The Beginnings of the Industrial Revolution
The Regency was, more than anything else, a time of change.
Predominant among the changes taking place were those in the fields of techology and science.
Men were inventing, constructing and using machines at an ever-increasing rate.
Predominant among the changes taking place were those in the fields of techology and science.
Men were inventing, constructing and using machines at an ever-increasing rate.
A foundry ....... The world was changing .......
An industrial city
Once the change had begun it seemed that nothing could stop it. Here are the some of the inventions and some of their originators: |
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| Edmund Cartwright (1743-1823) left, and his power loom above |
Above , the kind of factory that used his looms. | |
 Blenkinshop's Locomotive 1812 |
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| George Stephenson (1781-1848) left and his 1829 "Rocket" above | ||
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| Michael Faraday (1791-1867) left above one of his electrochemical experiments and right his disc dynamo |
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| Trevithick's locomotives 1803 above 1800 right |
Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) |
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Humphrey Davy (1778-1829) |
Above Davy's demonstration of his arc light and right, his miner's safety lamp |
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Thomas Telford (1757-1834) right |
Brunton's mechanical traveller 1813 |
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| Joseph Nicephore Niepce (1765-1833) and his pyreolophore combustion engine | ||
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