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ANESTHETIC
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A drug that prevents pain during surgery first invented by an American dentist in 1855.
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ENCLOSURE
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The process of taking over and fencing off land.
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SMELT
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The process of seperating iron from its ore.
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Explain who Charles Townshend was and how he improved life during the Industrial Revolution.
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Charles Townshend urged farmers to grow turnips which restored exhausted soil.
effect: more sucessful crops were being grown. |
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Explain who Thomas Newcomen was and how he improved life during the Industrial Revolution.
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Thomas Newcomen developed the coal powered Steam Engine which was used to pump water out of mines.
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Explain who Jethro Tull was and how he improved life during the Industrial Revolution.
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Jethro Tull invented the seed drill which deposited seeds into rows.
effect: this led to less wasted land and more room for more crops. |
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Explain who James Watt was and how he improved life during the Industrial Revolution.
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James Watt improved Newcomen's engine (steam engine) by making it to run on less coal.
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Explain who Abraham Darby was and how he improved life during the Industrial Revolution
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Abraham Darby invented the using of coal to smelt iron, which was seperating iron from its ore.
effect: made iron much eaiser to use. |
