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    quality goods such as silk or porcelain‚ England now has desire for India’s goods. This want for this new textile was a beginning push to the movement of the revolution. England eventually found a new power source to develop their production‚ the steam engine‚ which truly launched the Industrial Revolution and allowed Britain to break out of the constraints of the old biological regime (101). This pushed other economies‚ such as India and China‚ towards developing their

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    The industrial revolution in Britain was a transformation that helped to make the world how we live today. Britain became a more powerful country after allowing explosions of new ideas and new technological inventions. These new technological inventions create an increasingly industrial and urbanized country. The industrial revolution has changed British society in different ways. The idea of new technology and inventions brought growth in agricultural and industrial production‚ economic products

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    to win the war.In 1800-1900stategic management was practiced in small companies after the industrial revolution.The revolution changed production systems from artisanship and oxen power to steam engine used in production and in transportation.The steam engines used boilers to produce steam that drove the engine .Today oil is used to drive the machines. The industrial revolution brought challenges to managers and there was need for proffesional manager who would plan ahead and strategise.the daily

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    and a river that ran purple with ill-smelling dye […]” This obviously indicates the pollution that is going on‚ hence the ill smell and the odd colours. The author uses another disturbing image to describe the pistons of the steam engines. “[…] the piston of the steam-engine worked monotonously up and down‚ like the head of an elephant in a state of melancholy madness.” This bizarre image visualises powerful machines trapped in pointless repetitive motion. This also illustrates the boring and repetitive

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    James Watt’s improvements to the steam engine between 1763 and 1779 led to its increased practical and commercial success. The technical innovations of the industrial revolution increased the demand for iron which led to an iron boom in Great Britain. One innovation of the industrial revolution

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    increasing. Social ability is straying from classes and what our parents occupations are. Things like the steam engine not only help the transportation but it influences the power of machines‚ ships

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    that happened in Great Britain. They got the steam engine to blast furnaces in 1788. The steam engine was a big impact in the industrial revolution because water was cheaper then steam power. It helped people trade goods‚ more efficient transportation and had an easier living. The stream engine changed people’s lives. Due to the steam engine‚ eight years later the amount of iron manufactured double then it has. Iron was needed to make rail road tracks‚ steam locomotives and to construct the steamships

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    played a domi­nant role. Everything depended upon the manual labour. Men had to work everywhere. Naturally things were produced at a very slow pace. The use of steam in driving the machines brought about a revolution in the industries. The discovery of steam-engine made it possible to turn the wheels of mighty machines with the help of steam-power. The discovery of electricity as a source of power proved all the more useful. It came as a sort of god-sent to prod­ucers. The industrial revolution progressed

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    advancing technology‚ Steamboats were extremely helpful in propelling America to the forefront of Industry. The lasting imprint left upon America left by the steamboat was monumental. The Steamboat was a result of the invention of James Watt’s Steam Engine ("The History of Steamboats"). The idea to apply this new invention to a nautical vessel was first brought up by John Fitch in 1787 ("Steamboat"). Although he obtained a patent and built four different prototypes‚ his attempts were unsuccessful

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    opposed to charcoal-fired) furnace. In the 1850s‚ British engineer Henry Bessemer‚ developed the first inexpensive process for mass-producing steel” (“Industrial Revolution”). From the production of steel and cast iron railway tracks‚ steam locomotives and Watt steam engines were able to be built. By discovering ways to process steel and iron at an inexpensive cost‚ transportation became

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