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In around 1712 Thomas Newcomen built the first commercially successful steam engine to pump water out of mines.
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Robert Bakewell used selective breeding to develop the New Leicester sheep.
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Some sectors of the economy grew, eg textiles, iron, coal, but the rest stayed stagnant, or grew very slowly.
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Better coal mining techniques allowed deeper mines eg 'roof and pillar' working to support the roof, upcast and downcast shafts to provide ventilation, and the Davy Lamp (1815) to help prevent gas explosions.
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In the long term, however, increased use of machinery meant that fewer farm workers were needed. They left the land and went to the industrial towns of the north of England.
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Henry Talbot invented photography.
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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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Richard Gatling patented the machine gun.
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The Public Schools reformed Britain's public schools, such as Eton and Harrow.
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In 1870, Forster's Act set up state-funded board schools for primary education.
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Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone.
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John Pemberton invented Coca Cola.
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Miss Morstan visit Sherlock Holmes and shows him the pearl and a letter.
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They meet Thaaddeus Sholto and he tells them about his father and the treasure.
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They take a cab with Taddeus 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 his magnifying glass to examine the secret room.
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Inspector Lestrade arrested 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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Toby follows the smell of the tar and leads Holmes and Watson to a house next to the river
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Holmes tried to find Mordecai Smith and the Aurora.
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Inspector Lestrade,Holmes and Watson chase the Aurora in a police boat. They kill the native and catch the man with the wooden leg
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Jonathan Small tells the story of the Agra Treasure.
