Great Britian in Sherlock Holmes Times

By MClaraGonzaloMP
  • Steam Power

    Steam Power

    Thomas Newcomen built the first commercially successful steam engine to pump water out of mines.
  • Arnold Toynbee

    Arnold Toynbee

    ‘Turnip’ Townshend introduced the turnip and the Norfolk four-course rotation of wheat-turnips-barley-clover onto his farm.Beetwen 1750 and 1830
  • Robert Bakewell

    Robert Bakewell

    Robert Bakewell used selective breeding to develop the New Leicester sheep.Beetwen 1750 and 1830
  • Power Loom

    Power Loom

    Edmun Cartwright's was the creator of the Power Loom it was a weaving machine. Many of thesmunde inventions were powered by James Watt's steam engines
  • School's

    School's

    Education was not free ,and poor children got what education they could in Dame schools or Sunday schools.
  • Roads

    Roads

    Thomas Telford and John Macadam developed better loads,whith firm fundations,drainage and a smooth surface.Beetwen 1800 to 1900
  • Canals

    Canals

    Some people argue that the first modern canal was the Sankey Brooke Navigation.Beetwen 1800 to 1900
  • Battery

    Battery

    Alessandro Volta invented.
  • Machine Gun

    Machine Gun

    Richard Gatling patented.
  • The Sign of Four

    The Sign of Four

    Miss Mortsan went to Sherlock Holmes and DR Watson house in Baker Street 221B to tell them that his father dissapeared.
    Every year in the same day she received a small box with a pearl inside in the post.
  • The Sign of Four

    The Sign of Four

    Holmes read in the Times in the 29 of April 1882 that Major Sholto,an army officer, and Captain Mortsan friend,died the day before in Norwood,south London
    They were going to a meeting point with a dark man
    Miss Mortsan found a map of the sign of four in the desk of his father
  • The Sign of Four

    The Sign of Four

    When they arrived Thadeus Sholto´s house he told them the story of Captian Mortsan and Mr Sholto´s story.Captian Mortsan was dead
  • The Sign of Four

    The Sign of Four

    Holmes and the others found "The Aurora" and then Jhonatan Small,that was in "the aurora",told the story of why he stole the tresaure
  • The Sign of Four

    The Sign of Four

    Bartholomew Sholto was foundin his room with a smile in his face with a poisoned thorn in his head
  • The Sign of Four

    The Sign of Four

    Holmes and Watson investigated Bartholomew's room,inspector Lestrade arrested Thadeus Sholto and Watson went to Lambeth to find Toby,the dog.
  • The Sign of Four

    The Sign of Four

    Jhonatan Small,MR Smith and his son went with "The Aurora" to the river
  • the Sign of Four

    the Sign of Four

    The Baker street boys start to look for "The Aurora"
  • The Sign of Four

    The Sign of Four

    A busy Man,it was Holmes,said that he found "The Aurora"
  • The Sign of Four

    The Sign of Four

    jhonatan Small was obligated to steal the treasure if not he died
  • Universities

    Universities

    Were founded in Birminham, Liverpool ,Leeds, Sheffield and Bristol ,concentranting on science or engineering courses.