Coal is more powerful than water back then. Iron is more powerful than wood.

1563- William lee invented the stocking frame it’s a device for knitting stocking Abraham Darby uses coke to smelt iron, replacing wood as fuel john Kay's flying shuttle Cartwright builds a power loom. 1700s- it started Mid 1800s- it ended Time line of the industrial revolution

It started in Britain in the 18 th and 19 th century. It spread though Europe, north America and beyond.

 All across of England the recent turn of the century has gone largely unnoticed.