维多利亚时代thevictorianage.pptxVIP

The Victorian Age1837-1901;Queen Victoria and the Victorian Temper;A woman spinning by hand in her own home in the eighteenth century;Cotton mills spread through?Lancashire?in the first years of the nineteenth century. (A second, smaller cotton district grew up in Scotland.) At first, as many of the mills had water-wheels as steam engines. But by 1840 nearly all were driven by steam. ? Soon after 1800, Britain was making as much cotton cloth as wool. By 1830, cotton was miles ahead. Cotton was popular because it was fine, light in weight, and easy to wash. Above all, it was cheap - the new ma