Contributors to Technology

Key Concepts

1. Specialization of labor2. Energy from machines3. Standardization and interchangeable parts4. Use of machines5. Mass production and mass consumption6. The assembly line7. Computers and computer networks

Individual Contributors• James Watt:

– Key Concept: A New Prime Mover, The Steam Engine

• Henry Maudslay – Key Concept: Accurate Machine Tools

• Eli Whitney– Key Concept: Interchangeable Parts (page 9)

• Michael Faraday & Joseph Henry (page 9-10)

– Key Concepts: The Dynamo, the Source of Electricity; the Motor

Specialization of Labor

Focus Points•Vignettes

– James Watt: (page 8)

• Key Concept: A New Prime Mover, The Steam Engine

– Henry Maudslay (page 9)

• Key Concept: Accurate Machine Tools – Eli Whitney

• Key Concept: Interchangeable Parts (page 9)

– Michael Faraday & Joseph Henry (page 9-10)

• Key Concepts: The Dynamo, the Source of Electricity; the Motor

•Vignettes Continued– Samuel Colt (page 10)

• Key Concept: Assembly Line – Nikolaus Otto (page 10)

• Key Concept: The Internal Combustion Engine – Thomas Edison (Page 10-11)

• Key Concept: Electric Illumination– Alexander Graham Bell (page 11)

• Long Distance Transmission of Speech – Herman Hollerith (page 11)

• Key Concept: Machine Computation

Focus Points

• Vignettes Continued– Frederick Taylor (page 11)

• Key Concept: Scientific Study of Work – Henry Ford (page 12-13)

• Key Concept: High Pay for Workers, Low-Cost Auto, Mass Consumption

– Frank and Lillian Gilbreth (page 13-14)

• Motion Study– Lee de Forest (page 14)

• Three-Electrode Tube (triode)

Focus Points

• Vignettes Continued– Microsoft/Apple (page 14-16)

• Key Concept: Integrated Software

Focus Points

Box 2.1The Rise of Ergonomics (p.14)

• History of Professional Organizations

• Development of the Name “Ergonomics”

Conclusion of Module 1.4.2

• We have concluded discussing lesson 1.4.2, Contributors to Technology

• In lesson 1.4.3 we will discuss “Work Smart, Not Hard.”