Contents Introduction 8 Chapter 1 The Industrial Revolution 12 Changes That Led to the Revolution 13 Guilds 15 Expanding Commerce Affects Industry 16 Organizing Production 18 From Cottage Industry to Factory 19 Why the Revolution Began in England 21 Chapter 2 Power Technology 26 Windmills 27 Steam Engines 28 Steam Engine Operation 32 Electricity 38 Internal-Combustion Engine 43 Petroleum 45
Chapter 3 Inventions in the Textile Industry 52 Spinning and Weaving Machinery 52 Samuel Crompton’s Spinning Mule 54 The Cotton Gin 57 Rapid Rise of the Cotton Industry 59 Advances in Fabrication 62 Chapter 4 Advances in Transport and Communications 65 Steam Locomotive 65 Road Locomotive 68 Steamboats and Ships 69 Robert Fulton 71
Printing and Photography Telegraphs and Telephones 73 77 Metallurgy Iron and Steel The Open-Hearth Process Chapter 5 The Development of Industry 80 80 81 84 85 85 89 92 94 Low-Grade Ores Mechanical Engineering Chemicals Agriculture Civil Engineering Conclusion Glossary For More Information For Further Reading Index 99 101 104 108 110
