The Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in World History

2623 Pages·2014·67.42 MB·English

by  Kenneth E. Hendrickson Jr

The Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in
World History
The Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in
World History
K E. H III
ENNETH ENDRICKSON
GENERAL EDITOR
J C
USTIN ORFIELD
S L. D
TEVEN ANVER
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
G M. S
LENN ANFORD
TECHNICAL EDITOR
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Hendrickson III.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Kenneth E., editor of compilation.
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Contents
Introduction
ENTRIES
Abbott, Wallace Calvin
Acheson, Edward Goodrich
Aerosol Spray Cans
Aerospace Industry
AFL-CIO
Agent Orange
Airplane
Akroydon
Alcorn, George Edward
Alger, Horatio Jr.
All-China General Labour Federation
Alternative Energies
Altshuller, Genrikh Saulovich
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
American Federation of Labor
American Plan
American Stock Exchange
American System (American School of Economics)
American Tobacco
American War of Independence
An Wang
Anarchism
Angerstein, Reinhold Rücker
Anglo-French Treaty of 1786
Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1785
Anheuser, Eberhard
Anthropometry
Apprentice System
Aqueducts
Arc Welding
Argentina
Arkwright, Richard
Armstrong, Edwin Howard
Armstrong, William George
Arts and Crafts Movement
Asbestos
Ashley, Laura
Ashworth, Henry
Asiatic Petroleum Company
Aspdin, Joseph
Assembly Line
Astbury, John
Atatürk (Mustafa Kemal)
Automobile
Babbage, Charles
Babcock, George H.
Bacon, Anthony
Baekeland, Leo
Bagehot, Walter
Baines, Edward
Bakewell, Robert
Bamford, Samuel
Bank of China
Bank of England
Bank of Japan
Bank of the United States
Bar Code
Barbed Wire
Barlow, William Henry
Barton, Enos Melancthon
Barton Swing Aqueduct
BASIC
Ba a, Tomáš
Bateman, John Frederic La Trobe
Batlle y Ordóñez, José
Bauer, Andreas Friedrich
Bausch, John Jacob
Bazalgette, Sir Joseph William
Bednorz, Johannes Georg
Belgium
Bell, Alexander Graham
Bell, Henry
Bell, Larry
Bell, Patrick
Bell Rock Lighthouse
Bellamy, Edward
Belper
Benz, Karl
Besant, Annie Wood
Bessemer, Henry
Bessemer Process
Beveridge, Sir William
Beyer, Carl Friedrich
Bhopal Catastrophe
Białystok
Bickford, William
Bimetallism
Birdseye, Clarence
Birmingham, England
Bissell, Melville Reuben
Black Country
Blacklist
Blair, Henry
Blanqui, Louis-Auguste
Bleichröder, Gerson
Blenkinsop, John
Bloody Sunday (Trafalgar Square)
Boat People
Boeing
Boer War, 1899–1902
Bolsheviks
Bondfield, Margaret Grace
Booth, Charles
Boring Machine
Boulton, Matthew
Bourgeoisie
Boycott
Boykin, Otis
Bramah, Joseph
Brassey, Thomas
Brazil
Brearley, Harry
Brewing and Distilling
Briggs, Asa, Lord
Bright, Harvey “Bum”
Brindley, James
British-American Tobacco
Brown, George R.
Browning, John Moses
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom
Brunel, Marc Isambard
Busch, Adolphus
Bush, Vannevar
Butterley Company
Cadbury, John
Caledonian Canal
Canada
Canals
Capitalism
Carborundum
Carlyle, Thomas
Carnegie, Andrew
Carnot, Sadi
Carrier, Willis Haviland
Carson, Rachel
Cartwright, Edmund
Carver, George Washington
Cassette Tape
Caudillo
Caxton, William
Cell Phones
Cellophane
Central Pacific Railroad
Centralverband Deutscher Industrieller
Chadwick, Sir Edwin
Chance, Robert Lucas
Chartists
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station
Child Labor
China
China Cotton Mill Owners’ Association
China Merchants’ Steam Navigation Company
Chinese Communist Party
Cholera
Chrysler
Citroën, André
Claude, Georges
Clegg, Samuel
Closed Shop
Coal
Coal Mines
Cobbett, William
Coca-Cola
Cockerill, John
Collective Bargaining
Colt, Samuel
Combination Acts
Communications
Compagnie du Cambodge
Containerization
Continental System
Conveyor Belt
Cooke, William
Cooper, Peter
Coors, Joseph