HTST 307 Chapter Notes - Chapter 22: Cordite, Gunpowder, Mercantilism
29 Jan 2018
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The revolution interacted with local circumstances and cultures all along the way, having substantial impact on the lives of those experiencing it. The industrial revolution represented a shift from manual labour to natural sources of power through mechanical forms that vastly increased the production of goods and allowed new modes of transportation. Because wages in rural industry were high, machinery was increasingly seen as a good mean to increase profits for firms. In other countries (mainly european), such wages were lower, and therefore there was not the same urgency to adopt machinery. Britai(cid:374)(cid:859)s a(cid:373)ou(cid:374)t of (cid:272)oal also (cid:373)ade additio(cid:374)al e(cid:374)erg(cid:455) a (cid:272)heap (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)odit(cid:455). Britain was also the centre of the european scientific revolution, having many of the influential science societies in its borders. There was an explosion of technological innovation in britain, as between 1700 and 1800 there were over 1000 inventions developed (most for the textile industry).
