Great Britain in Sherlock Holmes times

  • New Invention

    New Invention
    A british inventor called Thomas Savery patents a new machine that pull water up
    through a pipe by using steam that machine helps to take the water of mines
  • New power source

    New power source
    the use of fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum provided a much greater of power, of before, allowing the production increase a lot
  • Some good roads

    Some good roads
    18th/early 19thThomas Telford and John Macadam developed better roads, with firm foundations, drainage and a smooth surface.
  • And... more machines

    And... more machines
    Tomas new comen s steam machine
  • Consequences of agriculture

    Consequences of agriculture
    Between 1750 and 1830, Without the Agricultural Revolution, the growing population of England would have starved, and the Industrial Revolution would have been stifled.
  • steam engine

    steam engine
    Scotsman James Watt builds the first reliable steam engine that helps in work in farms
  • More machines

    More machines
    Samuel Crompton s mule spinning machine
  • More road to travel

    More road to travel
    Between 1803 and 1821, Thomas Telford alone built 1000 miles of road, including 1000 bridges. His greatest achievement was the London‒Holyhead road (1815‒1826).
  • Consequences of agriculture

    Consequences of agriculture
    1750 and 1830 It used to be thought that enclosure displaced farm-workers to the towns, but historians now doubt this. In the short term, enclosure needed more labourers to build the farms and the fences.
  • More time for learn

    More time for learn
    The government passed the Factory Act making two hours of education a day compulsory for children working in factories. The government also granted money to charities for schools for the first time.
  • School for every one

    School for every one
    the Ragged Schools Union was set up to give schooling to very poor children.
  • More than 10

    More than 10
     The Education Act made school attendance compulsory for children up to the age of 10.
  • New industry

    The first historians of the Industrial Revolution thought that the industrial growth had been stimulated by Britain's trade.
  • The sing of four

    Miss Morstant visits Holmes and shows him the pearls and the letter
  • The sing of four

    They meet Thaddeus Sholto and he tells them about his father and the tresaure
  • The sing of four

    They take a cab with Thaddeus Sholto to Pondicherry Lodge
  • The sign of four

    They arrive at Pondicherry Lodge and find Bartolome Sholto dead
  • The Sing of four

    Holmes and Watson find footprints and marks in the room made by someone with a wooden leg
  • The sing of four

    Sherlok Holmes uses his magnifying glass to examine the secret room
  • The sign of four

    inspector Lestrade arrests Thaddeus Sholto for the murder of his brother
  • The sign of four

    Watson goes to Lamberth and borrows a dog called Toby
  • The sign of four

    Toby follows the smell of the tar and leads Holmes and Watson to 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 kill the native and catch the man with the wooden leg
  • The sign of four

    Jonathan Small tells the story of the Agra Treasure and the Sign of Four
  • More people

    More people
    Thought that growth had been stimulated by the Agricultural Revolution. This had increased the population and therefore domestic demand.