Great Britain in Sherlock Holmes Times

By micaelaignacio
  • Sheep shearings

    Sheep shearings

    Between 1750 and 1830 Coke of Holkham publicised the new ideas by inviting hundreds of people to his 'sheep shearings' ie agricultural shows.
  • the New Leicester sheep.

    the New Leicester sheep.

    Between 1750 and 1830 Robert Bakewell used selective breeding to develop the New Leicester sheep.
  • Batery

    Batery

    Alessandro Volta invented the battery
  • The bicycle

    The bicycle

    In 1839 Kirckpatrick Macmillan invented the bycicle
  • Poor children have to go to school

    Poor children have to go to school

    In 1844, the Ragged Schools Union was set up to give schooling to very poor children.
  • First historians of the Industrial Revolution

    First historians of the Industrial Revolution

    Toynbee and the first historians of the Industrial Revolution thought that the industrial growth had been stimulated by Britain's trade
  • The Motor Car

    The Motor Car

    In 1885 Karl Benz invented the motor car
  • Coca Cola

    Coca Cola

    John Pemberton invented the Coca Cola
  • The Sign Of Four

    The Sign Of Four

    Miss Morstan went to talk with Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson went to talk with someone,Miss Morstan had a paper that said "The Sign Of Four"
  • The Sign Of Four

    The Sign Of Four

    Miss Morstan went to talk with Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson about the dissapearance of his father
  • The Sign Of Four

    The Sign Of Four

    They went to a house where they meet Thadeus,he was the son of an old friend of Captain Morstan,he told them about the death of Captain Morstan.
  • The Sign Of Four

    The Sign Of Four

    Pondichery lodge was the house of Captain Morstan and Major Sholto.They went to see the treasure but they found Bartholomew Sholto´s body death.(The treasure wasnt there)
  • The Sign Of Four

    The Sign Of Four

    After they found dead Bartholomew the police arrest Thaddeus.Watson went to adopt a dog that help him and Holmes to discover something
  • The Sign Of Four

    The Sign Of Four

    Mordecai Smith and his son didnt return of their trip since the morning with the aurora
  • The Sign Of Four

    The Sign Of Four

    Wiggins and the boys search the aurora in the river
  • The Sign Of Four

    The Sign Of Four

    Holmes finds the aurora
  • The Sign Of Four

    The Sign Of Four

    Holmes,Watson and Lestrade catch Jonathan
  • The Sign Of Four

    The Sign Of Four

    Watson and Mrs Morstan will get married
  • The Sign Of Four

    The Sign Of Four

    They went to a house where they meet Thaddeus Sholto,he was the son of an old friend of Miss Morstan he told them about the death of Morstan
  • Secondary schools

    Secondary schools

    The 1902 Education Act established a system of secondary schools.
  • Credited science and technology.

    Credited science and technology.

    Musson and Robinson credited science and technology.