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Slacks and Calluses by Constance Bowman Reid tells a true story of two young teachers and their experiences from inside the war efforts of the 1940s. Constance Bowman, an English teacher, and Clara Marie Allen, an art teacher, went to work at Consolidation on the swing shift on a B-12 production line. On their summer vacation, Bowman and Allen learned not only the idea of true physical labor by how much effort was put into every individual Liberator, but they also witnessed a change in the way…

George Eastman and Andrew Carnegie were captains of industry because they were leaders of their industry and philanthropists. George Eastman was a leader of the industry photography and cameras, and made taking pictures much easier. Eastman learned the wet plate method for taking pictures that had been used for many years, which required a lot of equipment. He thought that there had to be an easier way to take pictures. So Eastman studied the method the British were doing which was using a…

In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, names serve as an important characterization tool, giving further insight into the novel. Names such as the Bokanovsky’s Process, Ford, and Bernard Marx, show the values and reasons for efficiency and stability in the society of Brave New World. Huxley’s apt use of allusion to modern leaders, ideas, and industry enhances understanding of the story. Bokanovsky’s Process is a way to create “standard men and women; in uniform batches”, used as a “major…

Following the industrial revolution mass production was on the rise, Henry Ford improved this idea in his production of automobiles. Henry Ford’s assembly line not only encouraged mass production at a faster pace, but the affordable cost allowed access to the common American family. The automobile created a new market in the economy allowing America to soar to new heights. Stimulating the economy to…

Cyrus McCormick invented another significant agricultural invention that revolutionized farming, the mechanical reaper. He invented the reaper so it would cut the grain. It came in handy because before this, people would have to do it by hand and it took several hours. He spent all of his time in his father's workshop trying to figure out stuff to do A lot of other people tried to invent the reaper and they kept failing and couldn't figure it out. In 1832 Cyrus tried to make the reaper himself.…

change the tide in a war. Henry also is still remembered for making a car that any working man can buy that car was the model T produced to public in 1908 ,with its starting price just 365 dollars he made this car so cheap by making his cars in an assembly this way of making a car took the production time from 728 minutes to 93 minutes .This method saved him from the great depression. This method was very affordable it works by a person doing the same thing repeatedly on each car. This method…

In 1906, on a farm in Utah, a boy named Philo Taylor Farnsworth was born. In a very short time Philo began to ask questions, accordingly his parents answered as best as they could, he was very interested in mechanics and electricity. As he grew up, he was mesmerized with the hand-cranked telephone Thomas Edison had made and hand-cranked phonograph that Alexander Graham Bell had made. They were his new heroes. Trying for a better life, the Farnsworth family moved from Utah to Idaho. Philo had…

Once Henry Ford made the automobile affordable, the lives of every citizen changed. He impacted the United States (and the world) both economically and socially. He did this by creating the assembly line. This assembly line enabled the mass production of the automobile and ultimately a discounted price. Socially, among other things, he improved the quality of life greatly. People were able to take vacations to places that they would have never have been able to go, even if just for a day trip on…

The impact that Henry Ford made on transportation is one of the only reasons the United States grew and prospered so much at the time. Ford wanted to sell an automobile that anyone could afford to buy. He said “It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise.” On October 1, 1908, the first automobile that Ford Motor Company made was completed. This first automobile was the Model T, it was sold for $825, or…

Henry Ford was not the first person to create to assembly line. The first car to be made using the assembly line was the Oldsmobile Curved Dash. According to Ford in My Life and Work the assembly line should have the following principals. "(1) Place the tools and the men in the sequence of the operation so that each component part shall travel the least possible distance while in the process of finishing. (2) Use work slides or some other form of carrier so that when a workman completes his…