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Thomas Telford built roads and canals in the 1700s, and George Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel oversaw the 'Railway Mania' of the 1800s.
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The historian Arnold Toynbee also created the idea that, in the years between 1780 and 1830, there was an Industrial Revolution.
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Alessandro Volta invented the battery, that now is important
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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.
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Recently, historians have suggested, again, that the critical period was 1750‒1830. They argue that the increasing use of fodder crops grown for animal food allowed farmers to keep more animals, which meant more meat for market, and more manure to put on the fields to increase crop yields.
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The first railway was the Stockton and Darlington Railway (1825). George Stephenson built the Rocket (1829). Significant engineering achievements included the London Underground (1863)
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The historian Arnold Toynbee created the idea that between 1750 and 1830, there was an Agricultural Revolution.1_Robert Bakewell used selective breeding to develop the New Leicester sheep.2_Coke of Holkham publicised the new ideas by inviting hundreds of people to his 'sheep shearings' ie agricultural shows.3_Arthur Young wrote about the new methods.
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In 1833, the government passed the Factory Act making two hours of education a day compulsory for children working in factories. The government also granted money to charities for schools for the first time.
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Henry Talbot invented photography.
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Samuel Morse invented the telegraph on 1837.
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Rowland Hill invented the postage stamp.
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A 260 per cent growth in population.
A change from agriculture to industry.
A move from domestic industry to factory work.
A move from water and wind power to steam engines.
A revolution in transport and communications, from canals and pack horses, to railways and the telegraph. -
In 1880, the Education Act made school attendance compulsory for children up to the age of 10.
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Holmes and Watson find footprints and marks in the room made by someone with a wooden leg.
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Sherlock Holmes uses his magnifying glass to examine the secret room.
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Inspector Jones arrests Thaddeus Sholto for the murder of his brother.
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Watson goes to Lambeth and borrows a dog called Toby.
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Toby follows the smell of the tar and leads Holmes and Watson to a house next to the river.
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Holmes tries to find Mordecai Smith and the Aurora.
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Inspector Lestrade, Holmes and Watson chase the Aurora in a police boat. They kill the native and catch the man with the wooden leg.
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Jonathan Small tells the story of the Agra Treasure and the Sign of Four.
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Miss Morstan visits Sherlock Holmes and shows him the pearls and a letter.
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They meet Thaddeus Sholto and he tells them about his father and the treasure.
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They take a cab with Thaddeus Sholto to Pondicherry Lodge.
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They arrive at Pondicherry Lodge and find Bartholomew Sholto dead.
