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• Steam power during the Industrial Revolution — See also the section on steam power in the main Industrial Revolution article During the Industrial Revolution, steam power replaced water power and muscle power (which often came from horses) as the primary source of power in use in industry.… …   Wikipedia

• the Industrial Revolution — the major social and economic changes that occurred in Britain, Europe, and the U.S. in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when new machinery, new sources of power, and new ways of manufacturing products were developed • • • Main Entry: ↑Ind …   Useful english dictionary

• Transport during the Industrial Revolution — Transportation of raw materials to the factories, and of the finished products from them was limited by the lack of transport costs where they had to go by road. This was not too severe in the case of light valuable materials textiles such as… …   Wikipedia

• Life in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution — Industrial revolution is defined as the vast social and economic changes that resulted from the development of steam powered machinery and mass production methods, beginning in the late eighteenth century in Great Britain and extending through… …   Wikipedia

• Textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution — With the establishment of overseas colonies, the British Empire at the end of the 17th century/beginning of the 18th century had a vast source of raw materials and a vast market for manufactured goods. The manufacture of goods was performed on a… …   Wikipedia

• What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us — Infobox Television show name = What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us caption = aka = genre = Documentary creator = writer = director = nowrap beginSimon Baker·wrap Jonathan Hassid·wrap Billie Pinknowrap end creat director = developer =… …   Wikipedia

• Industrial Revolution — The Industrial Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, and transportation had a profound effect on the socioeconomic and cultural conditions in Britain. The changes… …   Wikipedia

• Industrial revolution —    The Industrial Revolution took place during the mid to late nineteenth century and saw significant social, technological, and economic progress. For the fashion industry, it began with advances in the mass production of textiles due to earlier …   Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry

• industrial revolution — (sometimes caps.) the totality of the changes in economic and social organization that began about 1760 in England and later in other countries, characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools with power driven machines, as the power loom… …   Universalium

• Industrial Revolution, The — This term is used to refer to the period of rapid social, economic, demographic, and technological change which took place in Britain from the latter half of the eighteenth century to the first half of the nineteenth century. There is much debate …   Dictionary of sociology

• Industrial Revolution — noun the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑technological revolution • Instance Hypernyms: ↑historic period, ↑age * * * noun the Industrial Revolution : the major social and economic changes that… …   Useful english dictionary