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are parts components that are identical for practical purposes
Interchangeable parts
a concept used by social scientists to designate personal attributes considered useful in the production process
human capital
a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation
cotton gin
s variously taken to have commenced in 1757, after the Battle of Plassey, when the Nawab of Bengal was defeated and replaced with another individual who had the support of the East India Company
company rule
a boat that is propelled primarily by steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels.
steam boat
a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation
cotton gin
a political event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.
meji restoration
the patent for which is shown here, would revolutionise the process of cotton spinning.
spinning jenny
an English-born industrialist who became a prominent businessman in Belgium. Born at Haslingden, Lancashire, England
john cockerill
the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves
radio
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
james watt
s variously taken to have commenced in 1757, after the Battle of Plassey, when the Nawab of Bengal was defeated and replaced with another individual who had the support of the East India Company
company rule
a machine used to spin cotton and other fibres. They were used extensively from the late 18th to the early 20th century
spinning mule
also known as Sergius Witte, was a Russian statesman who served as the first prime minister of the Russian Empire, replacing the tsar as head of the government.
sergel witte
a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be easily heard directly.
telephone
a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid
steam engine
an 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". In the United Kingdom, he was called "Slater the Traitor"
samuel slater
a mechanized loom, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution.
power loom
an 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"
samuel slater
the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge.
electricity
a term, used in English landownership, that refers to the appropriation of "waste"[b] or "common land"[c] enclosing it and by doing so depriving commoners of their rights of access and privilege
enclosure
also known as Sergius Witte, was a Russian statesman who served as the first prime minister of the Russian Empire, replacing the tsar as head of the government.
sergel witte
a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid
steam engine
a concept used by social scientists to designate personal attributes considered useful in the production process
human capital
a manufacturing process often called a progressive assembly in which parts usually interchangeable parts are added as the semi-finished assembly moves from workstation to workstation where the parts are added in sequence until the final assembly is produced.
assembly line