THE IRON HORSE

• Tea and Cities
  • Nature of early cities in England and their effects on health
  • What may have caused the mortality decline in mid-eighteenth century England
  • The role of tea
  • Tea and infant dysentery
  • Why tea was so popular in England
  • Early history of tea
  • Spread of tea
  • Teahouse, Kyoto
  • Types of city in England and Japan
• Steam, Railways and Wheels
• The steam engine and industrialization
• Liverpool, Manchester and the hubs of world trade
• What made Stephenson’s Rocket special?
• The effects of railways on society and mentality
• How did the Rocket steam engine work?
• The essence of steam technology and distillation
• The steam engine
• What was needed for the steam revolution?
• The revolutionary impact of the steam engine
• Use of wheels in England and Japan
• Reasons for the decline in the use of wheels in Japan
• Importance of the wheel
• Reasons for the speed of Japanese industrializaton
• Ride on a bullet train

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