Industrial revolution
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Updated: 22 May 2018
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1694 - First Central Bank set up in England1698- First steam engine invented1719 - John Lombe begins his silk processing plantJames Kay created the Flying Shuttle, a basic weaving machine.1764 - James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny.1769 - Richard Arkwright invented the water frame, which hooked up spinning machines to a water wheel.1769 - James Watt patented his revision of the steam engine, featuring a separate condenser1774 - Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule.1776 - Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations.1781 - Watt adapts his steam engine from a reciprocal to a rotary motion.1785 - Edmund Cartwright invented the power loom.1785 - Henry Cort invented highly successful iron refining techniques.1799- Combination Acts make it unlawful in England for specialists to unionize so as to can anticipate higher pay or better working conditions.1800 - 10 million tons of coal mined in Great Britain.1801 - Richard Trevithick drives the Cornish "puffer" steam fueled train down the road of Camborne, England.1812 - Parliament passes law making it illicit by punishment of death to destroy modern machines.1816 - George Stephenson licensed a steam motor train that runson rails.1825 - Stephenson dispatched to develop a 30-mile railroad from Liverpool to Manchester.1829 - Stephenson's Rocket wins the speed challenge on the new Liverpool to Manchester railroad.1833 - The first Factory Act gives little direction of kid work in material production lines.1835 - 106,000 power looms working in Great Britain.1844 - Friedrich Engels distributes his perceptions.1848 - British government sets up the General Board of Health.1849 - 10,000 individuals kick the bucket in three months in London from Cholera pestilence.1849 - 6,031 miles of railroad track in Great Britain.1875 - Public Health Act gives government duty.1880 - Education Act made school mandatory for youngsters up to age 10.1890- 35,00 miles of railroad track in Great Britain.1901 - A new Factory Act raised the base work age to 12 years of age.1905 - 236 million tons of coal mined in Great Britain.1918 - Education Act made school mandatory for kids up to age 14.1944 - English government orders and subsidizes mandatory training for all subjects through age 18.Event progress
1890 - 90% of all boats on the planet are built in Great Britain.
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