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· Bessemer Steel Process
· Mass Production of steel
· 1855
· Transportation
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· The Clermont
· Steamboat
· 1807 |
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· Cotton Gin
· Machine to separate fibers from seeds
· 1793
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· Mechanical Reaper
· Machine to harvest grain
· 1831
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· Interchangeable parts
· Process to produce parts that meet specifications so it can be used in any machine
· 1798
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· Steam Engine
· Engine to pump water
· 1769
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· Steel Plow
· Cast-steel plow
· 1837
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· Steamboat
· First successful trial of steam boat
· 1787
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· Telegraph
· Process of transmitting signals over wire
· 1837
Communication |
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· The Tom Thumb
· First American built steam locomotive
· 1830
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· Spinning Jenny
· Made thread
· 1764
Household |
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· Locomotive
· Engine that used high pressure steam
· 1764
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· First water powered textile mill
· Mill that hired whole families and divided work in to tasks (Rhode Island System)
· 1790
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· Linked Lake Erie to Hudson river
· 1825 (completed)
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· First highway built by federal government
· 1839 (completed
Transportation |
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· Improved movement of goods and services
· 1764 (First US)
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· Sewing Machine
· Machine could use 2 different thread sources
· 1845
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