INTA 2040 Chapter Notes - Chapter Introduction- chapter 3: Mathematical Instrument, Wrought Iron, Inland Navigation
21 Nov 2016
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The ghoshu five (group of young japanese/samurai) had left japan illegally and risked their lives to discover the secrets of the success of western nations. The first industrial revolution had taken shape in britain a hundred years before. Revolution: the rise of the machine age and the mill in a new kind of town had come about in an explosion of innovation, the origins of which remain a matter of historical dispute. In britain there was a rapid rise of towns, growth of population, birth rate arose and death rate gradually fell, and britain became reliant on coal for its heating and to fuel its steam engines. Mining was much more profitable than farming. (digging coal and iron ore and other metals for industry was increasing). The nation became less rural and more urban as the number of jobs arose in factories. Steam-powered mechanization produced huge wealth as well as new kinds of hard ship.
