jan 7, 1810 - The Industrial Revolution
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Many more words used to describe new processes and machines were coined at this time (e.g. train, reservoir, combustion, pulley, hydraulic, telegraph etc.). New words created by fusing two existing English words together was particularly popular at this time, a few examples include horsepower, railway, cityscape, typewriter and airplane.
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Late Modern English
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