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    Though just reading the words don't hit home what this done to the wool industry, but changing the motion of the blades from circular to straight improved the cut to the wool and also improved the speed of the shearing process dramatically. Being one of the industries that helped Australia advance into the modern world at that time, this invention could be seen as the driver of Australia’s advancement. So far ahead of its time was his inventions design that to this day no improvement has been…

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    Cotton Gin Dbq

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    as well. Two examples of these technologies are the cotton gin and the railroad. The cotton gin was invented in the year 1793 by Eli Whitney. Originally workers had to remove the seeds from cotton by hand which took a long time. This new technology made the process faster and easier by mechanically removing the seeds from cotton (doc 1). As you would expect, with the process being faster, cotton production rose. In 1800, 73,000 bales of cotton were produced and by 1860 that number grew to…

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    Eli Whitney's Inventions

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    production of cotton throughout the south. Making it much easier for it to be picked and cleaned for sale to northern textile industries. Eli Whitney was an American inventor who created the cotton gin and pushed the interchangeable parts mode of production. By the mid-19th century, cotton had become America’s leading export.In 1794, Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber.…

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    power source, and they milled rice with it. Centuries later, Great Britain began using hydropower for one of their main energy productions. The spinning jenny is a water powered cotton spinning machine created in Britain, and used quite frequently throughout Europe. The water was used to spin the machine which spun cotton making it into coat like material. Water was finally used for electricity by the year 1880 in Britain. Soon after, in 1882 the first hydroelectric power plant opened.…

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    Hyungwon Choi Ms. Mills History 8 June 2016 How did the Industrial Revolution affect Great Britain? The Industrial Revolution happened from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. The Industrial Revolution produced new chemical manufacturing, improved efficiency of water and steam power, and developed machine tools that led to the rise of the factory system. The Industrial Revolution affected Great Britain both positively and negatively. The Industrial Revolution led to industrialization…

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    Essay On Mental Pressure

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    back to sanity, unfortunately some chose to completely remove themselves from the misery by suicide. Marshall B. Mathers, well known as Eminen is a rapper, actor, and a song writer who was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri United States in October 17, 1972. He is an artist who raps about his experience in life and things that happens around him. In 2000, he released his album “Marshall Mathers LP” that included his song “The Way I Am” which contains…

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    Eminem Research Paper

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    Eminem (Marshall Mathers) is one of the most famous rappers to ever live. He raps about about his abused childhood and how he was poor. Heis also a Music producer, rapper, and a film actor. He been famous for his type of rap since the late 1900s. He released The Slim Shady LP in early 1999, and the album went multi-platinum, garnering Eminem two Grammy Awards and four MTV Video Music Awards. In 2000, the rapper released The Marshall Mathers LP, which was noted as the fastest-selling album in rap…

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    The Orr Company Case Study

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    The Orr family, originally from Presley in Scotland, were renowned in early stages of the industrial revolution, for their technological advancements pertaining to the manufacture of fine muslin cotton cloth. Considering muslin manufacturing, along with the all other fabric consisting entirely of cotton, were banned until 1774. It is extremely impressive how quickly, upon repeal of the embargo, the Orr’s were able to take advantage of a very lucrative fashion and apparel industry, which was…

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    The Impact of The American Industrial Revolution America has changed since it was founded two hundred and forty years ago. Even then it was different from Great Britain which had first colonized the area in which it was founded. America rebelled against the principals of their former master yet managed to stay relevant in the world. America has very rarely been referred to as a backwater country and for good reason. Over the centuries America has changed and morphed to meet the world around it.…

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    One of the most important times Europe’s history, occurred during the mid-eighteenth century lasting into the mid-nineteenth century. This period of time is referred to as the Industrial Revolution. In order to analyze the Industrial Revolution what the event was, where the revolution emerged, what the main consequences that the revolution brought to European society, and how the Industrial Revolution affected Latin America all must be answered first. The Industrial Revolution emerged in…

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