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Thomas Newcomen built the first commercially successful steam engine to pump water out of mines.
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Coke of Holkham publicised the new ideas by inviting hundreds of people to his 'sheep shearings' in agricultural shows.
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James Watt made steam engines much more efficient in the 1760s and 1770s giving huge savings on fuel. His other improvements meant steam engines could replace water and horse power in a wide variety of industries, which in turn allowed factories to be built anywhere
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Between 1750 and 1830, increased use of machinery meant that fewer farm workers were needed. They left the land and went to the industrial towns of the north of England.
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John Dalton discovered the atom.
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Between 1803 and 1821, Thomas Telford alone built 1000 miles of road, including 1000 bridges. His greatest achievement was the London‒Holyhead road.
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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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Samuel Morse invented the telegraph ( A system for sending messages or information by wire over a distance).
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There was a 'Railway Mania' in the 1840s. £3 billion was spent building the railways between 1845 and 1900.
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Alfred Nobel invented dynamite.
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In 1880, the Education Act made school attendance compulsory for children up to the age of 10.
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Toynbee and the first historians of the Industrial Revolution thought that the industrial growth had been stimulated by Britain's trade.
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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.
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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 secraet room.
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Inspector Lestrade 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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A. H. John thought that growth had been stimulated by the Agricultural Revolution. This had increased the population and therefore domestic demand.
