Another Antedating of "Industrial Revolution"

Fred Shapiro fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sat Feb 10 20:06:37 UTC 2007


industrial revolution (OED 1848)

1844 _Fraser's Magazine_ June 741 (Periodicals Archive Online)  To such an
extent, indeed, was this industrial revolution carried, that the attention
of parliament was repeatedly called to it.

Fred Shapiro


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