CENTURY OF FURNACE The 18th century was the Century of the Furnace and industrial revolution glowed China, India, and West. In Europe, there were new ways of thinking strengthened and disrupted. Also, American Revolution strained between Europe and colonies. In Finland mission was calculate the shape of the world. French Academy sponsored Pierre de Maupertuis led an expedition to the Arctic Circle to settle an argument about the shape of the Earth. They believed that …showed first 75 words of 564 total…

…showed last 75 words of 564 total…was one way for European coffers of cash and in 1793, King George III sent a diplomatic mission to China to show the emperor what Britain could produce. The 18th century was the beginning of technological development, which affected society, and commerce, in ways that are felt even today. This technological development, known as the Industrial Revolution, was one of the main revolutions of this era and it changed manufacturing by changing the way people worked.