HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Boulton And Watt, Industrial Revolution, Samuel Crompton
10 Dec 2016
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The first industrial revolution and the development of industrialization: Technological changes of the 18th century did not appear suddenly. During the 16th and 17th century, methods of making glass, clocks, and chemicals advanced markedly. It was the production of textile that technological advances transformed an ancient industry into a fully modern industrialized one. Britain had long been a major producer of woolen products, but its imperial expansion had led it to also possessing, or being to trade exclusively with, areas in the world that produced raw cotton. Wool remained a mainstay of british textile production, cotton clothing was seen as superior to wool in europe and so was in high demand. Unfortunately cotton goods were relatively expensive to produce. The demand for cotton goods and the british access to raw materials spurred technological changes to increase supply. (cid:1005)(cid:1011)(cid:1011)(cid:1005), ri(cid:272)ha(cid:396)d a(cid:396)k(cid:449)(cid:396)ight"s (cid:862)(cid:449)ate(cid:396) f(cid:396)a(cid:373)e(cid:863) (cid:449)as p(cid:396)odu(cid:272)i(cid:374)g (cid:455)ea(cid:396)(cid:374) (cid:449)ith the aid of a water- powered machine.
