HIST101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Adding Machine, Meat Packing Industry, Typewriter
26 Apr 2020
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Machines change living (civil war- 1900): steam and electricity developed greatly and began to replace human ability. Furthermore, iron replaced wood, and steel replaced iron (cutting rate from 3-5 tons a day to 3-5 tons in 15 minutes) machines could now drive steel instruments. Oil could lubricate machines and light homes, streets, and factories. Individuals and merchandise could move by railroad, moved by steam along steel rails. During this time there were 193,000 miles of railroad. The phone, the typewriter, and adding machine were developed and sped up work. Machines change farming (1900- 1910): before the civil war it took 61 hours of work to deliver an acre of wheat. By 1900, it took 3 hours, 19 minutes. Manufactured ice enabled the transport of food over long distances, and the industry of meatpacking was born. Coal (1860- 1910) : steam drove textile mill spindles; it drove sewing machines. Pneumatic drills now drilled deeper into the earth for coal.
