History Flashcards
(11 cards)
Spinning Jenny
Reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn with a worker able to work eight or more spools at once
Steam engine
Inventor: James watt
Could power machines automatically and led to the development of moving vehicles.
Cotton gin
Inventor: Eli Whitney
Allowed cotton to be cleaned
Steel process
Inventor: Henry Bessemer
Could produce steel that was strong and cheap
Smallpox vaccine
Inventor: Edward Jenner
Safely prevented people from catching the deadly disease
Radio
Gugliemo marconi
Allowed for distribution of radio waves
Phonograph
Thomas Edison
Could automatically play music that people could listen to in their homes
Model t automobile
Henry ford
IRS mass produced cars on the assembly line
Germ theory
Louis Pasteur
Showed that disease was caused by germs
Phone
Alexander graham bell
His invention allowed for improved communication
Airplane
Wright brothers
Created and tested the first functional airplane