Industrial Revolution Flash Cards

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Merchandise or products

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Activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of good in factories

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make (something) on a large scale using machinery

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A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled primarily by machine

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A type of cloth or woven fabric

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A building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour

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A machine for spinning with more than one spindle at a time, patented by James Hargreaves in 1770

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A small manufacturing business that's owned and operated by an individual or a family, typically operating out of a home rather than a purpose-built facility

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The process of making an area more urban (city-like)

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A system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire, especially one creating signals by making and breaking an electrical connection