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Industri growth
There was significant industrialisation in Britain before 1780. -
Arc lamp
Humphry Davy invented the arc lamp: a lamp were light is produced by marking a strong electric current jumper between two carbon rods -
The Ragged Schools Union
In 1844, the Ragged Schools Union was set up to give schooling to very poor children. -
Toynbee and the first Industrial Revolution
Economic growth – the railways needed bricks, cement, sleepers, iron, coal etc. Those industries were stimulated. In 1847, more than a quarter of a million people worked on the railways. Their wages helped the economy to grow. -
The canal Network
By 1850, the canal network covered 4,000 miles. -
The Machine Gun
Richard Gatling patented the machine gun in 1862 -
Publics School Act
The Public Schools Act (1868) reformed Britain's public schools, such as Eton and Harrow. -
423 million of people use more than 16.000miles of lines
In 1870, 423 million passengers travelled on 16,000 miles of line. -
Problems for transport and communication
By 1880 it became clear that speedier travel and railway timetables needed the whole country to take up a national standardised time. Before this date people used local time that varied from place to place -
Toynbee and the Industrial Revolution
Toynbee (1884), and the first historians of the Industrial Revolution thought that the industrial growth had been stimulated by Britain's trade -
Miss Morstan
Miss Morstan visits Sherlock Holmes and shows him the pearls and a letter -
Solving the Mystery
Inspector Lestrade, Holmes and Watson chase the Aurora in a police boat. They kill the native and catch the man with the wooden leg. -
Taddeus Sholto
They meet Thaddeus Sholto and he tells them about his father and the treasure. -
Pondicherry Lodge
They take a cab with Thaddeus Sholto to Pondicherry Lodge. -
Bartolemew Sholto´s death
They arrive at Pondicherry Lodge and find Bartholomew Sholto dead. -
Finding the killer
. Holmes and Watson find footprints and marks in the room made by someone with a wooden leg -
The secret room
Sherlock Holmes uses his magnifying glass to examine the secret room. -
Arresting Thaddeus Sholto
Inspector Jones arrests Thaddeus Sholto for the murder of his brother. -
Toby the smeller
Watson goes to Lambeth and borrows a dog called Toby. -
The house next to the rivere
Toby follows the smell of the tar and leads Holmes and Watson to a house next to the river. -
Mordecai Smith and the Aurora
Holmes tries to find Mordecai Smith and the Aurora. -
Solving the mistery
.Inspector Lestrade, Holmes and Watson chase the Aurora in a police boat. They kill the native and catch the man with the wooden leg. -
The final conclusion
Jonathan Small tells the story of the Agra Treasure and the Sign of Four. -
British Empire
By 1902, the whole British Empire was linked together by a network of telegraph cables called the 'All Red Line'. -
The coal Industry
In 1914, the coal industry employed a million men in 3,000 collieries -
Economic historians questioned
During the 1960s, economic historians questioned this view suggesting that the changes were not really the work of this group and that they were just very good self-publicists -
Agricultural Revolution
A H John (1961) thought that growth had been stimulated by the Agricultural Revolution. This had increased the population and therefore domestic demand.
