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Steam Engine
Thomas Newcomen built the first commercially successful steam engine to pump water out of mines. -
New methods
Arthur Young wrote about the new methods. -
New Leicester Sheep
Between 1750 and 1830, Robert Bakewell used selective breeding to develop the New Leicester sheep. -
Railways
The first railway was the Stockton and Darlington Railway. -
Ragged Schools Union
The Ragged Schools Union was set up to give schooling to very poor children. -
Typewriter
Christopher Scholes invented the typewriter. -
Motor car
Karl Benz invented the motor car. -
Coca Cola
John Pemberton invented Coca Cola. -
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 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
Sherlock Holmes uses his magnifying glass to examine the secret room. -
The sign of four
Inspector Letrade arrests Taddeus Sholto for the murder of his brother. -
The sign of four
Watson goes to Lambeth and borrows a dog called 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 find 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 . -
secondary schools
Education Act established a system of secondary schools. -
The Coal industry
In 1914, the coal industry employed a million men in 3,000 collieries. -
Science and technology
Musson and Robinson credited science and technology. -
British industry
Recently, the African historian Joseph Inikori has focused on the profits made by the slave traders, which provided money for investment in British industry.
