Great Britain in Sherlock Holmes Times

  • The agriculture revolution

    The agriculture revolution
    Historians have suggested, That the critical period was 1750‒1830. They argue that the increasing use of fodder crops grown for animal food allowed farmers to keep more animals, which meant more meat for market, and more manure to put on the fields to increase crop yields.
  • Canals

    Canals
    Some people argue that the first modern canal was the Sankey Brook Navigation. Others say it was the Bridgewater Canal built by the Duke of Bridgewater in 1761.
  • the battery

    the battery
    Alessandro Volta invented the battery
  • Railways

    Railways
    The first railway was the Stockton and Darlington Railway (1825). George Stephenson built the Rocket (1829). Significant engineering achievements included the London Underground (1863) and the Forth Bridge (1890).
  • schools

    schools
    In 1833, 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.
  • coca cola

    coca cola
    John Pemberton invented Coca Cola.
  • The sign of four

    The sign of four
    Miss Morstan went to talk with Sherlok Holmes and Doctor Watson about the disappearance of his father.
  • The sign of four

    The sign of four
    Miss Morstan,Holmes and Watson went to talk with someone .Miss Morstan had a paper that said "The Sign of Four"
  • The sign of four

    The sign of four
    They went to a house where they meet Thadeus Sholto he was the soon of Major Sholto that was an old friend of Captain Morstan
  • the sign of four

    the sign of four
    Pondicherry lodge was the house of Capitan Morstan and Major Sholto there die major sholto . They went to see the treasure but it wasn´t there, there was Bartholomew Sholto dead THE TREASURE WASN´T THERE. Someone with a wooden leg has stolen it and a person with tiny feet helped
  • the sign of four

    the sign of four
    After they found death Bartholomw the police arrived and arrested Thadeus sholto. Watson went to adopt a dog that help him and Holmes to find more hints
  • the sign of four

    the sign of four
    Mordecai Smith and his son didn´t return of their trip since the morning with the aurora
  • the sign of four

    the sign of four
    Wiggins and the boys search the aurora in the river but they didn't find it
  • the sign of four

    the sign of four
    Holmes finds the aurora
  • the sign of four

    the sign of four
    Holmes , Watson and lestrade catch johnathan small
  • the sign of four

    the sign of four
    Watson and Miss morstan will get married
  • University

    University
    Between 1900-1909 , red brick universities were founded in Birmingham , Liverpool, Sheffield and Bristol , concentranting on science or engineering coursis
  • patchwork

    patchwork
    The parliamentary eclosure movement was said to have destoyed the old three-field system, and created the modern patchwork.
  • Industri: science and technology

    Musson and Robinson (1969) credited science and technology.
  • Industry

    Recently, the African historian Joseph Inikori (1987) has focused on the profits made by the slave traders, which provided money for investment in British industry.