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Britain was a little bit industrialised even before the steam engine. There were windmills and water mills. Steam massively accelerated it, but industry did exi
by HPsquared 6mo ago
Britain was a little bit industrialised even before the steam engine. There were windmills and water mills. Steam massively accelerated it, but industry did exist before.
- tpm 6mo agoIf a windmill or a water mill is a sign of industrialisation, then large parts of the world were industrialised. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ancient_watermills https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ancient_watermills
- mr_toad 6mo agoCommons in England were being enclosed in the Tudor age. It caused a great deal of social unrest, even rebellion. It had little to do with technology, and was mostly caused by population growth.