the impact of the steam engine in causing the industrial revolution
The impact of the steam engine in causing the Industrial Revolution
when the steam engine was introduced,it improved productivity and technology and allowed the creation of smaller and better engines. before steam power, factories were powered by water, men or wind so the steam engine helped power the industrial revolution by pumping water out the mines.
Cotton machine changes
in 1030, the Islamic world invented the spinning wheel. It later spread to China by 1090. In 1738 lewis paul and john wyatt of Birmingham created the Roller Spinning machine and the flyer and bobbin system for making cotton even thicker, using two sets of rollers that travelled at different speeds. other cotton machines invented were: spinning jenny, water frame, spinning mule, throstle and ring frame.
Transport
transport has changed and been improved since the 13th century. transport took a very big part of peoples lives in the past, meaning that it was always improved. the earliest form of transport was donkeys, horses, or camels which meant that humans had travelled long miles for hours and even days every day.
The Railway Age— Britain had ‘shrunk’ due to changes in time and communication
Britain had 'shrunk' due to lack of good conditions some people were in. around 40 people would live in one house with bad conditions such as only one toilet for the street, flooding were caused often and human manure being thrown on the streets.this causes lots of diseases and shortened a human life span to 17!
Child Labour in Factories
child labour was a common thing back in the days. there were no laws about child freedom so instead children were put to work from the age of 4 earning very little pay. some common jobs were chimney sweepers, cotton picking or mine working. the reason why children were put to do chimney sweeping, was because they were small and easy to fit through tight spaces. however, children sometimes suffocated or were forgotten which caused many deaths.
Urbanisation— Living conditions in Towns
living conditions were the main reason for deaths back in the days. tiny houses called 'back to backs' often held up to 40 people and more! they were called back to backs because they are long rows of houses lined up next to each other. flooding were caused frequently due to the bad drainage and human manure was chucked onto the streets with buckets and left there. there as only one toilet at the end of each street that up to 400 people had to share. lots of diseases were caused from this.
The Fighting Temeraire
The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 is an oil painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. HMS Temeraire was one of the last second-rate ships of the line to have played a distinguished role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. [more]
The Hireling Shepherd
This is a painting by William Holman Hunt, a leading British Pre-Raphaelite.
Ophelia
Ophelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed between 1851 and 1852. It depicts Ophelia, a character from Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark. [more]
The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson or Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman by Jan Vermeer, is a painting of young female pupil receiving the titular music lesson. [more]
