2. Introduction of Dutch techniques
❖ Cornelius Vermuyden
(knighted in
1629)brought new
technology to
encourage:
❖ Irrigation
❖ Drainage
❖ Changes in river
directions
3. Jethro Tull
❖ Introduced Seed Drill to
England in 1701
4. Charles Townshend
❖ English politician
❖ Introduced four-field crop
rotation (wheat, barley, turnips,
clover) to feed people and
livestock from all fields with no
fallow
6. Inclosure Acts 1750-1845
❖ 7 million public acres enclosed for private use
❖ 21% of English farmland enclosed
❖ Fewer workers needed per acre due to new technology
❖ Large-scale migration to urban areas resulted, with
unemployment and urban slums as a result
7. Newcomen’s Steam Engine
❖ Designed in 1712 to draw lying
water out of mines
❖ could get water out from a depth
of 150 feet
❖ Did the job of 500 horses
❖ Not the most efficient machine
ever!
8. Watt’s Steam Engine
❖ Finished in
1775
❖ Replaced
Newcomen’s
❖ Made by Watt
and Boulton