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Thomas Newcomen`s steam engine
Thomas Newcomen built the first commercially successful steam engine to pump water out of mines. -
Agricultural and the industrial revolution
In 1750 started an agricultural and the industrial revolution.The Industrial Revolution began in Britain and lasted from the mid-eighteenth century till the mid-nineteenth century -
The Agricultural Revolution (Between 1750 and 1830)
Between 1750 and 1830,without the Agricultural Revolution, the growing population of England would have starved, and the Industrial Revolution would have been stifled. -
The machinery (Between 1750 and 1830)
Between 1750 and 1830, increased use of machinery meant that fewer farm workers were needed. -
Emund Cartwright's Power Loom
Edmund Cartwright's Power Loom was a weaving machine. -
The battery
Alessandro Volta invented the battery. -
Thomas Telford (Between 1803 and 1821)
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). -
The Ragged Schools
The Ragged Schools Union was set up to give schooling to very poor children. -
'Railway Mania' (Between 1845 and 1900)
There was a 'Railway Mania' in the 1840s. £3 billion was spent building the railways between 1845 and 1900. -
The Dynamite
Alfred Nobel invented dynamite. -
The Sign of Four
Miss Morstan visits Sherlock Holmes and shows him the pearls and a letter. -
The Sign of Four
They meet Thaddeus Sholto and he tells them about his father and the treasure. -
The Sign of Four
They take a cab with Thaddeus Sholto to pondicherry lodge. -
The Sign of Four
They arrive at pondicherry lodge and find a bartholomew Sholto dead. -
The Sign of Four
Holmes and Watson find footprints and marks in the room made by someone with a wooden leg. -
The Sign of Four
Sherlocks Holmes uses his magnifying glass to examine the secret room. -
The Sign of Four
Inspector Lestrade arrest Thaddeus Sholto for the murther of his brother. -
The Sign of Four
Watson goes to lamberth and borrows a dog call Toby -
The Sign of Four
Toby follows the smell of the tar and leads Holmes and Watson to a house next to the river. -
The Sign of Four
Holmes tries to found Mordecai Smith and the Aurora. -
The Sign of Four
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 Sign of Four
Jonathan Small tells the story of the Agra Treasure and the Sign of Four. -
The 1902 Education Act
The 1902 Education Act established a system of secondary schools. -
A H John
Thought that growth had been stimulated by the Agricultural Revolution. This had increased the population and therefore domestic demand.
