The trend from the industrial revolution onwards has been to replace humans with more efficient machines.
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Thousands of sites remain from the two centuries that separated the industrial revolution from de-industrialisation at the end of the 20th century: abandoned coalmines and steelmills, empty textiles factories and town gas works.
From the turmoil of the Industrial Revolution came a system of public high schools that prepared our citizens for a new age.
From the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the 1770s to 1971, the world enjoyed steady upward progress, although at times marred by wars and a Great Depression.
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The Wandle, once dubbed a "sewer" because of waste from tanneries flowing into it during the industrial revolution, was cleaned up by environmentalists.
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These trends have helped Britain to manage the transition from its industrial-revolution heritage.
" As Time Goes By: from the Industrial Revolutions to the Information Revolution", Christopher Freeman, et al. Oxford University Press, 2001.
Entitled "Isle of Wonder, " Boyle -- the Oscar-winning director best known for hit movies "Trainspotting" and "Slumdog Millionaire" -- put together a star-studded on-field dramatization that drew on Shakespeare and Brit Pop to chart Britain from its pastoral roots through the Industrial Revolution to James Bond, Harry Potter and the Beatles.
But the bulk of the business that made James Christie immensely rich came from the businessmen who were amassing the wealth thrown off by the Industrial Revolution.
"The industrial revolution removed man from being in every aspect of producing goods, " says Gupta grandly.
Less natural absentees from that list are the vote and the industrial revolution.
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He has formed the "Third Industrial Revolution Roundtable" with 100 leaders from industry - big names such as IBM and BASF are on the list - as well as governments to further promote the idea.
In the Next Industrial Revolution, Atoms Are the New Bits by Chris Anderson is from January 2010, but it is perhaps more relevant and on the mark today.
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With the industrial revolution newspapers were transformed from campaigning pamphlets or carriers of specialist knowledge to big business.
Liverpool and Manchester have been squabbling since the industrial revolution led to fights over water supplies from the Lake District.
Rod : Three sudden developments have come together to create what we know as the digital revolution, which is rapidly propelling us from the Industrial Age into the new and very different Digital Age.
People harken back to some golden age before the industrial revolution, oblivious to the fact that people died from things like tuberculosis (Henry David Thoreau) and tetanus (his brother).
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It is said that atmospheric carbon-dioxide concentrations have increased from about 280 parts per million to around 370 parts per million since the start of the Industrial Revolution.
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It is believed that atmospheric carbon-dioxide concentrations have increased from about 280 parts per million to around 370 parts per million since the start of the Industrial Revolution.
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The Industrial Revolution spread next to the United States, which went ahead and imitated everything from Europe.
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