英语国家社会与文化入门美国经济概要1.pptVIP

Contents * * LOGO Introduction of the factory system “American system” of mass production The application of new technologies to Industrial tasks Emergence of new forms of business organization Four developments Overview Inventions chart Events inventions Important people Samuel Slater Eli Whitney Sewing machines, the telegraph, railroads, telephone….. in the 19th century, great importance to the economic future of the United States. Overview of inventions and inventors Cotton and Cloth, Interchangeable Parts, From Agriculture to Cities ….. American industrial revolution (1) transportation was expanded (2) electricity was effectively harnessed The Industrial Revolution that occurred in the 19th century was of great importance to the economic future of the United States. Three industrial developments led the way to Industrialization in America: (3) improvements were made to industrial processes. Samuel Slater an early American industrialist the Father of the American Factory System brought British textile technology to America Samuel Slater (1768–1835) popularly called The Father of the American Industrial revolution Slater Mill Eli Whitney ???? Signature Interchangeable parts , cotton gin Significant projects Work 4 Children Yale College Education January 8, 1825 (aged 59) Date of death Westborough, Massachusetts Birth place December 8, 1765 Birth date American Nationality Career inventions Interchangeable parts Cotton gin Milling machine Cotton Gin Patent. It shows sawtooth gin blades, which were not part of Whitneys original patent Improvements on a musket lock. Drawing by Eli Whitney, 1816 Cotton and Cloth In 1794, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin which made the separation of cotton seeds from fiber much faster. The South increased its cotton supply sending raw cotton north to be used in the manufacture of cloth. Francis C. Lowell increased the efficiency in the manufacture of cloth by bringing spinning and