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He world shrank – in 1700 it took four days to get from London to Manchester, but in 1880 it took four hours. Raw materials, goods, food (eg fresh milk) and post arrived faster.
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In around 1712 Thomas Newcomen built the first commercially successful steam engine to pump water out of mines.
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Some people argue that the first modern canal was the Sankey Brook Navigation. Others say it was the Bridgewater Canal built by the Duke of Bridgewater in 1761.
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There was significant industrialisation in Britain before 1780.
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The rate of economy growth between 1780 and 1830 was much slower than previously thought.
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Humphry Davy invented arc lamp to produce light
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Production of 'pig' iron increased 30-fold in the century 1815
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Between 1803 and 1821, Thomas Telford alone built 1000 miles of road, including 1000 bridges. His greatest achievement was the London‒Holyhead road (1815‒1826).
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The government passed the Factory Act making two hours of education a day compulsory for children working in factories. The government also granted money to charities for schools for the first time.
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Henry Talbot invented photography.
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The Ragged Schools Union was set up to give schooling to very poor children.
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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 grow.
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Miss Morstan visits Sherlock Holmes and shows the perls and the letter
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Sherlock Holmes,Miss Morstan and Dr Watson meet Thaddeus Sholto and he tells about his father and the treasure
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They take a cab with Thaddeus Sholto to Pondicherry Lodge
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They arrive at Pondicherry Lodge and find Bartholomew Sholto died in they room
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Holmes and Watson find footprints and marksin the room made by someone with a wooden leg
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Sherlock Holmes use hos magnifying glass to examine the secret room
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Inspector Lestrade arrest Thaddeus Sholto for the murder of his brother Bartholomew
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Watson goes to Lambeth and borrows a dog called Toby
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Toby follows the smell of the tar and leads Holmes and Watson to a house next to the river
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Holmes tried to find Mordecai smith and the Aurora
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Ispector Lestrade,Holmes and Watson chase the Aurora in a police boat.They kill the native and catch the man with a wooden leg
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Jonathan Small tells the story of the Agra treasure and the Sing of Four
