Quick History Quiz The Industrial Revolution in Britain 1707 to 1830

The Industrial Revolution started in Britain in the eighteenth century. This quick quiz tests your knowledge of the key milestones of the early industrial revolution – in the textile industry, in coal mining and iron production, in civil engineering; in the development of steam power and the birth of the railways.

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Factories have been around since the stoneage!

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Watching this the night before a test at 9 o clock

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James Watt didn't improve Newcomen's atmospheric engine (which supplied atmospheric power). He improved his own engine (which supplied steam power) with an optional separate condenser. It could work without a codenser.
Newcomen's engine was an atmospheric engine. Even at 100% efficiency it would only provide a maximum of 14.7psi of air pressure
Watt's engine was a steam engine. It provided a lot more power and, for the first time, could provide rotory power.
It was the one and only invention that created the industrial revolution.
It was a power revolution.
Watt dumped Newcomen's atmospheric power for steam power, and made it work for the first time in history.
Watt invented the first practical steam engine.