Great Britain in Sherlock Holmes Times

By sabrinalautaro
  • Thomas Newcomen`s steam engine

    Thomas Newcomen`s steam engine

    Thomas Newcomen built the first commercially successful steam engine to pump water out of mines.
  • Agricultural and the industrial revolution

    Agricultural and the industrial revolution

    In 1750 started an agricultural and the industrial revolution.The Industrial Revolution began in Britain and lasted from the mid-eighteenth century till the mid-nineteenth century
  • The Agricultural Revolution (Between 1750 and 1830)

    The Agricultural Revolution (Between 1750 and 1830)

    Between 1750 and 1830,without the Agricultural Revolution, the growing population of England would have starved, and the Industrial Revolution would have been stifled.
  • The machinery (Between 1750 and 1830)

    The machinery (Between 1750 and 1830)

    Between 1750 and 1830, increased use of machinery meant that fewer farm workers were needed.
  • Emund Cartwright's Power Loom

    Emund Cartwright's Power Loom

    Edmund Cartwright's Power Loom was a weaving machine.
  • The battery

    The battery

    Alessandro Volta invented the battery.
  • Thomas Telford (Between 1803 and 1821)

    Thomas Telford (Between 1803 and 1821)

    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).
  • The Ragged Schools

    The Ragged Schools

    The Ragged Schools Union was set up to give schooling to very poor children.
  • 'Railway Mania' (Between 1845 and 1900)

    'Railway Mania' (Between 1845 and 1900)

    There was a 'Railway Mania' in the 1840s. £3 billion was spent building the railways between 1845 and 1900.
  • The Dynamite

    The Dynamite

    Alfred Nobel invented dynamite.
  • The Sign of Four

    The Sign of Four

    Miss Morstan visits Sherlock Holmes and shows him the pearls and a letter.
  • The Sign of Four

    The Sign of Four

    They meet Thaddeus Sholto and he tells them about his father and the treasure.
  • The Sign of Four

    The Sign of Four

    They take a cab with Thaddeus Sholto to pondicherry lodge.
  • The Sign of Four

    The Sign of Four

    They arrive at pondicherry lodge and find a bartholomew Sholto dead.
  • The Sign of Four

    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

    The Sign of Four

    Sherlocks Holmes uses his magnifying glass to examine the secret room.
  • The Sign of Four

    The Sign of Four

    Inspector Lestrade arrest Thaddeus Sholto for the murther of his brother.
  • The Sign of Four

    The Sign of Four

    Watson goes to lamberth and borrows a dog call Toby
  • The Sign of Four

    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

    The Sign of Four

    Holmes tries to found Mordecai Smith and the Aurora.
  • The Sign of Four

    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

    The Sign of Four

    Jonathan Small tells the story of the Agra Treasure and the Sign of Four.
  • The 1902 Education Act

    The 1902 Education Act

    The 1902 Education Act established a system of secondary schools.
  • A H John

    A H John

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