Cause and Effect in The Evolution of Useful Things Answers

Which word or phrase signals the passage of time?

Which phrase signals a cause-and-effect relationship?

Read the excerpt from The Evolution of Useful Things.Fry was committed to his brainchild, however, and he finally convinced an office-supply division of 3M to test-market the product, which "met an unperceived need."

Read this sentence from The Evolution of Useful Things.Making waterproof sandpaper would allow wet sanding, which in turn would cut down on dust, and thus be a great improvement.

According to The Evolution of Useful Things, what caused the popularity of Post-it notes?

Based on information in The Evolution of Useful Things, what prompted the creation of waterproof sandpaper?

Read the excerpt from The Evolution of Useful Things.The laboratory in time made possible the research and development necessary to produce new and improved items in response to problems experienced by sandpaper users.

Read the excerpt from "The Invention of the Sewing Machine" by Grace Rogers Cooper.Isaac Singer, whose name is known around the world as a manufacturer of sewing machines, was the eighth child of poor German immigrants. Isaac was born on October 27, 1811, in Pittstown, New York, but most of his early life was spent in Oswego. He worked as a mechanic and cabinetmaker, but acquired an interest in the theater. Under the name of Isaac Merritt, he went to Rochester and became an actor. In 1839, during an absence from the theater, he completed his first invention, a mechanical excavator, which he sold for $2000. With the money Singer organized a theatrical troupe of his own, which he called “The Merritt Players.” When the group failed in Fredericksburg, Ohio, Singer was stranded for lack of funds.