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1 Olivia Cohen and Brandon Davis
Power Olivia Cohen and Brandon Davis

2 Power goals of the industrial revolution: rely on less human labor and manufacture more goods Types of power - water - steam -coal

3 Water Steam Used boiling water to create motion
Fast moving/ flowing rivers Led to development of mills and factories Electricity could be developed from water Used boiling water to create motion Used especially in mining Improved productivity Created efficient, compact engines

4 Coal Industrial revolution led to developed coal mines
James Watt's steam engine allowed for more coal to be mined, lowering the cost of engines Once a coal seam was found, the miners dug horizontally for coal Towns and other industries grew up around the coal mining areas

5 Cyrus McCormick Invented mechanical reaper
Founder of McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Churned out new model of his reaper every year

6 John Fitch January 21, 1743-July 2, 1798

7 John Stevens


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