Newest addition to my Industrialised Roman empire city collection this one is special however as I imagine it to be where Paris is today except that it is the Industrial Roman Equivalent.

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We reviewed last week. This takes place in the 1750's during the much earlier than most Character creation reflects knowldege from the time era. Brought to us by here on the west coast.

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The & both & led to what psychologist termed the 'Great Masculine Renunciation' whereby men gave up their colours & dressed more soberly.

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worked during the peak of the Many ignore the changing Turner did not! He transformed the way he painted to better capture the world as seen in his 'Rain, Steam, and Speed' of 1844, and many more!

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During the the elite public (boarding) schools of transformed from a dangerous game played by commoners to the refined, codified games we know today.
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Part of 1835 plan of the then proposed & This was Dundee's second railway & construction of its approach to Dundee moved the shoreline. This provided new land for building at time when Dundee was expanding due to the

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1866 Drawing of the spectacular Lower Dens Mill, with its iconic bell tower. Dundee's 19th century textile industry buildings included some amazing architecture

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Prussia led its fellow German neighbors in creating the a customs union that broke down trade barriers within the German Confederation (red border). Austria did not join.
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to Benjamin Franklin, born in 1706. While he’s not a key figure in industrial he still managed to get mentioned in chapters 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 35, and 36 of the

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A young Émile de Girardin, from around the time he launched La Presse. This first “penny press” newspaper in France had a huge impact on the growth of mass in the
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This 1839 photo of lamp manufacturer Robert Cornelius is perhaps the world’s first It was a Daguerreotype made in Philadelphia, less than a year after the Daguerreotype was announced in Paris.
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The iconic photo of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Behind him are the massive chains for the SS Great Eastern. At 705-feet long, it was the largest ship built by the British until the 20th Century.
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By 1820, most transatlantic empires in Europe had passed (at least partial) bans on their slave trades.
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The movement coincided with the and the rise of
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228 years ago: Slaves in Saint-Domingue gather at Bois Caïman for a secret ceremony, kicking-off the Haitian Revolution.
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How it helped end the French slave trade in Chapter 26 of my well-timed
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The 1844 uprising of the Silesian Weavers has been the subject of poems, songs, paintings, sketchings, and film.
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Learn more in Chapter 22 of the “Industry on the Post-Napoleonic Continent” (available now)
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Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) was a famed and co-founder of the denomination. For his beliefs he was targeted the Riot of 1791.
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James Naysmith (1808-1890) made his steam hammers and pile drivers at the Bridgewater Foundry in Manchester. He was first hired by Henry Maudslay after he built a high-pressure steam engine to impress the
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Joseph Whitworth (1803-1887) was trained by Henry Maudslay and went on to make the Whitworth rifle and standardize nuts, bolts, and screws.
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Henry Maudslay (1771-1831) not only made great industrial machines, but also trained several future industrialists.
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Learn all about him in Chapter 14 of the available now (follow link in bio).
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