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Inventions and Innovantions
Arkwright's water frame spinning machine -
The growing population of England
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The battery
Alessandro Volta invented -
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
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Transport and communications
Between 1803 and 1821.Thomas Telford alone built 1000 miles of road. -
Consequences for industry
The rate of economic growth between 1780 and 1830 was much slower than previously thought. -
Transport and communications
Between 1755 and 1835. About £20 million was invested in canal-building -
Inventions and innovations
Henry Bessemer's Bessemer converter made of steel. -
Dynamite
Alfred Nobel invented -
Education.
Forster's Act set up state-funded board schools for primary -
Education
The Ragged Schools Union was set up to give schooling to very poor children. -
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
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They meet Thaddeus Sholto
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They Arrive at Pondicherry Lodge and find Bartholomew Sholto dead
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They take a cab with Thaddeus to Pondicherry Lodge
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Holmes and Watson find foot prints and marks in the room where Bartholomew Sholto died
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Sherlock Holmes examines the secret room
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Inspector Lesstrade arrest Thaddeus Sholto
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Watson goes to Lamberth takes Toby
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Toby foolows smeels and goes to a house next to the river
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Holmes tries to found Mordecai Smith and the Aurora
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Inspector Lestrade, Holmes and Watson chase the Aurora in a police boat.
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Jonathan Small tells the story of the Agra treasure and the Sign Of Four
