... had many technological advances, became more profitable in exporting goods world wide and was profitable in capital investment. Who would have thought a country at war for more than half of the century was able to become so lucrative. Exports nearly quadrupled in Great Britain between 1660-1760. Britain was able to market and produce linens and woolen textiles and then ship ... produce cotton. By 1720 most iron in England was imported due to a shortage of charcoal for smelting. In 1709 Abraham Darby invented a way of smelting iron using coke (processed coal) instead of charcoal. The iro...

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... Industrialisation by Wrigley is said to "occur in a given country when real incomes per head begin to rise steadily and without apparent limit." Productivity also increases and the significance of industry as the backbone of the economy becomes apparent. Rostow claims that when an economy is being industrialised it "takes off" into "self-sustained growth" . This definition is in line with Wrigley ... things Work increasingly done by machine - this way it is quicker, cheaper, more reliable than using human hands. Supplementing/replacing of manpower with energy sources - coal, oil, steam,...

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