Industrial Revolution
A broad transformation from hand production to mechanized industry powered by coal, steam, machine tools, factories, and expanding transport networks.
Core metadata
- ID: industrial_revolution
- Era: Industrial
- First known date: 1760 (decade)
- Region: Great Britain / early mechanized textile, steam-power, coal, iron, and factory-system industrialization
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Coal Mining (coal_mining)
- Factory System (factory_system)
- Industrial Iron Production (iron_production)
- Steam Engine (steam_engine)
Dependents
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Industrial Revolution (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: node, maturity
- The British Industrial Revolution, 1760-1860 (University of California, Davis, 2005, textbook) • Supports: node
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 4
- Average edge confidence: 69%
- Prerequisite sources: 2
- expert_inference: 4
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steam Engine (steam_engine) | commercial_or_scaling_dependency | 72% | expert_inference | Steam Engine supports manufacturing, deployment, commercialization, or operational scaling. |
|
| Factory System (factory_system) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Factory System provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Coal Mining (coal_mining) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Coal Mining provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
| Industrial Iron Production (iron_production) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Industrial Iron Production provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
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