Great Britain In Sherlock Holmes Times

By claramauro
  • Inventions and Innovantions

    Inventions and Innovantions

    Arkwright's water frame spinning machine
  • The growing population of England

    The growing population of England

    Between 1750 and 1830
  • The battery

    The battery

    Alessandro Volta invented
  • Consequences for industry

    Consequences for industry

    Between 1780 and 1830. Some sectors of the economy grew, eg textiles, iron, coal, but the rest stayed stagnant, or grew very slowly.

  • Increased use of machinery

    Between 1750 and 1830
  • Transport and communications

    Transport and communications

    Between 1803 and 1821.Thomas Telford alone built 1000 miles of road.
  • Consequences for industry

    Consequences for industry

    The rate of economic growth between 1780 and 1830 was much slower than previously thought.
  • Transport and communications

    Transport and communications

    Between 1755 and 1835. About £20 million was invested in canal-building
  • Inventions and innovations

    Inventions and innovations

    Henry Bessemer's Bessemer converter made of steel.
  • Dynamite

    Dynamite

    Alfred Nobel invented
  • Education.

    Education.

    Forster's Act set up state-funded board schools for primary
  • Education

    Education

    The Ragged Schools Union was set up to give schooling to very poor children.
  • Arnold Toynbee

    Arnold Toynbee

    The first historians of the Industrial Revolution thought that the industrial growth had been stimulated by Britain's trade
  • Miss Morstan visits Sherlock Holmes

    Miss Morstan visits Sherlock Holmes

  • They meet Thaddeus Sholto

    They meet Thaddeus Sholto

  • They Arrive at Pondicherry Lodge and find Bartholomew Sholto dead

    They Arrive at Pondicherry Lodge and find Bartholomew Sholto dead

  • They take a cab with Thaddeus to Pondicherry Lodge

    They take a cab with Thaddeus to Pondicherry Lodge

  • Holmes and Watson find foot prints and marks in the room where Bartholomew Sholto died

    Holmes and Watson find foot prints and marks in the room where Bartholomew Sholto died

  • Sherlock Holmes examines the secret room

    Sherlock Holmes examines the secret room

  • Inspector Lesstrade arrest Thaddeus Sholto

    Inspector Lesstrade arrest Thaddeus Sholto

  • Watson goes to Lamberth takes Toby

    Watson goes to Lamberth takes Toby

  • Toby foolows smeels and goes to a house next to the river

    Toby foolows smeels and goes to a house next to the river

  • Holmes tries to found Mordecai Smith and the Aurora

    Holmes tries to found Mordecai Smith and the Aurora

  • Inspector Lestrade, Holmes and Watson chase the Aurora in a police boat.

    Inspector Lestrade, Holmes and Watson chase the Aurora in a police boat.

  • Jonathan Small tells the story of the Agra treasure and the Sign Of Four

    Jonathan Small tells the story of the Agra treasure and the Sign Of Four