NATS 1775 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Second Industrial Revolution
2 Nov 2011
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Lecture twelve: science and technology in the industrial revolution. Up to the 18th century, the attempts to use coal were not very successful. It was not until the early 19th century that these techniques were changed and made more efficient. It is important to note that these attempts were not based on scientific knowledge. This shows the disconnect between science and technology during the first industrial age. The steam engine was developed also during the 18th century. This technology came out of a need that needed to be addressed. It came from tinkering, trial and error. Over time, more tinkering led to improvements to the steam engine which also were done without scientific knowledge. In the early 19th century, london wanted to create a new type of bridge that was made out of cast iron. It was believed that scientific knowledge was even more useless for the development of this technology.
