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chapter 9 ss

Terms in this set (12)

Henry Bessemer
a British engineer who developed a new process for making steel from iron in 1856
Alfred Nobel
a Swedish chemist who invented dynamite in 1866
Michael Faraday
an English chemist who created the first electric motor in the 1800s
dynamo
a machine that is used to generate electricity
Thomas Edison
the American inventor who made the first electric light bulb in the 1870s
interchangeable parts
identical components that could be used in place of one another
in manufacturing
assembly line
production method that breaks down a complex job into a series of smaller tasks
Orville and Wilbur Wright
American bicycle makers who designed and flew an ( airplane) in 1903, ushering in the air age
Guglielmo Marconi
an Italian inventor who developed the radio in the 1890s
stock
shares of a company
corporation
business owned by many investors who buy shares of stock and risk only the amount of their investment
cartel
a group of companies that join together to control the production and price of a product
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