TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS
  • New sources of energy

In addition to new materials (e.g. iron), the innovation was the use of new sources of energy, such as steam, which could work machines. Technology was now resting on mechanics and dynamics (see previous lesson).

See the website on James Watt's machine
  • Websites on 18th century machines

You may study this development in the websites dedicated to Watt and Boulton, which contain information and simulations.

The website on Soho House (Matthew Boulton's home in Birmingham) and its list of associated websites. We have already met Matthew Boulton as the inventor of a copying machine and studied his background.
Also the 'Interactive Content' section of the BBC