1. You take the bus to the airport... You take a plane...

2. You need money, you go to the cash machine... You buy your train ticket...

3. You take the train... You make a phone call, “I will arrive at 5.20”

4. Some passengers work on their laptops... In a few hours you will be in front of Big Ben in London!

5. TODAY, the bus, the plane, the cash machine, the train, the mobile phone, the personal computer ARE COMMON! 2 CENTURIES AGO, to think of getting to London in a few hours WAS IMPOSSIBLE!

6. All those inventions come from a changing period called... THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION!

7. WHAT WAS THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION? Time of INVENTIONS “Do you know any?” Time for CHANGES “Do you know any?” WHERE did it begin? “In Britain” WHEN did it begin? “In XVIII century” WHAT was the 1 st invention? “The steam machine, by James Watt (1769)‏

8. Many machines......did the work of many people.

9. There were new sources of energy First, Water power!

10. Then... Steam power! Coal power!

11. More recently... Oil-based fuels! Electricity! Electricity!

12. Population grew quickly What did they need? “Food, clothes, houses...”

13. A factory system A large building Lots of workers Lots of machines

14. Transport Better roads, new canals, and... the railway!

15. Phonograph Cinematograph Electric bulb Steamboat Typing machine Steam locomotive INVENTIONS IN THE XIX century Car Telephone