James Watt

James Watt was born on 19 January 1736 and he died on 25 August 1819. James Watt was a very successful inventor in the Industrial Revolution. He did very early experiments with Steam. He only started to work with Steam and experiment because of his friend, John Robison in 1759. James invented the Steam Engine. This was one of his only big inventions and it is very known in society today and it has impacted us greatly.

The Great Ship

The Great Ship also known as 'The Great Eastern' was invented by Isamabard Kingdom Brunel. This great ship was suppose to hold at least 4000 people. This ship was going to be the first one made out of both iron and to be the most luxurious ship. When they started to build The Great Ship, there was alot of accidents, scandal and misfortunes. One incident that had happened was the Shipyard where they were building the ship, had burned down and everything was lost in this fire, including plans.After 90 days of pushing the boat into the water, the boat floated on the 31^st January, 1858.  With all the building and the disagreements, the boats financial was 4 times over what they thought. Brunel's health was also not going to well. On the first day of 1889, the wreckers came in and started to demolish the boat. To their surprise, they had found two bodies on-board the boat, one was only a child. This had thought to 'jinxed' the boat and this is why the boat was such a fail. Overall, The Great Ship was a humiliation to Brunel as a passenger ship, but as an engineer ship it was a great success.  

Steam Power

Steam Power in the Industrial Revolution started to take over Water power and Muscle Power (normally horse power). The first steam power was to pump water out of mines, this was not very efficient. As time went on, an invent James Watt, gave engines alot of power to make things start moving along. Steam power was not just used in Engines, but it was used in Locomotives and other factory appliances that were difficult to use or even start working before James Watt had invented a different way in what steam was used. 
This was only the start of Steam Power. 

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Born (9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859), was an English mechanical and civil engineer who built bridges and dockyards, the Great Western Railway, a series of steamships including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship and numerous important bridges and tunnels. His designs revolutionised public transport and modern engineering.

Isambard was a very good engineer. The work for which Brunel is best remembered is his construction of a network of tunnels, bridges and viaducts for the Great Western Railway. In 1833, he was appointed their chief engineer and work began on the line that linked London to Bristol.

                                           Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison was a very famous inventor. Thomas was born on February 11, 1847 and he died on October 18, 1931. Edison is the fourth most prolific inventor. (Producing many works). Thomas invented the Telegraph after he saved a three year old,  Jimmie MacKenzie from being struck by a runaway train. 

• The Phonograph (1877)
• The Carbon Microphone (1877-78)
• The Incandescent Light Bulb (1879)
• The Brockton Breakthrough (1883)
• The Kinetoscope, Kinetograph and Kinetophone (1888-1890s)
• Nickel-iron Batteries (1901)
• Phonograph
• Electrical Vote Recorder
• Quadruplex, sextuplex and multiplex telegraph
• Carbon microphone
• Electricity distribution system
• First commercial fluoroscope (for X-Ray examinations)
• Stock ticker

                                              Cholera

Cholera is an infection of the small intestine that causes a large amount of watery diarrhea.  Cholera is when you drink or eat untreated or contaminated water or food. There are alot of symptoms of Cholera this is:

• Abdominal Cramps
• Dry Mucus Membranes or mouth
• Dry Skin
• Excessive Thirst
• Glassy or Sunken eyes
• Lack of tears
• Low Urine Output
• Nausea
• Rapid dehydration
• Rapid pulse (heart rate)
• Unusual sleepiness and tiredness
• Vomitting
• Watery diarrhea that starts suddenly and has a 'fishy' odour.

 If you have these symptoms of Cholera, you have 48hrs until you will come to your death. Cholera is in places with poor sanitation, crowding, war and famine. There is a few common locations for cholera, these places are:

• Africa
• Asia
• India
• Mexico
• South and Central America
  

                          Transportation and Communication

In Britain, roads started to be made of longer lasting sources and canals connected all through the city. A mining engineer George Stephenson developed the first steam-powered locomotive, this opened up the ways for the building of rail roads.  The Rail Road was very successful and helped them in many other ways. This made life alot easier. Many of the factories and the companies were built along side the rivers therefore making transportation a lot harder. The natural resources and the fast moving waters helped along the transportation. Transportation took over the land over the countries to transport goods in and out of the country.