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The Building of European Supremacy. 2 nd Industrial Revolution. Henry Bessemer- discovered a way to produce steel cheaply at large quantities. The Solway Process. Allowed for the recovery of chemical byproducts. (sulfuric acid, soap) Plastics and dyes also developed. Electricity.
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2nd Industrial Revolution • Henry Bessemer- discovered a way to produce steel cheaply at large quantities.
The Solway Process • Allowed for the recovery of chemical byproducts. (sulfuric acid, soap) • Plastics and dyes also developed.
Electricity • 1st public power plant in Britain in 1881.
Gottlieb Daimler • Invented the modern internal combustion engine.
Henry Ford • Made the automobile accessible to the masses.
Economic difficulties • Agriculture declined due to bad weather and foreign competition. • Unemployment rose.
Petite Bourgeoisie Emerged • The lower middle class (white collar workers). • Secretaries, clerks, lower-level govt officials.
The New Paris • Eiffel Tower built in 1889. • Streets opened up. • Seine River, no longer an open sewer.
Development of Suburbs • Costs within cities grew exponentially. • European suburbs consisted of apartment buildings or private houses closely packed together.
Cholera • Epidemic in 1830’s-1840’s. • Reason: pollution.
New Water and Sewer Systems • Mortality rates dropped. • Human excrement disposed. • Clean water free from bacteria.
Public Health Informers • Louis Pasteur- France • Robert Koch- Germany • Joseph Lister- Britain