Engineering Inventions Flashcards

(49 cards)

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Industrial Revolution brought?

A

increase in population and urbanization, emerging middle class

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2
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Middle class profited from?

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industrial growth

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3
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Factories were filled with a labor force as?

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agricultural manual work gave way to mechanization

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4
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Manufacturing produced?

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cheaper goods for a mass market, encouraged by the rise in wages and standard of living

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5
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the traditional work place and home were being?

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rapidly transformed

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6
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Few men had a greater impact on life in the 19th century than?

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Michael Faraday

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7
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What did Faraday discover?

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an electric current was produced in a coil of wire when a magnet was moved through the wire, leading to developments in communications

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8
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William Cook and Charles Wheatstone?

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1837, patented electric telegraph

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9
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What was the electric telegraph?

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method of sending messages through wires to a remote receiver

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10
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Telegraphy expanded across?

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the world

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11
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1876?

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Alexander Graham Bell developed the telephone, eclipsing the telegraph

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12
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1887?

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Hertz proved the existence of radio waves

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13
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Marconi?

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italian entrepreneur, worked with wireless signals

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14
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1906?

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marconi achieved his final goal, transmitting speech through radio transmissions over the airwaves

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15
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Turn of 20th century?

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advanced weapons, new tin cans for food preservation, , evolving of domestic refrigeration, cars emerged on roads, large shipbuilding, railroads across continents, first plane about to take off

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16
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Wright?

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progressed from gliders to fabric covered wooden biplane

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17
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Made flight in the worlds first powered plane

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December 17, 1903

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18
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Early 1930s

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modern airplane was beginning to take shape

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19
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What transformed domestic life?

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sewing machines, washing machines, different appliances that made life easier

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20
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Families had clearly defined?

21
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people listened to?

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gramophones, which played flat discs

22
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March 1895?

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cinema was born

23
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Wrights?

A

progressed from gliders to a fabric- covered wooden biplane

24
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Early 1930s?

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modern airplane was beginning to take shape

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Domestic life was being transformed by?
machines of all sorts
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Families had clearly defined?
leisure time
27
What did families listen to?
gramophones, which played flat discs
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March 1895?
cinema
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December 17, 1903?
Wright Flyer took off near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
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Who flew the wright brothers' plane?
Orville
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How high did it rise?
10 ft, landed after 12 seconds
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From an early age, Leonardo was obsessed with?
Flight
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Were leonardo's flying machines ever practical?
no, they were flights of imagination
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At the start of the 20th century, humanity is about to see one of the most important technological advancements in transportation
Moments- Wright Flyer
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Manganese Dioxide, Zinc, and Ammonium Chloride are used together in the Leclanche Cell (an early battery)
Bell Box Telephone- Materials
36
During what is known as the second industrial revolution both new and old technologies were adopted on the large scale.
Bell Box Telephone- Moment
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Advanced materials, such as aluminum and steel, are not only strength but relatively lightweight.
Wright Flyer- Materials
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Sound vibrations are transmitted through a membrane | to a needle which produces an electric signal.
Bell Box Telephone- Methods
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Electricity is used for the purpose of communication.
Bell Box Telephone- Ideas
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Fuel and air are compressed inside of a chamber and | ignited using an induction coil in order to drive a piston
internal Combustion engine- methods
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``` During the 1860s, the United States was engaged in Civil War, but technology continued to advance in European countries. ```
Internal Combustion engine- moments
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Brass is superior to iron for use in machines, but requires a great deal of machinist skill to work with.
Materials- Difference engine
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Hydrocarbons are burned in order to do mechanical work.
Internal Combustion engine- Ideas
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``` A powered aircraft achieves sustained flight utilizing the force of lift on the wings. ```
Ideas- Wright Flyer
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The 1840s was an era first of recession followed by the California gold rush. Government interest in expensive scientific ventures was lower than it had been in previous during.
Difference Engine- Moments
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``` A lightweight motor is used for power, and cables are attached to wings to control roll, pitch, and yaw ```
Methods- Wright Flyer
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Coal gas is a bi-product of the "coking" process, and was used as fuel for gas engines during the 19th century.
Internal Combustion Engine- Materials
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A mechanical device can solve mathematical equations with perfect precision.
Difference engine- Ideas
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The finite difference is a process of addition and subtraction, which can be performed by a series of numbered gears in order to solve polynomial equations
Difference engine- Methods