Map showing the coalfields of Great Britain in the 19th century ... Coal was the fuel that powered factories during the Industrial Revolution. Image caption, The Newcomen steam engine was invented ...

Travel back with me a few hundred years before the industrial revolution ... hear us praise the 17th century as a time of great biodiversity in Britain. His writing shows how concerned he was ...

The Industrial Revolution refers to past changes from agrarian and manual labor systems of production to mechanization.

Yet in Britain ... Nor did the great inventors study science, technology, engineering or mathematics at university. In fact, several pioneers of the Industrial Revolution were self-taught.

Travel back with me a few hundred years to before the industrial revolution ... us praise the 17th century as a time of great biodiversity in Britain. His writing shows how concerned he was ...