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Industrial history

  • Industrial RevolutionIn 1799, French envoy Louis-Guillaume Otto announced that France had entered the race to industrialise. This marked the earliest recorded use of the phrase…
  • IndustrialisationIn 1750, the world stood on a precipice. Most human groups lived in agrarian societies where farming dictated every rhythm of life.
  • History of coal miningIn 25,000 to 23,000 BC, a settlement on Landek Hill in Ostrava, Petřkovice used black coal for heating. This site represents the oldest intentional use of…
  • Second Industrial RevolutionIn the year 1870, a quiet shift occurred in the global economy that would reshape human civilization. This period marked the start of what historians now…