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Industrial Revolution
transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States, in the 18th-19th centuries
factory
thumb|250px|Volkswagen factory in [[Wolfsburg, Germany]]
urbanization
alt=Global urbanization map|thumb|upright=1.35|Global urbanization map showing the percentage of urbanization and the biggest global population centres per country in 2018, based on UN estimates.
blast furnace
type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals
coke
a grey, hard, and porous fuel with high carbon content and few impurities
Lawrence
city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Luddite movement
thumb|The Leader of the Luddites, 1812. Hand-coloured etching The Luddites were members of a 19th-century movement of English textile workers who opposed the use of certain types of automated machinery due to concerns relating to worker pay and output quality. They often destroyed the machines in organised raids. Members of the group referred to themselves as Luddites, self-described followers of "Ned Ludd", a legendary weaver whose name was used as a pseudonym in threatening letters to mill owners and government officials.
Jesenice
Jesenice (, ) is the tenth-largest town in Slovenia, located in the traditional province of Upper Carniola. It is the seat of the Municipality of Jesenice spanning the southern side of the Karawanks, along Slovenia's border with Austria to the north. Renowned as a mining town, its ironworks and metallurgy industries being the driving force of the town's historical development.
Uxbridge
town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Second Industrial Revolution
phase of rapid industrialization in the final third of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th
macadam
thumb|An illustration of the first macadamized road in the United States between Boonsboro, Maryland|Boonsboro and Hagerstown in [[Maryland in 1823; in the foreground, workers are breaking stones "so as not to exceed in weight or to pass a ring".]] Macadam is a type of road construction pioneered by Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam , in which crushed stone is placed in shallow, convex layers and compacted thoroughly. A binding layer of stone dust (crushed stone from the original material) may form; it may also, after rolling, be covered with a cement or bituminous binder to keep dust and s
Fourth Industrial Revolution
current trend of manufacturing technology
Newcomen atmospheric engine
early steam engine type
Leblanc process
early industrial process for producing sodium carbonate from salt
economy of Ghana
economy of the country
Great Divergence
a period in European history during which a very swift and radical socioeconomic shift occurs
Bridgewater Canal
canal in North West England
ironworks
thumb|The Iron Rolling Mill (Eisenwalzwerk), 1870s, by Adolph Menzel. thumb|Casting at an iron foundry: ''From Fra Burmeister og Wain's Iron Foundry'', 1885 by Peder Severin Krøyer
pre-industrial society
cultures before industrialization
Cromford
Cromford () is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England, in the valley of the River Derwent between Wirksworth and Matlock. It is north of Derby, south of Matlock and south of Matlock Bath.
cotton mill
factory housing powered spinning machinery for the production of yarn
flying shuttle
weaving tool patented by John Kay in 1733
Coalbrookdale
Coalbrookdale is a settlement in the Ironbridge Gorge and the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England, of great significance in the history of iron ore smelting. It lies within the civil parish called The Gorge, and is sometimes referred to as a town.
Watt steam engine
Industrial Revolution era stream engine design
production line
set of sequential operations established in a factory
bread and roses
political slogan based on a poem by James Oppenheim
social question
concept
line shaft
power driven rotating shaft for power transmission
Industrial Age
period of history starting in the 1760s
Society 5.0
government's program, supports the economy, focuses on the positive changes that increased digitization offers to and for the people of Japan
Sun and planet gear
Type of gear used in early beam engines
Cotton-spinning machine
machine used to spin cotton
factory system
method of manufacturing using machinery and division of labor
Sankey Canal
canal in North West England, United Kingdom
ironmaster
300px|thumb|upright=1.5|The Iron Bridge of Abraham Darby's [[Coalbrookdale works]]
Weavers' Uprising
1845 labor dispute
Work 4.0
term
Petroleum Revolution
workers' revolution in Alcoy, Spain in 1873
life in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution
Textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution
early textile production via automated means
history of the steel industry (1850-1970)
aspect of history
Coalbrookdale by Night
painting by Philip James de Loutherbourg
stocking frame
mechanical knitting machine