Transcript Section 1 Questions

Dawn of the Industrial Age
Chapter 7 Section 1
pp. 196-198
#1a Charles Townshend
• Lord in England that urged farmers to
grow turnips to help restore minerals in
exhausted fields.
#1b Jethro Tull
• Invented a seed drill, placing seeds in a
row rather than scattering them around
#1c Thomas Newcomen
• 1712 created a steam engine powered by
coal to pump water out of mines
#1d James Watt
• 1769 improved Newcomen’s engine, Watt’s engine
was one of the keys to the Industrial Revolution, also
figured HORSE POWER [1 horse could pull 180lbs so
that’s a 1 hp engine]
#1e Abraham Darby
• Used coal to melt iron to separate iron from its ore, and
improved coal used to melt metal so there were fewer
impurities
#2a Anesthetic
• A drug that prevents pain during medical
procedures– First used by American
Dentist Horace Wells??
[Additional]--- Antiseptic
• Product used to stop the spread of germs during
hospital stays, today used everywhere– First
used by Dr. Ignaz Philip Semmelweis in Hungary
#2c Smelt
• Separating iron from its ore, basically to
melt metal
#2b Enclosure
• The process of closing in pastures or fields with
fences, used as early as the 1500s in Britain