Over the centuries since the famous Industrial Revolution, numerous histories have devoted their lives to an explanation of its development. Out of these explanations and theories, Walt Whitman Rostow's "Take-off" theory is one of the best known. This theory describes five stages related to industrialization, including the central "take-off" stage (late 1700's to 1800). These were distinct stages that were clearly separate, as can be seen by various evidences including but not limited to agriculture, transportation, …showed first 75 words of 825 total…

…showed last 75 words of 825 total…cannot possibly be discarded. Although one may argue that there were changes before this time, they were merely small improvements and preparations during the Preconditions for Take-Off, not even comparable to the dramatic changes during the take-off itself. Agriculture, transportation, and production were only small elements that generated these changes. Although they themselves are able to mark the periods as distinct stages different from each other, there were much more factors that fueled the industrialization.