TOPIC 4 | Industrial Revolution Flashcards
is the time when people realize the
importance of mechanization
First Industrial Revolution
This is when the way people produce
products is through labored power. They realized to turn labor into mass production using mechanical equipment.
First Industrial Revolution
What happened to the Great Britain during the First Industrial Revolution?
Agricultural evolution to mechanical evolution
Start of manufacturing of foods and cotton instead of wool
Rise of “cottage industry” or decentralized manufacturing facility
Born of the industrialists, capitalists, and entrepreneurs
Keys to Britain’s Industrialization
- Access to raw materials or natural resources (ex. Coal and Ores)
- Transportation of materials (rivers and trains)
- Availability of capital
- System of banking and credit
- Entrepreneurial spirit
- The British empire (colonialism)
- Government that supports the business
English inventor who created
an atmospheric or steam
engine.
Thomas Newcomen
He invented the Horsepower Steam Engine.
James Watt
He invented the Spinning Machine
“Spinning Jenny”.
James Hargreaves
He invented the Iron Puddling.
Henry Cort
This is the period of industrialization of electricity.
Metal age
Mass manufacturing: automation
Second Industrial Revolution
He invented the Combustion car engine
Karl Benz
developer of assembly line technique of mass production
Henry Ford
Challenges of the Second Industrial Revolution
- The development leads to the expansion of the middle-class line in society
- Humans are now using the power of
automation to control over other nation - Most of the metal and steel production, aside from rail tracks and trains, are destructive in nature
The focus of this revolution is on electronic systems, IT systems, and automation.
Transportation and logistics are prominent in this revolutionary phase.
We are aiming to harness more renewable energy.
Third Industrial Revolution
The period in which the technologies made are is in combination with physical, digital, and biological factors.
Use of cyber-physical system
Smart machines
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Currently living in a geological era of
ANTHROPOCENE (Holocene Epoch)