power/charge

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Photography

Francois Arago; a tool for science & exploration to document things

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Typewriter

Rasmus Malling-Hansen; used to print characters on a piece of paper by decompressing the keys

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Telegraph

Samuel Morse; used to communicate over long distances w/ morse code

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Telephone

Alexander Graham Bell; used to talk to people over long distances

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Locomotives

Richard Trevithick; used to transport people over long distances (faster than by horse or foot)

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