social studies

The Industrial revolution was from 1760 to 1840. During this era many inventions such as
the steam train, the spinning jenny, cement and gas lighting, but some key resources were coal
and iron during this era.

Production of coal and iron was a major factor during the industrial revolution.

These were key resources during the industrial revolution.

Production of coal  was at around 3 million tons of coal in 1700, then it jumped up to 6.25 million tons
annually in 1770 to 1780. That is the equivalent of one and a half weeks in 2020 after reaching
16 million tons of coal in 1815. In 1830 coal production rose to over 30 million tons of coal produced
that year but this a tiny amount compared to today around 5 billion 5 hundred and 15 million tons of
coal Per year.

Then the production of pig iron was another key resource during the industrial revolution,
they also know pig iron as crude iron. This is an intermediate product in the iron production industry.
The product changes over the industrial revolution it went from 1.3 million tons in 1840 to 6.7 million
tons in 1870 to 10.4 million tons in 1913, but in 2018 it was only 5.6 million tons. This is still a vast
amount more than what it was before the industrial revolution, but it has dropped off since the end of
the industrial revolution. Cast iron is produced by removing the impurities of pig iron and but it needs
to have a carbon percentage of above 2.1.

So production of Pig iron and Coal were major factors during the industrial revolution. Both coal and
pig iron production have increased by a substantial amount from before the industrial revolution, but
these resources have taken two different paths since the industrial revolution pig iron production has
decreased.

So over the industrial revolution they made many revolutionary advancements over the era. Such as the
steam engine, the spinning jenny and cement, but the production of coal and pig iron were some
primary resources over the era.