Great Britain in Sherlock Holmes Times

  • Steam Engine

    Steam Engine
    Thomas Newcomen built the first commercially successful steam engine to pump water out of mines.
  • Steam Engines

    Steam Engines
    James Watt made steam engines much more efficient in the 1760s and 1770s giving huge savings on fuel. His other improvements meant steam engines could replace water and horse power in a wide variety of industries, which in turn allowed factories to be built anywhere.
  • The Battery

    The Battery
    Alessandro Volta invented the battery.
  • Factory Act

    Factory Act
    the government passed the Factory Act making two hours of education a day compulsory for children working in factories. The government also granted money to charities for schools for the first time.
  • The Telegraph

    The Telegraph
    Samuel Morse invented the telegraph.
  • Ragged Schools Union

    Ragged Schools Union
    the Ragged Schools Union was set up to give schooling to very poor children.
  • Britain's trade

    Britain's trade
    Toynbee and the first historians of the Industrial Revolution thought that the industrial growth had been stimulated by Britain's trade.
  • Forster's Act

    Forster's Act
    Forster's Act set up state-funded board schools for primary education.
  • The Telegraph

    The Telegraph
    Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone.
  • The CocaCola

    The CocaCola
    John Pemberton invented Coca Cola.
  • The Sign Of Four

    The Sign Of Four
    Miss Morstan went to Sherlock Holmes and Dr,Watson house to ask for help because her father had disappeared.
  • The Sign Of Four

    The Sign Of Four
    Jhonatan Small said that he was forced by Achmet to steal the treasure.
    Miss Morstan and Dr.Watson got married
  • The Sign Of Four

    The Sign Of Four
    Miss Morstan showed Holmes and and Dr.Watson a paper which had a plan, four names, a red cross and it said "The Sign of four"
  • The Sign Of Four

    The Sign Of Four
    They went to Thaddeus Sholto's house, who told them how Miss Morstan father's died, and that there was a treasure in his brother's house, Bartolomew Sholto
  • The Sign Of Four

    The Sign Of Four
    Miss Morstan,Holmes,Watson and Thaddeus arrived to Bartolomew's house,they saw that he was dead and they noticed that the treasure was disappeared,two persons stole it
  • The Sign Of Four

    The Sign Of Four
    Thaddeus arrested and Watson went to look for the dog ,Toby,to help for the investigatios
  • The Sign Of Four

    The Sign Of Four
    Holmes went to the suburbs to known more about the Aurora
  • The Sign Of Four

    The Sign Of Four
    The Baker Street boys didnt get information about the Aurora
  • The Sign Of Four

    The Sign Of Four
    Holmes dress up like an old sailor,wento to the dock and there was the Aurora and Mordecai Smith,he was very drank and saying that he wants the Aurora repairs at 8 o'clock,Holmes made a plan.
  • The Sign Of Four

    The Sign Of Four
    they found the treasure ,they went to Sherlock Holmes house and it was empty.
  • Education Act

    Education Act
    Education Act established a system of secondary schools.
  • Agricultural Revolution

    Agricultural Revolution
    A H John thought that growth had been stimulated by the Agricultural Revolution. This had increased the population and therefore domestic demand.