Industrial Revolution: "V Dramatic changes in the social and economic structure that took place as inventions and technological innovations created the factory system of large-scale machine production and greater economic specialization. "VThe Industrial Revolution has changed the face of nations, giving rise to urban centers requiring vast municipal services. "VIt created a specialized and interdependent economic life and made the urban worker more completely dependent on the will of the employer than the rural worker …showed first 75 words of 256 total…

…showed last 75 words of 256 total…steam into the chamber, and parts of the engine insulated. "VHe also perfected a rotary engine. Rocket: "Va locomotive designed by the British engineer George Stephenson, "Vwon a competition sponsored by the Liverpool and Manchester Railroad "Vpulled a load of three times its own weight at the rate of 20 km/h (12.5 mph) and hauled a coach filled with passengers at 39 km/h (24 mph) "Vstimulated the building of other locomotives and the extension of railroad lines