The Industrialisation of Britain

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Mind Map on The Industrialisation of Britain, created by caitriona.mcgett on 05/07/2014.
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The Industrialisation of Britain
  1. people made clothes etc. by hand in their own house
    1. domestic system or cottage industry
    2. flying shuttle, John Kay
      1. James Hargreaves, spinning jenny
        1. richard arkwright, water frame
          1. samuel crompton, spinning mule
            1. edward cartwright, power loom using james watts steam engine
      2. smelting
        1. separating iron from the rock in which it is contained
        2. coke
          1. coal burnt to remove harmful gasses
          2. Abraham Darby made wrought iron, cheaper to use than charcoal
            1. Henry Court, puddling and rolling method, better quality wrought iron and was cheaper
              1. henry bessemer invented to converter method of making steel
                1. cheaper to make
                  1. stronger than wrought iron
                    1. more flexible
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