INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
PRE INDUSTRIAL EUROPE
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James Watt
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John Mc Adam
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George Stephenson
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the 1840s, John Loudon McAdam devised a method of laying roads using broken stones. This created a hard surface which was an important advancement in road construction. Within another decade, bitumen-based binding was used to build roads like we have today in more modern times.
Detailed explanation-2: -John Loudon McAdam, (born Sept. 21, 1756, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scot.-died Nov. 26, 1836, Moffat, Dumfriesshire), Scottish inventor of the macadam road surface.
Detailed explanation-3: -macadam, form of pavement invented by John McAdam of Scotland in the 18th century. McAdam’s road cross section was composed of a compacted subgrade of crushed granite or greenstone designed to support the load, covered by a surface of light stone to absorb wear and tear and shed water to the drainage ditches.
Detailed explanation-4: -1823-First American Macadam Road The first macadam surface in the United States was laid on the “Boonsborough Turnpike Road” between Hagerstown and Boonsboro, Maryland.