1. The Industrial Revolution
... was formed and perfected. Henry Cort developed the process paddling in 1780. This process involved coke, a derivative coal that burned away the impurities off of the iron, producing a better quality of iron. With the production of better iron came the production of better machinery, and new industries. The rail-road was probably one of the most significant inventions that helped to promote the Industrial Revolution. In 1804, Richard Trevithick ... invented the first steam powered locomotive. During the next twenty years, Britain ... ...
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