Further Antedating of "Industrial Revolution"

[Fred Shapiro]

industrial revolution (OED 1848)

1843 _Louisville Daily Journal_ 30 May 2 (ProQuest Civil War Era)  If his
invention succeed, a grand industrial revolution will immediately take
place.

Fred Shapiro


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