none the industrial revolution or the Industrial Revolution the totality of the changes in economic and social organization that began about 1760 in England and later in other countries, characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines, such as the power loom and the steam engine, and by the concentration of industry in large establishments.
the transformation in the 18th and 19th centuries of first Britain and then other W European countries and the US into industrial nations
industrial revolution
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[in-duhs-tree-uhl rev-uh-loo-shuhn]/ ɪnˈdʌs tri əl ˌrɛv əˈlu ʃən /
noun
none the industrial revolution or the Industrial Revolution the totality of the changes in economic and social organization that began about 1760 in England and later in other countries, characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines, such as the power loom and the steam engine, and by the concentration of industry in large establishments.
any period of change to the economic and social organization of a country, region, etc., that is characterized by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines and the concentration of industry in large establishments.
Industrial Revolution
British
noun
the transformation in the 18th and 19th centuries of first Britain and then other W European countries and the US into industrial nations
The rapid industrial growth that began in England during the middle of the eighteenth century and then spread over the next 50 years to many other countries, including the United States. The revolution depended on devices such as the steam engine (see James Watt), which were invented at a rapidly increasing rate during the period. The Industrial Revolution brought on a rapid concentration of people in cities and changed the nature of work for many people. (SeeLuddites.)
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And if AI proves to be a new industrial revolution, as many believe, investors who look to past dividends for guidance will miss the new companies leading the charge.
Robin Patel, the museum's development officer, says that while coal powered the industrial revolution, which is charted in the exhibitions, renewable energy creates a new phase to its story.
Investment banking went on to underwrite construction of the railroad, the telephone, and an industrial revolution that turned America into an economic and military superpower.
We not only take it for granted—we tend to talk about the biologic revolution as though expecting to make profits from it, rather like a version of last century’s industrial revolution.
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"The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Global average temperatures have already increased by about 1.1 to 1.4 °C since the Industrial Revolution.
Because we all know what that means: In history written by the victors, the Luddites impeded technological progress, attempted to halt innovation, and were soundly defeated by the Industrial Revolution.
Particularly in his “Young England” trilogy of the 1840s, he emphasized the divide between rich and poor opened by urbanization and the Industrial Revolution.
He says that confidence has deep roots going back to the city's emergence as an economic powerhouse during the Industrial Revolution in the 19th Century.
It would be wrong to read it back into the Scientific Revolution; before the precision instrumentation of the Industrial Revolution impartiality and judgement were virtues, not ways of re-describing professional competence.
