HIS-1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Samuel Crompton, Henry Bessemer, Blast Furnace
Document Summary
Industrial revolution: mercantalism: government regulates the trade and industry for the growth of its own wealth, capitalism: private individuals/corporations own the means of production and trade on a free market for their own advantage. Coal: fuel of industrialization: cotton (calicoes in india) England imports lots of cotton from india. Calicoes are lightweight colorful fabrics to wear. Increased speed by which fabric could be made from threat: spinning mule (1779) Increased amount of threat that could be made (x 100) Steam engines: james watt credited with improving steam engine designs in 1765, steam power on boats fuels trade and strengthens connections between countires. Henry bessemer created blast furnace that could produce steal cheaply and in mass numbers (1855: steel becomes building material of choice. Cotton textile industrialization: large employment rate. Change in nature of work: old way: apprentice journeyman master, industrialized way: unskilled factory laborer.
