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industrialism
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a social or economic system built on manufacturing industries.
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corporation
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a company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity (legally a person) and recognized as such in law.
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enclosure movement
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wealthy farmers bought land from small farmers, then benefited from economies of scale in farming huge tracts of land
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crop rotation
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used to control pests and diseases that can become established in the soil over time
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monopoly
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the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.
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flying shuttle
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It allowed a single weaver to weave much wider fabrics, and it could be mechanized, allowing for automatic machine looms
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design
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purpose, planning, or intention that exists or is thought to exist behind an action, fact, or material object.
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puddling
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molten iron in a reverberatory furnace was stirred with rods, which were consumed in the process.
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patent
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a government authority or license conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention
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open-hearth process
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Most open hearth furnaces were closed by the early 1990s, not least because of their slow operation, being replaced by the basic oxygen furnace or electric arc furnace
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steam engine
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an engine that uses the expansion or rapid condensation of steam to generate power.
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mass production
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the production of large amounts of standardized products, including and especially on assembly lines
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assembly line
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a series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled.
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