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American Inventions:
1. electricity 4. phonograph
2. telegraph 5. sewing machine
3. telephone 6. computer
The Industrial and Scientific Revolution
Words of Latin and Greek Origin/Roots:
oxygen, protein, nuclear and vaccine
Science-based Words:
lens, refraction, electron, chromosome, chloroform,
caffeine, centigrade, bacteria, chronometer and
claustrophobia
Words with “-ologies” and “-onomies”:
like biology, petrology, morphology, histology,
palaeontology, ethnology, entomology, taxonomy, etc.
The Industrial and Scientific Revolution
Words Coined for the New Products, Machines and
Processes:
train, engine, reservoir, pulley, combustion, piston,
hydraulic, condenser, electricity, telephone, telegraph,
lithograph, camera, etc.)
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