Development of ‘carbon steel’ with the required percentage produced successful products- Sword (plate 11A); Steel Knife (plate 11B) and other weaponry (plate 11C) introduced matured steel products. Numerous small steel products became quite matured in term of their strength and sharpness due to the Puddling technique. By this time, the major change in metal casting is replacing the old bio-fuel to coal and advanced steel processing technique. The advancement in metallurgical process gave enormous flip to the heavy industry. The earlier iron process was relatively brittle and lack of strength. Metallurgical technique naturally gave enormous strength to the Industrial Revolution.

The Second Phase of Industrial revolution: Technical Revolution

The First Phase of Industrial Revolution in Europe converted craft oriented mechanism to machine oriented production. The limited production of craft is replacing the mass production with the help of new technology and process. In the process higher quality of steel production created the required foundation for the next phase of revolution. The second phase of Industrial Revolution is popularly known as Technological Revolution is corresponding to the latter half of the 19th century and continued till World War II.

Great Britain, Germany, France, United States and Japan rapidly industrialized their development. The Revolution had spread throughout Europe and North America that harvested faster development. It followed on from the First Industrial Revolution that began in Britain in the late 18th century that then spread throughout Western Europe and North America. “Landes (2003) stresses the importance of new technologies, especially electricity, the internal combustion engine, new materials and substances, including alloys and chemicals, and communication technologies such as the telegraph and radio. While the first industrial revolution was centered on iron, steam technologies and textile production, the second industrial revolution revolved around steel, railroads, electricity, and chemicals.”
(Ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Industrial_Revolution ; February 12, 2013)