Great Britain in Sherlock Holmes Times

  • agricultural revolution

    agricultural revolution
    started The Agricultural Revolution.
  • The economy

     The economy
    Some sectors of the economy grew, eg textiles, iron, coal, but the rest stayed stagnant, or grew very slowly.
  • bridgwater canal

    bridgwater canal
    the Bridgewater Canal built by the Duke of Bridgewater
  • mule spinning machine

    mule spinning machine
    samuel crompton´s mule spinning machine
  • industrial revolution

    industrial revolution
    1780 and 1830, there was an Industrial Revolution.
  • iron

    iron
    henry cort's puddling process made wrought iron
  • atom

    atom
    John Dalton discovered the atom
  • factory act

    factory act
    the government passed the Factory Act making two hours of education a day compulsory for children working in factories
  • telegraph

    telegraph
    Samuel Morse invented the telegraph.
  • bicycle

    bicycle
    Kirkpatrick Macmillan invented a bicycle.
  • School

    School
    the Ragged Schools Union was set up to give schooling to very poor children.
  • machine gun

    machine gun
    Richard Gatling patented the machine gun.
  • Meet with Thaddeus Sholto

    Meet with Thaddeus Sholto
    They meet They meet Thaddeus Sholto and he tells them about his father and the treasure.and he tells them about his father and the treasure.
  • Miss Morstan visits Serlock Holmes

    Miss Morstan visits Serlock Holmes
    Miss Morstan visits Sherlock Holmes and shows him the pearls and a letter
  • Pondicherry Lodge

    Pondicherry Lodge
    They take a cab with Thaddeus Sholto to Pondicherry Lodge.
  • Brtholomew Sholto death

    Brtholomew Sholto death
    They arrive at Pondicherry Lodge and find Bartholomew Sholto death
  • Holmes and Watson find footprints

    Holmes and Watson find footprints
    Holmes and Watson find footprints and marks in the room made by someone with a wooden leg
  • Holmes uses magnifying glass

    Holmes uses  magnifying glass
    Sherlock Holmes uses his magnifying glass to examine the secret room.
  • Jonathan Small tells the story of the Tresasure and the Sing of Four

    Jonathan Small tells the story of the Tresasure and the Sing of Four
    Jonathan Small tells the story of the Agra Treasure and the Sing of Four
  • lestrade arrested thaddeus

    lestrade arrested thaddeus
    Inspector lestrade arrested thaddeus sholto
  • Watson borrows Toby

    Watson borrows Toby
    Watson goes to Lambreth and borrows a dog called Toby
  • Toby goes with Watson and Holmes to a house

    Toby goes with Watson and Holmes to a house
    Toby follows the smell of the tar and leads Holmes and Watson to a house next yo yje river
  • Holmes tries to find Smith and the Aurora

    Holmes tries to find Smith and the Aurora
    Holmes tires to find Mordecai Smith and the Aurora
  • Holmes, Watson and Lestrade find the Aurora

    Holmes, Watson and Lestrade find the Aurora
    Inspector Lestrade, Holmes and Watson chase the Aurora in a police boat. They kill the native and catch the man with the wodden leg