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Crop rotation is the rotation of growing different crops in the same area across a number of seasons.
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A larger quantity of items was able to be made in factories
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The Steam Engine is a heat engine that uses steam as its working fluid.
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The spinning Jenny was a machine and is able to produce multiple threads at once instead of one at a time.
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An English inventor and leading entrepreneur from the 18th Century. After his first invention of the water frame, he established the first factory of many in Derbyshire, England. Factories created many jobs and opportunities for other inventions to be used and held in.
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Invented by James Brindley, Canals were waterway channels built to service water transport viechels.
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Matthew Boulton was a British manufacturer and business partner of the Scottish engineer James Watt. He invested in the steam engine leading to it being a success.
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Matthew Boulton was a British manufacturer and business partner of the Scottish engineer James Watt. He invested in the steam engine leading to it being a success.
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He contributed to the final invention of electricity through the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. The electricity created power which was used in multiple other inventions.
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An English Civil engineer who is considered “one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history". He played a key role in Britain's industrial revolution by assisting in the design and construction of railways, docks, bridges, tunnels and more.
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Lord Shaftesbury, or Anthony Ashley-Cooper, was a British politician, philanthropist and social reformer. He was known for helping to improve the working conditions and hours of people in the textile industry.
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Was an english writer and social critic that created some of the world’s best known fictional characters. Some of his well known novels are A christmas carol and A tale of two cities and great expectations. He is often thought of inventing winter festivities from his stories.
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She was a British development psychologist. She was recognised for her work with children with autism in the early 1900’s. In 1980 she proposed the condition of Pathological demand avoidance.
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Thomas Cook was an English businessman who created the concept of using transportation services for activities like day trips and holidays. He was the founder of Thomas Cook and son, a worldwide travel agency. This created entertainment out of the local area.
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He created Selective breeding which produced higher quality items.
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WG Grace discovered the sport Cricket that could be played in the summer time.
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He was a 19th-century English civil engineer. He invented the idea of sewerage pipes/ tunnels being used to hold sewerage under the ground to be disposed of. He created the first London sewer network which is still used today. It prevented rubbish and waste from staying above ground and potentially harming the environment and people.
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Pasteur created discovered the Germ Theory when he proved bacteria caused diseases.
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Fatty Foulked discovered the sport football that could be played in the winter time