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Population
In 1750, only about 15 per cent of the population lived in towns. By 1900 it was 85 per cent. -
Historians
Recently, historians have suggested, again, that the critical period was 1750‒1830. They argue that the increasing use of fodder crops grown for animal food allowed farmers to keep more animals, which meant more meat for market, and more manure to put on the fields to increase crop yields. -
Roads
After 1750, Turnpike Trusts were set up to improve main roads, for which they charged a toll. In the early 1800s, investment in Britain's roads was more than £3 million a year. -
Economic
The rate of economic growth between 1780 and 1830 was much slower than previously thought. -
Industrialisation in Britain
There was significant industrialisation in Britain before 1780. -
Power loom
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The education was not free
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The Battery
Alessandro Volta invented the battery -
Arc Lamp
Humphry Davy invented arc lamp -
The Telegraph
1837 Samuel Morse invented the telegraph. -
Schooling to very poor children
In 1844, the Ragged Schools Union was set up to give schooling to very poor children. -
Coca Cola
John Pemberton invented Coca Cola. -
The Sign of Four
Miss Morstan visits Sherlock Holmes and shows him the pearlsand the letter. -
The Sign of Four
They meet Thaddeus Sholto and he tells them about his father and the treasure. -
The Sign of Four
They take a cab with Thaddeus Sholto to Pondicherry Lodge. -
The Sign of Four
They arrive at Pondicherry Lodge and find Bartholomew Sholto dead. -
The Sign of Four
Holmes and Watson find footprints and marks in the room made by someone with a wooden leg. -
The Sign of Four
Sherlock Holmes uses him magnifyng glass to examine the secret room. -
The Sign of Four
Inspector Jones arrests Thaddeus Sholto for the murder of his brother -
The Sign of Four
Watson goes to Lambeth and borrows a dog called Toby. -
The Sign of Four
Watson goes to Lambeth and borrows a dog called Toby a house next to the river . -
The Sign of Four
Holmes tries to find Mordecai Smith and the Aurora. -
The Sign of Four
Inspector Lestrade ,Holmes and Watson chase the Aurora in a police boat .They killthe native and catch the man with the wooden leg . -
The Sign of Four
Jonathan Small tells the story of the Agra Treasure.
