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Roads
Thomas Telford and John Macadam developed better roads, with firm foundations, drainage and a smooth surface. -
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. -
England
Most of England in 1851 was little different from England in 1751. -
Turnip
Between 1750 and 1830 Turnip' Townshend introduced the turnip and the Norfolk four-course rotation of wheat‒turnips‒barley‒clover onto his farm. -
sheep shearings
Between 1750 and 1850 Coke of Holkham publicised the new ideas by inviting hundreds of people to his 'sheep shearings' ie agricultural shows. -
spinning machine
Samuel Crompton's Mule spinning machine -
Industralisation
There was significant industrialisation in Britain before 1780. -
Power loom
Edmund Cartwright's power loom -
The battery
Alessandro Volta invented the battery. -
Factory Act
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. -
Photography.
Henry Talbot invented photography. -
Ragged Schools Union
The Ragged Schools Union was set up to give schooling to very poor children. -
The pearls
Miss Morstan visits Sherlock Holmes and shows him the pearls and a letter. -
Thaddeus Sholto
They meet Thaddeus Sholto and he tells them about his father and the treasure. -
Pondicherry Lodge
They take a cab with Thaddeus Sholto to Pondicherry Lodge. -
Bartholomew Sholto
They arrive at Pondicherry Lodge and find Bartholomew Sholto dead. -
Wooden leg
Holmes and Watson find footprints and marks in the room made by someone with a wooden leg. -
Secret room
Sherlock Holmes uses his magnifying glass to examine the secret room. -
Inspector Lestrade
Inspector Lestrade arrests Thaddeus Sholto for the murder of his brother. -
Lambeth
Watson goes to Lambeth and borrows a dog called Toby. -
Toby
Toby follows the smell of the tar and leads Holmes and Watson to a house next to the river. -
Mordecai Smith
Holmes tries to find Mordecai Smith and the Aurora -
Aurora
Inspector Lestrade, Holmes and Watson chase the Aurora in a police boat. They kill the native and catch the man with the wooden leg. -
Jonathan Small
Jonathan Small tells the story of the Agra Treasure and the Sign of Four.
