14Unit11-12(B2).pptVIP

* * UNIT 11 TECHNOLOGY Eli Whitney: Cotton gin; mass production of weapons C. H. McCormick: Mechanical reaper P. 176 Par 1 US agriculture was moving away from subsistence farming to a food marketing enterprise. (维持生计的；外销粮食的) P. 176 Par 3 The Stevens: improving railroads; shapes of tracks, bonding, setting of ties, wather erosion, banking of curves P. 176 Par 4 Regardless of how one allocates importance to individuals in the new technology, of tele-communications, the fact remains that this technology altered the very texture of busi-ness, … P. 177 Par 1 …so did the telegraph undercut the short-lived Pony Express system, the source of mythic stories and movies about the Wild West P. 177 Par 2 Thomas Edison: motion pictures, phonograph, electric light …depended on solving less dramatic problems than that Par 3 …how to divide electricity so it could flow in different locations when the circuit was inter- Upted… (parallel/series circuits) P. 177 Par 4 Frederick Taylor: Scientific mangagement Henry Ford: moving assembly line P. 178 Par 1 alienating P. 177 Par 3 Reginald Fensenden: radio (voices are carried as wireless signals) Par 4 Lee De Forest: vacuum tube David Sarnoff: first profitable radio station providing entertainment and information P. 179 Par 2 Soap operas on radio Par 3 Moving assembly line produces inexpensive automobiles hand crank - electric starter motor Par 4 Refrigerator, oil furnace, washing machine, vacuum cleaner, dishwasher, microwave, food processor P. 180 Par 2 Television for education, entertainment Par 3 Radar, nuclear energy Par 4 Computer: assist artillery; break cryptographic messages vacuum tube - transistor (半导体) P. 181 Par 2 Steven Jobs and Steve Wozniak: PC Par 3 Bill Gates: DOS Par 4 1968: Internet e-mail, www P. 182 Par 2 Rocketry Goddard was able to launch rockets into stratosphere, ostensibly for weather resear