Garry went on to explain how the Argand lamp is able to provide up to three miles worth of light - by using a reflector which magnifies the flame inside 2000 times. 'The lamp is driven by oil ...

The foundations of the modern world were laid by one major event—the industrial revolution. A profusion of new technologies and manufacturing processes, accompanied by innovations in finance and ...

An exhibition at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens explores how Western intellectuals viewed the climate crisis between 1780 and 1930 Anne Wallentine Caught between steel ...

We are on the very edge of what will be the next industrial revolution. Manufacturing, shipping, agriculture, mining, and even railroads and transportation stand to be much more productive.

The industrial revolution stands out as a time of great prosperity and expansion as America entered the modern era. But what were the pitfalls of such rapid growth and who turned out to be the ...

Why did the industrial revolution take place in eighteenth-century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? In this convincing new account Robert Allen argues that the British industrial ...

It can be read as an allegory to the impact of the First Industrial Revolution on the new world. The First Industrial Revolution heralded production using steam, and the Second saw the usage of ...

Cotton became the foundation for the developing textile industry in New England, spurring the industrial revolution which transformed America in the 19th century. Progress has different meanings ...

The Industrial Revolution, which took place between 1750 - 1900, was a period of great change in Britain. There were huge technological advances which had an impact on every aspect of life.

Rivers have been more intensively used for power in the Don catchment than almost anywhere else in the country, particularly during the peak of the Industrial Revolution. Sheffield is famous for its ...