World History Inventions Unit
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Henry Bessemer--Steel production
Discovering
Collection --
Bessemer Process
Includes:
Henry Bessemer, Thomas Edison (see
multimedia too),
James
Watt (see multimedia too), Eli Whitney, & Louis Pasteur (see multimedia
too).
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The American Experience--Carneige--Steel
Mill Tour
Short,
but well written explanation of the Bessemer Process and its impact on the world.
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Definition of Bessemer
Process
Nice
description of the process with a line drawing demonstrating the machine used.
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BBC:
Historic Figures: Henry Bessemer
Highlights
of the contributions of Henry Bessemer.
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Inventor
of the Week: Henry Bessemer
Highlights
of the contributions of Henry Bessemer.
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Thomas Edison--Light Bulb, Research lab
Grolier
Encyclopedia
Includes:
Henry Bessemer, Eli Whitney, Louis Pasteur, Thomas Edison, & James Watt.
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The
inventions of Thomas Edison
Features
a paragraph on the lightbulb as well as the other inventions occuring in Edison's
research lab.
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Inventor
of the Week: Thomas Edison
Highlights
of the contributions of Henry Bessemer.
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Eli Whitney--Interchangeable parts
Discovering
Collection --Eli
Whitney
Includes:
Henry Bessemer, Thomas Edison (see
multimedia too),
James
Watt (see multimedia too), Eli Whitney, & Louis Pasteur (see multimedia
too).
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Interchangeable
Parts
From
Engines of our Ingenuity.
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From Interchangeable Parts to Visual Basic,
a Brief History.
Discusses
not only the history of interchangeable parts, but applications in use today.
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Inventor
of the Week: Eli Whitney
Highlights
of the contributions of Henry Bessemer.
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Eli Whitney Started Spiral Toward Sprawl with
Fast Gun
Article
published by the Daytona Beach News-Journal.
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James Hargreaves--Spinning Jenny
Discovering
Collection --
James Hargreaves
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Spinning Jenny-James Hargreaves
From About.com, this explains the
invention, gives a picture and details about Hargreaves life.
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Charles Townsend-Crop Rotation
Discovering
Collection --
Jethro Tull
Includes a biography and a
picture of Tull's Seed Drill.
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BBC Online-Norfolk
Jethro Tull and his seed drill invention
are described here.
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Robert Bakewell (1725 - 1795)
From the BBC, this site describes Bakewell's breeding experimentation.
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Discovering
Collection --
James Watt
Includes:
Henry Bessemer, Thomas Edison (see
multimedia too),
James
Watt (see multimedia too), Eli Whitney, & Louis Pasteur (see multimedia
too).
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BBC:
Historic Figures: James Watt
Critical
essay of the work James Watt did to refine the steam engine as well as the delays
in advancements he caused.
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James Watt
Modern
sketch of the steam engine process developed by Watt.
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Flying Shuttle
From About.com, describing the invention of the flying shuttle
and information about John Kay's life.
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Spinning Mule - Samuel Crompton
From About.com, describing the invention of the spinning
mule and information about Samuel Crompton's life.
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Spinning Mule
Brief description
of the uses of the Spinning Mule, showing the production of cotton in the industrial
revolution.
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Discovering
Collection --
Robert Fulton
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Steamboat
Primer
While
this does not discuss Robert Fulton, it has a great graphic of how a steam engine
works.
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John Loudon McAdam, Road Engineer
(1756-1836)
Description
of the mcadam road and how it differed from previous road construction.
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Richard Trevithick-High Pressure Steam Engine
Richard Trevithick 1771-1833
The
contributions of Trevithick to the steam engine process and industrialization
are summarized here..
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High Pressure Steam Engine
High-pressure engine built by Richard
Trevithick in 1811. This compact engine was built for thrashing and chaff cutting
duties in agriculture--not all steam engines were destined for heavy industrial
and manufacturing use.
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George Stephenson-Steam blast locomotive
George Stephenson, 1781-1848
The
biography of George Stephenson and his contributions to the railroad industry..
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The Blutcher
Description
of the first steam locamotive invented by George Stephenson.
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Isaac M. Singer-Sewing Machine
Isaac M. Singer, 1811-1875
The
biography of Isaac Singer and his development of the home sewing machine.
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Singer Company History
Timeline
with graphics illustrating the development of products for the Singer Sewing
Company.
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McCormick Invents the Reaper,
1831
Summary of the invention of the Reaper. Look under the tab
labeled Multimedia for an illustration of the McCormick Reaper.
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The History of the Telegraph
and Telegraphy
Summarization of Morse and development
of the telegraph.
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Morse Develops Electric Telegraph,
1836
Check out the multimedia image of the Morse Code.
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Alexander Graham Bell-Telephone
The First Transcontinental Telephone
Call Is Made, April, 1915
From Discovering Collection, this article summarizes the
first call made. The Multimedia tab has 2 photos of Bell.
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Smithsonian: Telegraph
Brief description of the invention
of the telegraphy with a wonderful photo.
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Discovering
Collection --
Louis Pasteur
Includes:
Henry Bessemer, Thomas Edison (see
multimedia too),
James
Watt (see multimedia too), Eli Whitney, & Louis Pasteur (see multimedia
too).
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Grolier
Encyclopedia
Includes:
Henry
Bessemer, Eli Whitney, Louis Pasteur, Thomas Edison, & James Watt.
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Germ Theory
From
ABC-CLIO World History database
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The
Life and Times of Louis Pasteur
From
a lecture by David V. Cohn
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BBC:
Historic Figures: Louis Pasteur
The
contributions to health and medicine from Pasteur.
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Inventor
of the Week: Louis Pasteur
Highlights
of the contributions of Henry Bessemer.
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updated 10/26/06