NATS 1775 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Complete Control, Thomas Edison, Arc Lamp
12 Dec 2016
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Technology & civilization unit 7: the second industrial revolution. What separates the second industrial age from any other time period. Knowledge in chemistry allows you to make drugs (a type of technology) People were making traditional goods but in different ways, products were the same but process was different. Weaving cotton using machinery in a factory setting. Process was the same but the products were different. Process was unique and also the products. Where we see the merging of technology and science. Germany and the united states were associated with the second industrial age. United states were the birthplace of modern mass production. Germany"s science and engineering educational reforms in the 2nd industrial age. Prior to the 19th century, engineers were either civil engineers or military engineers. Engineers began to try to become a formal profession. By forming professional associations that developed criteria and standards. Referred to themselves as applied scientists, not engineers.
