Chapter 22

Chapter 22, Kyle Hardison

Spinning Jenny invented

1765

The Water Frame

1765

Steam engines improved

1769

The puddling furnace

1780

The power loom

1785

Malthus's 'Essay on the Principle of Population'

1798

The Combination acts

1799

Luddites attack British factories

1812

John Cockerill brings industry to Belgium

1817

Combination Acts repealed

1824

First successful steam locomotive

1825

The Factory Act of 1833

1833

Protective tariffs in Germany

1834

Mines Act of 1842

1842

'The Condition of the Working Class in England'

1844