Definitions 5.3
Cottage system
The putting-out system is a means of subcontracting work
Interchangeable parts
identical for practical purpose
American system
set of manufacturing methods that involved in the 19th century
Samuel Slater
early English-American industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution", a phrase coined by Andrew Jackson, and the "Father of the American Factory System"
Factory system
method of manufacturing using machinery and division of labor
James Hargreaves
was an English weaver, carpenter and inventor who lived and worked in Lancashire, England.
connects European Russia to the Russian far east
John Cockerill
English-born industrialist who became a prominent businessman in Belgium.
heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid
Cotton gin
machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fiber from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation
Company rules
the rule of the British East India Company on the Indian subcontinent.
Sergei Witte
Russian statesman who served as the first prime minister of the Russian Empire, replacing the tsar as head of the government
Industrialization
the period of social and agriculture change that transforms a human group from a agrarian society into an industrial society
James Watt
was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776
Meiji Restoration
at the time as the Honorable Restoration, and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.
Agricultural Revolution
an unprecedented increase in agricultural production in Britain arising from increases in labor and land productivity between the mid-17th and the late 19th centuries
Enclosure
used in English landownership, that refers to the appropriation of "waste" or "common land" enclosing it and by doing so depriving commoners of their rights of access and privilege
Slater Mill
historic water-powered textile mill complex on the banks of the Blackstone River in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, modeled after cotton spinning mills first established in England