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Factory Systems
Inventor: Samuel Slator,
Date: 1789,
Fact: All steps of manufacturing happened in one loaction
Impact: Brought machines and man under the same roof, increased growth or cities, job oppertunities and clothing industry increased -
Period: to
1780
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Cotton Gin
Inventor:Eli Whitney,
Date: 1793,
How used: Pulls out seeds of cotton clean,
Impact: Cotton industry increased, contributed to slave growth in south -
Interchangeable Parts
Inventor: Eli Whitney,
Date: 1801.
How was used: Using similar parts to fix a machine,
Impact: Production became faster, Repairs easier and cheaper, Decreased need for skilled labor -
Steamboats
Inventor: Robert Fulton,
Date: 1807,
How used: Carried people and cargo to different ports,
Impact: Took passengers and cargo to different occasions -
Erie Canal
Inventor: Calhoun,
How used: Waterboat linked New York city to Buffalo,
Impact: Opened up Ohio for transportation, more development in farming products -
Steel Plow
Inventor: John Deere,
Date:1836,
How used: light weighed plow with sturdy steel blade designed for heavier soils,
Impact: Made farm work less demanding, incresed farming, expansion's of farms -
Telegraph
Inventor: Samuel F.B. Morse
Date: 1837
How used: Morse machine used to comminicate by tapping out codes that could be translated,
Impact: It Made nstant communitcation between distances possible -
Transcontinental Railroad
Inventor: Connected Atlantic & Pacific Coast,
Date: 1869
How used: Central pacific railroad and Union pacific railroad, Impact: created roads for simpler travel, imporved transportation
