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This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the be

In only a few decades, new materials, new machines, new sources of power, and new methods of transportation changed the face of the world. Mines, furnaces, and

The 'Industrial Revolution' was a pivotal point in British history that occurred between the mid-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries and led to far reaching

The industrial revolution was the single most important development in human history over the past three centuries, and it continues to shape the contemporary w

Why did the industrial revolution take place in 18th century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolu