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18 Cards in this Set
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Who is thought of as the inventor of the steam engine? Why? |
Thomas Savery, patented copy of Edward of Marquis device but not knowledgeable
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Who invented the steamboat? Why did he fail? |
Denis Papin, because of external forces - friends with wrong people
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What did Savery think of Papin's device? |
Didn't understand it but knew it applied on water, whereas Savery's patent only covered land, so tried to denigrate it
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Who built a similar engine to Papin? |
Thomas Newcomen |
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Who innovated on Newcomen's engine? |
James Watt |
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Who financed Watt's engine? |
Matthew Boulton |
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Who built the canon boring machine? |
John Wilkinson |
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Who invented the crack and flywheel device? |
James Pickard |
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What system existed before the factory system? |
Putting-Out system |
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Who built the Cromford Mill? |
Richard Arkwright |
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Who designed the Crystal Palace? |
Joseph Paxton |
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Who invented the photography process? |
Joseph Niepce |
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Who did Niepce partner with? |
Louis Daguerre |
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Who invented the collodion process? |
Frederick Scott Archer |
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Who created the Carte-de-visite? |
Andre Disderi |
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What is used to make a heliograph? |
Asphalt which is turned into light sensitive turpentine |
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What is used in the Collodion process? |
Gun cotton plus sulphuric and nitric acid |
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What is used for an Albumen print? |
Egg white and silver dust |
