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Steam power
In around 1712 Thomas Newcomen built the first commercially successful steam engine to pump water out of mines. -
Turnip Townshend
'Turnip' Townshend introduced the turnip and the Norfolk four-course rotation of wheat‒turnips‒barley‒clover onto his farm. -
Coal
Better coal mining techniques allowed deeper mines eg 'roof and pillar' working to support the roof, upcast and downcast shafts to provide ventilation, and the Davy Lamp (1815) to help prevent gas explosions. -
Textiles
Output increased 15-fold in the century 1815‒1914. -
Photography
Henry Talbot invented photography. -
The first bicycle
In 1839 Kirkpatrick Macmillan invented a bicycle. -
Schools Union
In 1844, the Ragged Schools Union was set up to give schooling to very poor children. -
The first motor car
In 1885 Karl Benz invented the motor car -
Public Schools
The Public Schools Act (1868) reformed Britain's public schools, such as Eton and Harrow. -
Telephones
In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell patented the cell phone -
Toynbee
Toynbee (1884), and the first historians of the Industrial Revolution thought that the industrial growth had been stimulated by Britain's trade. -
A famous invention
John Pemberton invented Coca Cola. -
The sign of four
Miss Morstan visits Sherlock Holmes and shows him the pearls and a letter. -
The sign of four
They meet Thaddeus Sholto and he tells them about his father and treasure. -
The sign of four
They take a cab with Thaddeus Sholto to Pondicherry Lodge. -
The sign of four
Sherlock Holmes uses his magnifying glass to examine the secret room. -
The sign of four
They arrive to Pondicherry Lodge and find Bartholomew dead. -
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
Inspector Jones arrests Thaddeus Sholto for the murder of his brother -
The sign of four
Watson goes Lambeth 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 police boat. They kill the native and catch the man with a wooden leg. -
The sign of four
Jonathan Small tells the story of the Agra treasure and th Sign of Four, -
Parliamentary Enclosure
The Parliamentary Enclosure movement was said to have destroyed the old three-field system, and created the modern 'patchwork' of enclosed fields.
During the 1960s, economic historians questioned this view suggesting that the changes were not really the work of this group and that they were just very good self-publicists. -
A H John
A H John (1961) thought that growth had been stimulated by the Agricultural Revolution. This had increased the population and therefore domestic demand.
