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If you had to pick the most important defining characteristic of the industrial revolution, what would it be? Why? What other major characteristics would help define the industrial revolution?
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If you had to pick the most important definining characteristic of the industrial revolution, what would it be? Why? What other major characteristics would help define the industrial revolution?
The first steamboat worked a canal in england in 1801. Ocean-going steamships came late. In 1830, sailing ships still dominated the seas, and it took two years for someone sending a letter from india to england to get an answer. By 1850, it took two to three months by steamship. In 1870, a telegram from india to england could get an answer within hours.
Source: Valerie-Anne Giscard-d'Estaing
Capacity of all steam engines (thousands of horse power)
In the postal and telegraphic services the empire of our queen possesses a cohesive force which was utterly lacking in [earlier empires]. Stronger than death-dealing war-ships, stronger than the might of devoted legions, stronger even than the unswerving justice of queen victorias rule.
The first steam locomotive in 1804 pulled 20 tons at 5mph. The first public railway opened in britan in 1830, pulling 40 tons at 16 mph. In 1902, a 124-mph speed record was set by an electric locomotive in germany. Source: The industrial revolution in world history
Great Britain increased 13080 from 1840-1896
Europe increased 39440 from 1840-1896
U.S.A Increased 17300 from 1840-1896
Rest of the world increased 7710 from 1840-1896
World total increased 64450 from 1840-1896
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