The Industrial Revolution is a period of time between 1750 and 1900 in which Britain, China and Australia all went through a stage where they moved pass hand production methods and instead started using new machines to do their work for them. This greatly improved their way of life. The new manufactures included water and steam power, it also included the major change from wood and any other bio-fuels to coal. I will be focusing on Britain and its transport.
Between 1770 and 1850 is where Britain changed the most from earning agriculturally to industrially. The result was the result in not one but many technological inventions. Factories where the main development but there was also other key inventions relating to travel and transportation such as ocean and railroad travel were made possible by steam engines. We could now deliver all around the world. This could quite possible be the most important invention in the world to date. Since the early 18th century steam power has been used for a variety of practical uses, at first it was used for reciprocating pumps. This made life a lot easier for people. …show more content…
They will meet here with ruts which actually measured four deep and floating with mud in the summer. What can it be like after a winter? The only mending is the tumbling in of some loose stones which serve to jolt the carriage around. I passed three carts broken down in eighteen miles.” This is a quote that I found in a teachers’ folder. This shows how even though transport was a huge part in Britain’s Industrial Revolution but it was not yet perfect. It seemed that the “roads” were rigidity and not safe to drive on. 18miles translates to about 29km; the person from this quote says he saw three cards break down in this small proximity. Today we don’t see many people broken down but in the 17th and 18th centuries it appears to be quite
Between 1770 and 1850 is where Britain changed the most from earning agriculturally to industrially. The result was the result in not one but many technological inventions. Factories where the main development but there was also other key inventions relating to travel and transportation such as ocean and railroad travel were made possible by steam engines. We could now deliver all around the world. This could quite possible be the most important invention in the world to date. Since the early 18th century steam power has been used for a variety of practical uses, at first it was used for reciprocating pumps. This made life a lot easier for people. …show more content…
They will meet here with ruts which actually measured four deep and floating with mud in the summer. What can it be like after a winter? The only mending is the tumbling in of some loose stones which serve to jolt the carriage around. I passed three carts broken down in eighteen miles.” This is a quote that I found in a teachers’ folder. This shows how even though transport was a huge part in Britain’s Industrial Revolution but it was not yet perfect. It seemed that the “roads” were rigidity and not safe to drive on. 18miles translates to about 29km; the person from this quote says he saw three cards break down in this small proximity. Today we don’t see many people broken down but in the 17th and 18th centuries it appears to be quite