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In 1750, only about 15 per cent of the population lived in towns. By 1900 it was 85 per cent.
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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.
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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.
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The rate of economic growth between 1780 and 1830 was much slower than previously thought.
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There was significant industrialisation in Britain before 1780.
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Alessandro Volta invented the battery
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Humphry Davy invented arc lamp
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1837 Samuel Morse invented the telegraph.
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In 1844, the Ragged Schools Union was set up to give schooling to very poor children.
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John Pemberton invented Coca Cola.
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Miss Morstan visits Sherlock Holmes and shows him the pearlsand the letter.
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They meet Thaddeus Sholto and he tells them about his father and the treasure.
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They take a cab with Thaddeus Sholto to Pondicherry Lodge.
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They arrive at Pondicherry Lodge and find Bartholomew Sholto dead.
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Holmes and Watson find footprints and marks in the room made by someone with a wooden leg.
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Sherlock Holmes uses him magnifyng glass to examine the secret room.
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Inspector Jones arrests Thaddeus Sholto for the murder of his brother
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Watson goes to Lambeth and borrows a dog called Toby.
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Watson goes to Lambeth and borrows a dog called Toby a house next to the river .
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Holmes tries to find Mordecai Smith and the Aurora.
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Inspector Lestrade ,Holmes and Watson chase the Aurora in a police boat .They killthe native and catch the man with the wooden leg .
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Jonathan Small tells the story of the Agra Treasure.
