The Factory System

Many steps between raw material and finished textile
Cotton had to be ‘carded’, straightened out into fibers that could be stretched and twisted together to form thread
Threads were then woven, bleached, dyed and printed
Richard Arkwright added a crank for removing the fibers from the cylinder
James Hargreaves Spinning Jenny was the [...]

The Industrial Revolution

The industrial revolution was characterized by a switch from craft work by agrarian communities to manufacturing using machinery by urban industry
The industrial sector came to dominate the economy over the agricultural sector for the first time since the beginning of civilization
After industrial revolution technological innovation was rapid, this influenced: Incomes, employment, skills, social [...]

Seventeenth Century Science

slowdown in the development of science in England in the late 17th century
Bernal attributes this slowdown primarily to social and economic factors, namely a new class of merchants had arisen who were less enterprising and more interested in secure investments like land
There are other explanations:
Newton’s science was close to complete and [...]