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The Agricultural Revolution
Without the Agricultural Revolution, the growing population of England would have starved, and the Industrial Revolution would have been stifled. -
The Turnip and The Norfolk Four-course rotation
'Turnip' Townshend introduced the turnip and the Norfolk four-course rotation of wheat‒turnips‒barley‒clover onto his farm. -
New Leicester sheep
Robert Bakewell used selective breeding to develop the New Leicester sheep. -
Photography
Henry Talbot invented photography -
Telegraph
Samuel Morse invented the telegraph -
Bicycle
Kirkpatrick Macmillan invented a bicycle -
Ragged Schools
In 1844, the Ragged Schools Union was set up to give schooling to very poor children -
Cyfartha works
Huge ironworks eg Richard Crawshay's Cyfartha works in South Wales, and John Roebuck's Carron Works in Scotland. -
Dynamite
Alfred Nobel invented dynamite. -
Forster's Act
Forster's Act set up state-funded board schools for primary education. -
Made steel.
Abraham Darby smelted iron using coke [coke: A coal-based solid fuel.] (1709), Henry Cort's puddling process made wrought iron (1784), and Henry Bessemer's Bessemer converter (1856) and the Gilchrist-Thomas process (1879) made steel. -
Education Act
The Education Act made school attendance compulsory for children up to the age of 10. -
Motor Car
Karl Benz invented the motor car -
Coca Cola
John Pemberton invented Coca Cola -
Sherlock Holmes
They meet Thaddeus Sholto and he tells them about his father and the treasure. -
Sherlock Holmes
Inspector Lestrade arrests Thaddeus Sholto for the murder of his brother. -
Sherlock Holmes
Miss Morstan visits Sherlock Holmes and shows him the pearls and a letter. -
Sherlock Holmes
They take a cab with Thaddeus Sholto to Pondicherry Lodge. -
Sherlock Holmes
They meet Thaddeus Sholto and he tells them about his father and the treasure. -
Sherlock Holmes
They arrive at Pondicherry Lodge and find Bartholomew Sholto dead. -
Sherlock Holmes
Holmes and Watson find footprints and marks in the room made by someone with a wooden leg. -
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes uses his magnifying glass to examine the secret room. -
Sherlock Holmes
Watson goes to Lambeth and borrows a dog called Toby. -
Sherlock Holmes
Toby follows the smell of the tar and leads Holmes and Watson to a house next to the river. -
Sherlock Holmes
Holmes tries to find Mordecai Smith and the Aurora. -
Sherlock Holmes
Inspector Lestrade, Holmes and Watson chase the Aurora in a police boat. They kill the native and catch the man with the wooden leg. -
Sherlock Holmes
Jonathan Small tells the story of the Agra Treasure and the Sign of Four
