the Industrial Revolution

noun

: the major social and economic changes that occurred in Britain, Europe, and the U.S. in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when new machinery, new sources of power, and new ways of manufacturing products were developed

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The past three years have been the hottest on record, compared to the average before the Industrial Revolution. —Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026

Historians have used the phenomenon of enclosure to debate the great changes to human and nonhuman life that occurred with the Industrial Revolution, the scientific revolution, and the second agricultural revolution, all led by the English. —Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026

During the Industrial Revolution, the falling cost of energy converted mechanical power into what were effectively cheap mechanical human hours, enabling machines to multiply physical labor at unprecedented scale. —Michael Wystrach, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026

What is emerging is not another tech cycle, but a structural transformation comparable in scope to the Industrial Revolution. —Phil Kafarakis, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for the Industrial Revolution

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