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Highlights from The Industrial Revolution, by T. S. Ashton
- ZeroGravitas 3y ago> It is true that there were others, such as Crompton and Cort, whose discoveries transformed whole industries, but left them to end their days in relative poverty. Ironic (and relevant to some of the other passages later) that according to some recent stories Cort took the idea that made him (briefly) rich from slaves. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/05/industrial-revolution-iron-method-taken-from-jamaica-briton https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/05/industrial-r...