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Sowing seeds was done by scattering them by hand. This was wasteful because mnay seeds did not take root. Tull invented a seed drill that would sow seed in uniform rows and cover up the seed in the rows. This was much more effectiive and saved a lot of money and seeds.
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The Flying shuttle was an improvement to looms and enabled weavers to weave faster.
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The Boulton and Watt steam engine was the first to make use of steam at a pressure just above atmospheric.
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The Communist Manifesto is a short 1848 publication written by the political theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It contains Marx and Engels' theories about the nature of society and politics.
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The United States remained agricultura until the Civil War ended. There was a welath of natural resources, such as oil, coal, and iron There was a burst of inventions, such as the electric light bulb and the telephone. Finally there was an increase in urban population that consumed manufactured goods.
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Germany built railroads that linked its growing manufacturing ciites with the Ruhr Valley's coal and iron ore deposits. Its economic strength helped it to become a military power. So Germany became an industrial and military giant.
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The British gov. had been denying workers the right to form unions because they saw unions as a threat to social stability. British trade unions had won the right to strike and picket peacefully. Their main goals included raising wages fort their members and imrpoving working conditions.
