The Industrial Revolution was a turning point in human history, marking the shift from agrarian societies to industrialized ...

What seemed to finalize the impact of the Watt engine on the Industrial Revolution was his creation of the double-acting engine. Doubling the efficiency, it condensed steam both above and below ...

The era is a major leap from the First Industrial Revolution, which scholars typically define as beginning around the mid-18th century when inventor Thomas Newcomen's steam engine started to ...

The First Industrial Revolution was characterized by the rise of the steam engine and the mechanization of textiles, ...

The engine, a Scheduled Ancient Monument of international significance, is found at Elsecar New Colliery, South Yorkshire. The colliery was sunk in 1794, making this year the 230th anniversary of ...

If you were asked to guess when the steam engine was first invented, you'd probably guess around the 18th century, powering as it did the Industrial Revolution. And you'd be right to – but well ...

Adopted Black Countryman John 'Iron Mad' Wilkinson, who ran an ironworks in Bradley, near Bilston, invented the precision ...

The first Industrial Revolution took place from the 1750s to 1840. A surge in iron production led to such innovations as steam engines to power transportation and mechanized looms to feed the ...