NATS 1775 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Industrial (First), Crop Rotation, Electrical Telegraph
2 Jan 2016
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Nats 1775 unit 5: the 1 st industrial revolution: characteristics of first industrial revolution. First industrial revolution: period of great change changes are the basis of modern society: machine, transportation, etc. Undergoing rapid population growth (from 5. 5 million at the end of the. 17th century to 9 million at 18 century); geography: island -> meant a limited or restricted geographic area, many people are using the land, but the land is not growing as population grows. To maintain the necessities manufacturing and production of goods. Problems: scarcity of land and growths on land (e. g. wood, thus wood are expensive) More machine based production: using technology to manufactured and produced woods. Key technology of the era: creation, development and era of steam engine: steam power: technology associated to this era. Factories: industrialization is also facilitated by the rise of new communication technology (e. g. 1st electronic means of communicating:
