The Industrial RevolutionS. Sonnenschein & Company, Lim., 1901 - 105 pages |
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... inventors , however . Before Kay had devised the fly - shuttle , Paul and Wyatt , working probably in conjunction ... inventor , Arkwright made a huge fortune from his machines . In 1779 , Crompton effected a happy com- bination of the ...
... inventors , however . Before Kay had devised the fly - shuttle , Paul and Wyatt , working probably in conjunction ... inventor , Arkwright made a huge fortune from his machines . In 1779 , Crompton effected a happy com- bination of the ...
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... inventors were wrestling with the problem of energy . Consequently , the wonderful revelation of the exhaustless labour - power of the steam- engine came about the same time as the textile inven- tions . Though it is impossible here to ...
... inventors were wrestling with the problem of energy . Consequently , the wonderful revelation of the exhaustless labour - power of the steam- engine came about the same time as the textile inven- tions . Though it is impossible here to ...
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... inventors turned their attention to this important industry , and by mechanical appliances completely revolutionised it . " Simple machine processes for fastening soles and heels to inner soles began to be adopted in 1809 ; and from ...
... inventors turned their attention to this important industry , and by mechanical appliances completely revolutionised it . " Simple machine processes for fastening soles and heels to inner soles began to be adopted in 1809 ; and from ...
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... inventor was without funds to continue his experiments . Sec . 9. - George Stephenson . Building upon the work of Watt , Trevithick , and other inventors , George Stephenson reaped the reward of practical success . He was born in 1781 ...
... inventor was without funds to continue his experiments . Sec . 9. - George Stephenson . Building upon the work of Watt , Trevithick , and other inventors , George Stephenson reaped the reward of practical success . He was born in 1781 ...
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... inventors in England and America turned their attention to the development of the idea . In 1736 , Jonathan Hull took out an English patent.for the appli- cation of steam to ship propulsion . Henry and Fitch , in the United States ...
... inventors in England and America turned their attention to the development of the idea . In 1736 , Jonathan Hull took out an English patent.for the appli- cation of steam to ship propulsion . Henry and Fitch , in the United States ...
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acres Adam Smith agriculture amount appliances Arkwright became capital capitalists centres classes clothing Co-operative competition cotton Democracy disease duction economic eighteenth century electric employed employers energy England English factory system forces freedom of contract French Revolution Government hand workers horse-power House of Lords human hundred ignorant important improved increased individual industrial organisation Industrial Revolution inventors iron knowledge labour Lancashire land legislation machinery machines Manchester manufacture means mechanical inventions medieval methods mill owners moral nation natural necessary Newcastle-on-Tyne output Parliament persons political economists population power loom problem productive capacity progress railway rapidly raw materials recognised reform regulation restricted Robert Owen sanitary secure Sidney Webb social society spindles spinners spinning steam steam-engine struggle stuffs textile things tion to-day towns trade transportation turn utilisation vast wages waste water frame wealth weaver weaving wool