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[whencyclopedia]

The Impact of the British Industrial Revolution

The consequences of the British Industrial Revolution (1760-1840) were many, varied, and long-lasting. Working life in rural and urban settings was changed forever by the inventions of new machines, the spread of factories, and the decline of traditional occupations. Developments in transportation and communications meant life in the post-industrial world was more exciting and faster, with people more connected than ever before. Consumer goods became more affordable to more people, and there were more jobs for a booming population. The price to pay for progress was often a working life that was noisy, repetitive, and dangerous, while cities grew to become overcrowded, polluted, and crime-ridden.

The impact of the Industrial Revolution included:

Many new machines were invented that could do things much faster than previously or could perform entirely new tasks.

Steam power was cheaper, more reliable, and faster than more traditional power sources.

Large factories were established, creating jobs and a boom in cotton textile production, in particular.

Large engineering projects became possible like iron bridges and viaducts.

Traditional industries like hand weaving and businesses connected to stagecoaches went into terminal decline.

The cost of food and consumer goods was reduced as items were mass-produced and transportation costs decreased.

Better tools became available for manufacturers and farmers.

The coal, iron, and steel industries boomed to provide fuel and raw materials for machines to work.

The canal system was expanded but then declined.

Urbanisation accelerated as labour became concentrated around factories in towns and cities.

Cheap train travel became a possibility for all.

Demand for skilled labour, especially in textiles, decreased.

Demand for unskilled labour to operate machines and work on the railways increased.

The use of child and women labour increased.

Worker safety declined and was not reversed until the 1830s.

Trade unions were formed to protect workers' rights.

The success of mechanisation led to other countries experiencing their own industrial revolutions.

Coal Mining

Mining of tin and coal has a long history in Britain, but the arrival of the Industrial Revolution saw unprecedented activity underground to find the fuel to feed the steam-powered machines that came to dominate industry and transport. The steam-powered pump was invented to drain mines in 1712. This allowed deeper mining and so greatly increased coal production. The Watt steam engine, patented in 1769, allowed steam power to be harnessed for almost anything, and as the steam engines ran on coal, so the mining industry boomed as mechanisation swept across industries of all kinds. This phenomenon only increased with the spread of the railways from 1825 and the increase in steam-powered ships from the 1840s. Coal gas, meanwhile, was used for lighting homes and streets from 1812, and as a source of heat for private homes and cookers. Coke, that is burnt coal, was used as a fuel in the iron and steel industries, and so the demand for coal kept on growing as the Industrial Revolution rolled on.

There were four principal coal mining areas: South Wales, southern Scotland, Lancashire, and Northumberland. To get the coal to where it was needed, Britain's canal system was significantly expanded as transportation by canal was 50% cheaper than using roads. By 1830, "England and Wales had 3,876 miles in 1760" (Horn, 17). Britain produced annually just 2.5 to 3 million tons of coal in 1700, but by 1900, this figure had rocketed to 224 million tons.

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On April 6th in Hoodoo History: The New York City Slave Revolt of 1712 🔥✊🏾

23 enslaved Afrikans set fire to NYC one year after the slave trade markets officially opened by the East River on Wall Street.

• On the night of April 6th, 1712, 23 Afrikans armed themselves with swords, knives, guns - laced with prayer & faith - and fire against White Slavers in the streets of NYC. They set an outhouse ablaze at the home of Peter Van Tilborough on Maiden Lane, at what was then the northern edge of Manhattan. They then picked off any White Slavers nearby who tried to stop it, from the cover of darkness. 9 Slavers were killed and 6 others were injured by nights end.

• On the following morning, the Governor of NY ordered two militias to "drive the island" aka capture & kill the rebels. 6 Afrikans took their lives in protest. The rest were burned alive or "broken" at the wheel. This unprecedented event hitting the streets of NYC quickly spurred the NY State Assembly to pass an act that would permit Slavers to punish Afrikans to the extreme measures by "not extending to life or member", thus cementing a new precedent for their cruelty in the North. In addition, Slavers would now be required to pay $200 dollars in security fees to the State & annuity for any freed Afrikans. Despite these stringent laws, NYC would see more slave rebellions in the next two decades; the next being in 1741.

To be of Hoodoo is, and has always been, to fight back. Let this be a reminder, forever to be drilled into our psyches: We been fighting. We been sacrificing. We been spiriting. We been victorious.

Today, 83 Maiden Lane sits in the infamous Financial District of Manhattan & now serves as the headquarters of the AHRC (Association of Help for Retarded Children). But beneath the cloak of modern amenities & reconstructive efforts, the once-scorched Earth still remembers the night of April 6th. This is where we made our stand. This, & the streets along the northern edge of Manhattan, is a place of power.

It is important to remember the when & WHERE of this event (and those that followed) as many to this day falsely believe that the North was somehow the righteous exception to the Eurocentric cruelties of Maafa. The North was not the exception then & is not the exception now. May we:

• Meditate on the cost of true freedom that these Ancestors paid in blood so we wouldn't have to.

• Pour libations for them, especially those of us residing on or near the Financial District, as this is where our Ancestors were bought & sold from the docks on the East River to Wall Street.

• Remember our plight & presence in the Northern states that have lightened their reputation with the mask of progressive thinking.

[yourdailyqueer]

Janusz Aleksander Sanguszko (deceased)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 5 May 1712 

RIP: 14 September 1775

Ethnicity: White - Polish

Occupation: Nobility

[theholidaycorner]

Featuring Royals of Spain and Royals of Savoy and Great Grandfather of Supermodel Monique Desiree Taitague.

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[my-chaos-radio]

Release: September 21, 1978

Lyrics:

One, two

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Have you heard about the new dance craze?

Listen to us, I'm sure you'll be amazed

Big fun to be had by everyone

It's up to you, it surely can be done

Young and old are doing it, I'm told

Just one try and you too will be sold

It's called 'Le Freak', they're doing it night and day

Allow us, we'll show you the way

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All that pressure got you down

Has your head been spinning all around?

Feel the rhythm, check the rhyme

Come on along and have a real good time

Like the days of Stomping at the Savoy

Now we "freak, " oh, what a joy

Just come on down to the fifty four

Find your spot out on the floor

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All that pressure got you down

Has your head been spinning all around?

Feel the rhythm, check the rhyme

Come on along and have a real good time

Like the days of Stomping at the Savoy

Now we "freak, " oh, what a joy

Just come on down to the fifty four

Find your spot out on the floor

Songwriter:

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[devtschemark]

Friedrich von Preußen als Kronprinz im Profil

by Georg Wenzeslaus v̄. Knobelsforff (Brandenburgian, 1699 – 1753) oil on canvas (62 × 82 cm), 1737

Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Funko Pop! Movies: Wicked - Glinda (Valentine) (, NEW).

[famousborntoday]

Philosopher and writer Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born in Geneva, Switzerland. He advocated for social justice, equality and the general will. His works, such as "The Social Contract" and "Emile," explored human nature and morality.

Link: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Vintage 1960s TOWN & COUNTRY Four Seasons purse.

[elby-and-a-blog]

O Virgin of virgins, how shall this be?

For neither before thee was any like thee, nor shall there be after.

Daughters of Jerusalem, why marvel ye at me?

The thing which ye behold is a divine mystery.

Mother

[blondebrainpowered]

Angélique Marguerite Le Boursier du Coudray (c. 1712 – 17 April 1794) spent twenty-five years traveling the towns of France, teaching obstetrics in an effort to share her extensive knowledge with poor country midwives. Madame Du Coudray invented the first life size obstetrical mannequin, or “The Machine”, for practicing mock births. Only one example of the original machine, patented in 1778, survived and is on display in the Musée Flaubert et d’histoire de la médecine in Rouen, France. It includes a life-size mannequin representing the lower part of the female body, a doll the size of a newborn baby, and various accessories demonstrating female anatomy, a seven-months fetus, twins, etc. Between 1760 and 1783, she traveled all over rural France, sharing her extensive knowledge with poor women. During this period, she is estimated to have taught in over forty French cities and rural towns and to have trained 4,000 students directly. She was also responsible for the training of 6,000 other women, who were taught directly by her former students. In addition, she taught about 500 surgeons and physicians, all of them men. In her thirty years of teaching she taught over 30,000 students. Through this educational effort Du Coudray became a national sensation and international symbol of French medical advancement. Via Anonymous Works.

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Sebastiano Ricci (Italian, 1659-1734) Flora, ca.1712-16 Blanton Museum of Art Flora was the goddess of flowers who had previously been a nymph by the name of Chloris, known for her sensuous beauty. Ovid’s "Fasti" (8 CE) describes how she was seduced by Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind and harbinger of spring, and became his wife. This work captures the moment just before their encounter. Unnoticed by Flora, Zephyrus approaches her from behind, pointing at his future wife and cautioning silence to another putto.

[flashbic]

Ça discutait headcanons sur insta, et @lostingham mentionnait bien aimer l'idée que Falconi soit ce que le Régent a qui se rapproche le plus d'un ami. Et que ça pourrait vouloir dire que parfois Falconi a droit à de longs monologues sur l'horlogerie auxquels il ne pige pas grand chose.

Headcanon 100% accepté, mais forcément quand j'ai voulu le dessiner ça a donné un truc un peu idiot.