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    the steam engine‚ and by the concentration of industry in large establishments. The Industrial revolution took place all over america at the time especially in the south‚ but over time the Industrial revolution spread to almost everywhere in america. The spread of the Industrial revolution was caused by the invention of the steam engine invented by Thomas Savery and Edward Somerset‚ 2nd Marquess of Worcester. The Industrial revolution came to the united stare by the fact that the steam engine

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    it‚ 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

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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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    A-Z Book of Inventions from the Industrial Revolution By: Al Yolles Automated sugar refining Automated sugar refining was created by Norbert Rillieux. Rilliex created sugar as we know it today. He created a safer and much more efficient way of processing sugar in 1843. Battery The battery was invented by Alessandro Volta. It was made of multiple zinc and silver plates stacked on each other‚ with a wire connected to both ends of the pile. With the wire touching both ends‚ this creates electricity

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    underground‚ so it is cheaper and coal is more efficient for fuel than wood. However‚ the problem about extracting coal is water flooding into the caverns‚ so the workers need a way to extract the water quickly in order to dig for more coal. So‚ the first steam machine was built to pump water from the mines by a bunch of scientists coming together‚ sharing ideas. The Industrial Enlightenment is where a bunch of intellectual‚ scientists and entrepreneurs‚ come together to share ideas. These scientific ideas

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    engineer John Smeaton. Since then‚ it has become the foundation of almost every building in the world. Another technological development in Britain during industrial revolution was the improvement of steam engine by a Cornish engineer Richard Trevithick who began to construct higher pressure non-condensing steam engines‚ exhausting against the atmosphere. On the aspects of transportation‚ British engineers had offered a better path with engineered road and railways built by John McAdam‚ Thomas Telford‚

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    make the technological innovation that eventually came to bring the industrial revolution to be. Coal was important to the Industrial Revolution because it burned hotter than wood charcoal. The additional heat was needed in the boilers that ran the steam engines developed during the Industrial

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    had a number of inventions that made cotton textiles cheaper and faster to produce. At the same time‚ steam engines were also being produced to help spread industrialization and trade. This Industrial Revolution grew and spread changing the politics‚ economics‚ and social aspects of the world. Politically the Industrial Revolution radically changed the world. With the production of steel and steam engines‚ trade drastically increased around the world changing the relationships of countries and allowing

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    fast paced machine made products. It first began in England during the 1700s and caused an increase in population. The reasons behind why the Industrial Revolution began was because of all the excess in iron‚ coal and cloth. Due to the coal‚ the steam-engine was invented to transport more goods across England faster than ever before. Also‚ because England’s agricultural economy was growing‚ the demand for faster and more efficient agricultural techniques caused the invention of the advanced machines

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    The technology of the Industrial Revolution changed America by making work easier and faster. After a bit over one year of fighting for independence‚ America finally escaped England’s clutches. The new country was relieved that they were now free‚ but they had just pushed one of their main providers away. Without England’s help making materials‚ America had to find a way to support themselves. Inventions such as the cotton gin‚ spinning jenny‚ water frame‚ steamboat‚ and factories helped improve

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