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6.1 The Industrial Revolution Spreads: World History

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Henry Bessemer
developed process to purify iron ore to produce steel, 1856
Alfred Nobel
invented dynamite (safer explosive) 1866; funded the Nobel prizes
Michael Faraday
created first simple electric motor an first dynamo
dynamo
machine that generates electricity
Thomas Edison
created the first light bulb
interchangable parts
identical componets that coud be used in place of one another
assembly line
workers add parts to a product that moves along a belt from one work station to the next
Henry Ford
used the assembly line to mass produce cars
Orville and Wilbur Wright
first to design and fly and airplane powered by an engine, 1903
Nikolaus Otto
invented the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine
Karl Benz
patent for the first automobile, 1866
Samuel Morse
developed the telegraph
Alexander Graham Bell
created the telephone, 1876
Guglielmo Marconi
invented the radio, 1890
stock
shares in a company, sold to raise capital
corporations
busness that are owned by many investers that buy shares of stock
Alfred Krupp
lived in Germany; had monoply in steal
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company, dominated American oil refineries
cartel
association of corporations to fix prices, set production quotas,control markets
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