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Saturday, September 22, 2018

東京理科大学 A英1: Discoveries & inventions of the Industrial Revolution・産業革命の発見・発明

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How are you? Today we'll look at some important discoveries and inventions of the Industrial Revolution (産業革命の発見、発明) . 

The picture above is of the Crystal Palace. This was a famous exhibition in London in the 19th century to show the accomplishments of the Industrial Revolution. Most of the exterior of the building was made of glass reinforced by steel. This exhibition was a great success that showed the British people what industry could do. 

Activity/homework
Look at these pictures below. Which of these discoveries or inventions happened during the Industrial Revolution? Take a guess! Have fun with these!


Cotton

The lathe

Cement


The light bulb

Gasoline

Steelmaking 

How many do you think you got right? We'll check in class!

See you next time!

Images: Top - by J. McNeven - collections.vam.ac.uk, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=665739/Cotton - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=689304/Lathe - by Zephyris - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27664029/Cement - by Famartin - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33470830/Light bulb - by KMJ, alpha masking by Edokter - de.wikipedia, original upload 26. Jun 2004 by, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2954889/Gasoline can - by MJCdetroit - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4267666/Steel
production - by Payton Chung from DC, USA - Fiery Finkl Forging, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1224200

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