Great Britain in Sherlock Holmes times

  • Agriculture

    Agriculture
    Robert Bakewell used selective breeding to develop the New Leicester sheep.
  • Inventions and innovations

    Inventions and innovations
    Thomas Newcomen built the first commercially successful steam engine to pump water out of Arthur Young
  • Agriculture

    Agriculture
    Arthur Young wrote about the new methods.
  • Science and learning

    Science and learning
    Alessandro Volta invented the battery.
  • Education

    Education
    The Ragged Schools Union was set up to give schooling to very poor children.
  • Education

    Education
    the Ragged Schools Union was set up to give schooling to very poor children
  • Education

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

    Transport
    423 million passengers travelled on 16,000 miles of line.
  • Industry

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

    Science and learning
    John Pemberton invented Coca Cola.
  • The sign of four

    The sign  of  four
    Miss morstan visits sherlok holmes and shows him the pearls and the letter.
  • The sign of four

    The sign of four
    They meet Thaddeus Sholto and he tells them about his father and the treasure.
  • The sign of four

    The sign of four
    They take a cab whit Thaddeus Sholto to Ponchery Lodge.
  • The sign of four

    The sign of four
    They arrive at Pondicherry Lodge.
  • The sign of four

    The sign of four
    Holmes and Watson find footprints and marks in the room made by someone with a wooden leg.
  • The sign of four

    The sign of four
    Sherlok Holmes uses his magnifying glass to examine the secret room.
  • The sign of four

    The sign of four
    Inspector Jones arrests Thaddeddeus Sholto for the murder of his brother.
  • The sign of four

    The sign of four
    Watson goes to Lambeth and borrous a dog called Toby.
  • The sign of four

    The sign of four
    Toby follows the smell of the tar and leads Holmes and Watson to a house next to the river.
  • The sign of four

    The sign of four
    Holmes tries to find mordecai Smith and the Aurora.
  • The sign of four

    The sign of four
    Inspector Lastrade,Holmes and Watson chase the Aurora in the police boat.They kill the native and catch the man with the wooden leg.
  • The sign of four

    The sign of four
    Jonathan Small tells the story of the Agra Treasure snd the Sign of Four.
  • Inventions and innovations

    Inventions and innovations
    The coal industry employed a million men in 3,000 collieries.
  • Industry

    Industry
    Musson and Robinson credited science and technology