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The years of the Industrial Revolution are not clearly defined, but the period spanned both the American and French Revolutions, the expansion of empires into the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and the opening of the American West. It began in the 1700s with a shift in one of humanity’s oldest necessities, the need to make cloth to protect their bodies from the elements. The textile industry was the first to be mechanized, to create modern manufacturing and shipping methods, even the first to adopt supply-side engineering, though it wasn’t yet called that. Here is the story of the Industrial Revolution, described by some historians as “…the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing”.
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britannica.com/money/topic/Industrial-Revolution
britannica.com/biography/John-Kay
theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2023/apr/03/cotton-capital-how-slavery-made-manchester-the-worlds-first-industrial-city
asme.org/about-asme/engineering-history/landmarks/70-newcomen-engine
nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/science-and-technology/boulton-and-watt-engine
corsacoal.com/about-corsa/coal-in-steelmaking
steelmuseum.org/i-s-hall-of-fame/cort_henry.cfm
thewaterwaystrust.org.uk/history-of-canals/#:~:text=Examples%20of%20Roman%20canals%20in,and%20the%20Bourne%2DMorton%20Canal.
nationaltransporttrust.org.uk/heritage-sites/heritage-detail/ticknall-tramway
dol.gov/general/aboutdol/history/chapter3
bbc.com/news/magazine-22909590
journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/article/cooke-and-wheatstones/#abstractart
loc.gov/collections/samuel-morse-papers/articles-and-essays/invention-of-the-telegraph
ctemag.com/news/articles/thread-history-and-measurement
pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/mccormick_hi.html
smithsonianmag.com/history/what-the-luddites-really-fought-against-264412
The years of the Industrial Revolution are not clearly defined, but the period spanned both the American and French Revolutions, the expansion of empires into the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and the opening of the American West. It began in the 1700s with a shift in one of humanity’s oldest necessities, the need to make cloth to protect their bodies from the elements. The textile industry was the first to be mechanized, to create modern manufacturing and shipping methods, even the first to adopt supply-side engineering, though it wasn’t yet called that. Here is the story of the Industrial Revolution, described by some historians as “…the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing”.
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Geographics: youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw
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Karl's Socials:
Fact Fiend: youtube.com/@UCaR-e8ComPih10DqPi3sdWg
Wiki Weekends: youtube.com/@UCtrzkwlnKfS9knQ-zuwYBLQ
Untitled Side Channel: youtube.com/@UCLJvIXTMM7bjZ5-ju8xckJg
Twitter: twitter.com/KarlSmallwood
Further Reading:
britannica.com/money/topic/Industrial-Revolution
britannica.com/biography/John-Kay
theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2023/apr/03/cotton-capital-how-slavery-made-manchester-the-worlds-first-industrial-city
asme.org/about-asme/engineering-history/landmarks/70-newcomen-engine
nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/science-and-technology/boulton-and-watt-engine
corsacoal.com/about-corsa/coal-in-steelmaking
steelmuseum.org/i-s-hall-of-fame/cort_henry.cfm
thewaterwaystrust.org.uk/history-of-canals/#:~:text=Examples%20of%20Roman%20canals%20in,and%20the%20Bourne%2DMorton%20Canal.
nationaltransporttrust.org.uk/heritage-sites/heritage-detail/ticknall-tramway
dol.gov/general/aboutdol/history/chapter3
bbc.com/news/magazine-22909590
journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/article/cooke-and-wheatstones/#abstractart
loc.gov/collections/samuel-morse-papers/articles-and-essays/invention-of-the-telegraph
ctemag.com/news/articles/thread-history-and-measurement
pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/mccormick_hi.html
smithsonianmag.com/history/what-the-luddites-really-fought-against-264412
