Hourly History, "The Industrial Revolution: A History From Beginning to End"
English | ISBN: 1797454986 | 2019 | 39 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
English | ISBN: 1797454986 | 2019 | 39 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution which took place in Great Britain between the middle of the eighteenth century and the middle of the nineteenth transformed British industry and society and made Great Britain the most powerful nation in the world. The Industrial Revolution didn’t happen due to one, single factor but rather to a number of separate yet related developments which interacted to change the world profoundly and completely. Improvements in the production of iron allowed the construction of efficient, reliable steam engines. These steam engines were then used in the production of iron to improve the quality and quantity of iron production even further. Manufacturing became concentrated in factories filled with automated machinery while canals and improved roads allowed raw materials to be brought to these factories and for finished products to be distributed.
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