The Industrial Revolution refers to a series of technological advancements in 18th century England:
Steam Engine
1776 - Separate condenser (James Watt)
1784 - Reciprocating to rotary motion (James Watt)
Iron Making
1784 - Puddling and rolling (Henry Cort)
Textile Industry
1765 - Spinning jenny (James Hargreaves)
1769 - Water frame (Richard Arkwright)
1779 - Spinning mule (Samuel Crompton)
1787 - Power loom (Edmund Cartwright)
Railways
1825 - Stockton-Darlington railway
1829 - Liverpool-Manchester railway
The Industrial Revolution spread from Britain to Europe and then to other countries. Industrialisation of different countries:
1775-1850 – Britain
1815-1870 – West Europe (Belgium, France, Germany)
1840-1900 – United States
1890-1915 – Japan
In a sense, the Industrial Revolution is still going on. 'Waves' of the Industrial Revolution:
1. First Wave (1775-1850)
a) Steam engine
b) Iron making
c) Textile industry
d) Railways
2. Second Wave (1830-1915)
a) Electricity
b) Internal combustion engine
c) Synthetic materials
3. Third Wave (1900-today)
a) Nuclear energy
b) Electronics
c) Computers
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica
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How much of this 'technology' was appropriated from india ?
Is it a case of wonder that India share in world GDP in 1750 was around 24% while that of britain was 1%, and as soon as britain took control of india, the so-called 'industrial revolution' happened in britain, and when british left india India's share in world GDP came down to 4% while britain's rose to 9% ?
That India, which was one of the world's largest exporter of Iron products and textiles for millenniums lost all its industries during british raj ?
Is it a case to wonder that the small scale industries widely prevalent in india, that used indigenously developed technologies were shut down comprehensively and their technolgies transferred to britain ?
Does all this give a pointer to how this 'industrial revolution' 'happened' ?
When one considers that indians had developed calculus in the 11th to 14th centuries, had produced the non-rusting Iron pillar a millennium before that, had calculated the diameter of earth and derived the so-called pythagoras' theorem centuries before pythagoras was born, the spurt of 'scientific progress' made by british after they captured india sound like the act of a thief and plunderer claiming himself to be the creator of what he plundered.
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