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4. First Industrial Revolution

Authors : Ce Zhang, Jianming Yang

Published in: A History of Mechanical Engineering

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

In the second half of the 18th century, a Technical Revolution, characterized with several ground-breaking technological inventions, such as steam power, happened in Britain. The Industrial Revolution happened the same time, which brought wide application of machines to the industry and dramatic changes to the society, transforming the agriculture-based society to an industry-based one. Since then, the world started fast development in all aspects.

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Metadata
Title
First Industrial Revolution
Authors
Ce Zhang
Jianming Yang
Copyright Year
2020
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Book
A History of Mechanical Engineering

Print ISBN: 978-981-15-0832-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-15-0833-2

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0833-2_4

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