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History ch 6 inventions

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Who invented the telephone
Alexander graham bell
Who invented the mass produced electricity and light bulb
Thomas elva Edison
Who invented the steam engine oil drill
Edwin l drake
Who invented the type writer
Christopher sholes
Who invented the steel framed skyscraper
William le baron jenney
Who invented the Bessemer process
William Kelly and Henry Bessemer
What was the major factors of the nations industry boom
Wealth of natural resources, govt support for business, and a growing urban population that provided cheap labor and markets for new products
Why did they remove carbon from iron
To produce a lighter more flexible and rust resistant metal(steel) Bessemer process
What became the biggest costumer for steel
The railroad companies
By 1910 what percentage of women made up clerical work
40%
What was oil transformed into bc of automobiles
Gasoline
What did George Westinghouse do
Added innovations that made electrical power safer and less expensive
What allowed manufacturers to locate plants any place: industry grows
Power/electricity
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