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You mean 19-20th centuries for 1.0, surely, there wasn't much industrial revolution in the 1700s.
by NikkiA 3y ago
You mean 19-20th centuries for 1.0, surely, there wasn't much industrial revolution in the 1700s.
- fanf2 3y agoNewcomen invented his steam engine around 1712, and Watt’s steam engines were a thing of the 1760s to 1800 when his patent expired.
- nerdponx 3y agoIndustry 0.1-beta? People were working on things like steam engines in the 18th C, plus you had some pretty serious water-powered mills then.
- zokier 3y agoWatts steam engine, maybe the most iconic symbol of industrial revolution, was commercialized in 1776, and similarly many other key developments happened during 1700s