Britain's transition from water power to coal-based steam power set the stage for the 19th century Industrial Revolution, which transformed much of Europe and North America into predominantly urban ...

Ah, the Industrial Revolution—a time when humanity collectively decided that hand-crafted goods were for amateurs and that steam power was the future. Let’s take a light-hearted look back at this era ...

Steam power drove the Industrial Revolution, freeing manufacturers from the need to set up their factories near water power sources. Industrial steam is still largely used across various verticals, ...

People have worked with technology for millennia. The first industrial revolution at the end of the 18th century saw water and steam provide powerful mechanised production. The second used electricity ...

Source: Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay. Human history, in many instances, is punctuated by technological revolutions that have fundamentally altered the trajectory of civilization. From the steam ...

The word “Luddite” has become shorthand for technophobe, but the original rebels of the Industrial Revolution were actually battling a more insidious foe. Ned Ludd, the fictitious leader of the ...