Why they found it so difficult to come to an agreement as to when the Industrial Revolution actually began?
When we look at the history of man from the Biblical days to the 15 and 16 the century, we see that man accomplished everything in life through three basic methods; Manual Labor, Animal Brute Force Strength or by Ship on the Sea. Fortunately today we still have the Pyramids in Egypt to attest to this wonder of man’s accomplishments through Manual Labor and Brute Force Strength of Animals.
Both professionals are in agreement of two facts.
1. The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain, which then spread to Western Europe and decades later to the United States.
2. The Industrial Revolution was the turning point in man’s history, when manual operation of production began dying a slow death and operations of production began being performed through machines.
The GDP, Gross Domestic Product rose significantly as the Industrial Revolution began an era of per-capita economic growth. The average income and population began to exhibit sustaining growth, and the standard of living for the general population rose tremendously for the first time in history.
Every aspect of life and living was influenced and changed by this method of operation, it must have been stimulating and exciting for Citizens to see work, which was previously done through manual labor being performed by machines, requiring less time and resulting in a larger output of production.
Can you imagine witnessing such experience for the first time in your life?
In 1698 Thomas Savery built The Savery Engine (piston-less steam pump) It was the world’s first commercially useful steam powered device, the pump generated about 1 horse power of energy.
Historians refer to The Industrial Revolution as The GREAT TRANSITION, a period of operating by hand and manual labor to new manufacturing processes by machines, increasing use of steam power, improved efficiency of water power, chemical manufacturing, iron processing production and the development of machine tools.
Today many of us are comfortable with the idea of doing a new project because of the success which came out of the Industrial Revolution, we also have many examples of successful entrepreneurs to emulate and pattern after, that based upon their success, we are confident with our abilities to take on any new challenge.
The wonderful world of Computers has influenced every aspect of life and profession today; still it marks the second time in history that machines has dominated and molded the life of man and society.
Men of the era during the Industrial Revolution truly had to start from scratch, they had no physical tangible model, they had no pattern, they had nothing to improve upon all they had was, their own natural imagination, desire and creative ability.
Every generation which followed after the Industrial Revolution was instilled with the idea that greatness is a part of their birth right, that a greater legacy is awaiting man to be built upon. It is said that the Japanese after World War II, when they were about to rebuild the Country took the word impossible out of their vocabulary, to strengthen the mind of citizens, hence reducing mental challenges which precedes victory.
Man is a creative being, religion teaches that man is a Spirit, he has a mind and he lives in a body. Man is always seeking ways to satisfy his needs, wants and desires. Within man lie capabilities, with the capacity which functions like a blue print, to bring him into the fulfillment of a dormant power for the achievement of his desire. It is not surprising that men of the Industrial Revolution were devoted to their faith, believing that God is their source of strength, that he will lead and guide them into a place of wisdom, revelation and victory.
Although Thomas Savery had his first successful invention in 1698, Historian Eric Hobsbawn believed that the Industrial Revolution began in 1780, but it was not fully realized until 1830 to 1840.Historian T.S. Ashton believed that the Revolution occurred between 1760 and 1830.
Let these words create a picture in your mind.
Imagination, Creativity, Design, Production, Development, Performance, Acceptance and Perfection.
Can you imagine what these words meant to men of the Industrial Revolution? Can you imagine being the very first to have your type of business?TODAY what does these words mean to you in your business?
With the understanding and the application of these 8 words, if we were to add the words DESIGN, SYSTEM and OPERATION, we can better understand why historians and economists were so uncertain as to when the Industrial Revolution began and when all benefits were full realized by society.
Discover the 13 distinct Machines and Industries which had the greatest influence on the Industrial Revolution in the next blog.
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