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James Watt
He was a Scottish inventor. Invented the steam engine. He opened a shop in 1757 at the University and made mathematical instruments. -
Utilitarinism
The doctrine that actions are right if they are useful or for the benefit of a majority. -
Spinning Jenny
Invented by James Hargreaves. A machine for spinning woth more than one spindle at a time. To spin cotton. -
Robert Owen
Social activist. Best known for efforts to improve working conditions for his factory workers. He improved the houses of many poor people. -
George Stephenson
A British Inventor. By age 19 he was operating a Newcomen atmospherice- steam engine. He invented a mine-safety lamp. -
Cotton Gin
Invented by Eli Whitney. A machine used for cleaning cotton. A much faster way to clean cotton instead of manually doing it. -
Karl Marx
German Philosopher. He published Manifest der Kommisischen Partei. Also was the author of the movements most important book Das Kapital. -
Dynamo
An obsolete electrical generator that creates direct current using a commutator. Invented by Michael Faraday. -
Alfred Nobel
Swedish Inventor. Invented dynamite and more powerful explosives. The synthetic element nobelium was named after him. He held 355 different patents. -
Communism
A society in which all property is publicly owned and each perosn works and is paid according to their abilities. -
Social Darwinism
A loose set of ideologies that emerged in the late 1800s. Was used ti justify certin political social or economic views. -
Automobile
Invented by Karl Benz. The first practical modern automobile used gasoline- powered combustion engine. -
Mutual Aid Societies
An organization that provides benefits or other help to its members when they are sick, dead, old age, disability, and unemployment. -
Socialism
A political and economic theory of social organization . Based on public or collective ownership. -
Airplane
Invented by the Wright brothers. They made the first controlled sustained flight or power.
