Manufacturing+and+Innovations,Inventions

Charlie Frederick Jon Munitz The Industrial Revolution grew more powerful each year as new inventions and manufacturing processes added to the efficiency of machines and increased productivity.

__**MANUFACTURING**__

__Interchangeable parts-__ Many inventions created and manufactured during the Industrial Revolution were made compatable with interchangeable parts. This allowed new devices to be able to fit the parts of older or different devices. One device that used interchangable parts were weapons. Guns had interchangeable systems were one you load the gun.
 * [[image:http://www.uh.edu/engines/musket.gif width="331" height="286" caption="Showing the Part that Could Work on all different guns"]] ||
 * Showing the Part that Could Work on all different guns ||

__Assembly Lines-__ Before the Industrial Revolution, many devices were made one at a time and took long periods of time to produce. The assembly line changed that completely. The first assembly lines were used in the early 1900's.They were used to produce cars mostly. They could make mass amounts with less work and effort.This way of manufacturing also opened job oppurtunities. Henry Ford used this method of manufacturing to produce his Model T cars. Assembly lines are still used today for cars, airplanes and much more. Manufacturing was taken out of the home and workplace for many things. Factories did most of the producing
 * [[image:http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/es/mi/es_mi_detroit_1_e.jpg width="332" height="286" caption="Automobile Assembly Line"]] ||
 * Automobile Assembly Line ||

Inventions

**STEAM ENGINE**
The steam engine was central to the industrial revolution. Only through providing a convenient source of energy could major forms of transportation grow and prosper. Steamships and steam locomotives allowed for the quicker transportation of raw materials that could be used to produce finished goods. Created by James Watt in 1775

**COTTON GIN**
The cotton gin made the cotton industry of the south explode. Previous to its invention, separating cotton fibers from its seeds was a labor intensive and unprofitable venture. However, after Eli Whitney unveiled the cotton gin, processing cotton became much easier resulting in greater availability and cheaper cloth. However, the invention also had the by-product of increasing the number of slaves needed to pick the cotton thereby strengthening the arguments for continuing slavery. Cotton as a cash crop became so important that it was known as King Cotton and affected politics up until the [|Civil War]. Created in 1794 by Eli Whitney

**MORSE CODE**
While a professor of arts and design at New York University in 1835, Samuel Morse proved that signals could be transmitted by wire. He used pulses of current to deflect an electromagnet, which moved a marker to produce written codes on a strip of paper - the invention of [|Morse Code]. The following year, the device was modified to emboss the paper with dots and dashes. Created by Samuel F. B. Morse in 1836

**SEWING MACHINE**
The development of the sewing machine for factory use in the 1850s revolutionized the shoe and garment industries. Production moved from homes and small shops into large, machine-controlled environments dominated by impersonal management. Production increased and prices fell, but workers suffered loss of independence, lower wages and sometimes, harsh working conditions -- even sweat shops. Hundreds more faced unemployment. The Civil War reduced machines' manufacture, but increased demand greatly. The need for clothing and supplies for soldiers increased the use of machines both in factories and homes. After the war, continuing social upheaval brought about by the harsh conditions of factory production contributed to large-scale unrest and the organization of workers into unions. Eventually the government set standards for the workplace.

Created by Elias Howe in 1844


 * TRANSATLANTIC CABLE**

First cable across atlantic ocean this allowed a new source of communication between the Americas and Europe. This significantly increased their relations as well as help increase the economy because they could communicate faster.

Created by Cyrus Field in 1866



**TELEPHONE**
An even more efficient way to communicate between people led to more social interaction as well as increased relations. Also changed the general way of life taking away from the impact of mail.

Created by, Alexander Graham Bell in 1876



**PHONOGRAPH**
Changed culture gave people the ability not to just have someone play live music but to record it and then play it so people could listen to music in their own homes.

Created by, Thomas Edison in 1877

**LIGHTBULB**
Work hours are no longer governed by the day. With the help of light, the hours go even beyond the hours people had worked before. Light bulbs had also enabled people to move and travel safely into the dark areas or at night. Light houses, with the help of the light, steers ships from danger. leading to a speeding up of trade and increasing the ceconomy due to the effect of losing less ships and not losing valuable goods.

Created by Thomas Edison in 1879



**ASSEMBLY LINE**
Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company started the assembly line phenomenon that would take over industry to this day. The transformation started by Ford made factory production much more efficient and speedy. The assembly line would bring Ford to the top of industrial companies and made the automobile the most advanced item produced in factories at the time. The assembly line marks the real start to the industrial revolution in America and provided the platform for the future of American industry and financial stability.

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