ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF FINLAND Listen Finland’s rise as a prosperous industrial nation, which started in the mid-20th century, is due primarily to two very different factors: its extensive forests

established a fundamentally new political current in the parliaments. Related Links Britannica: The rise of organized labour and mass protests WIKIPEDIA: Labour movement The miners' strike in Pas-de-Calais

industry for its high calorific value - and at the turn of the 19th century, a by-product of coking gave rise to a new branch of chemistry: coal gas. From 1807, gas lighting became widespread in England. First

elements, later developed into a defining architectural feature of the 20th century, especially in high-rise office buildings. The most radical solution for industrial construction was found in the USA: Ground-level

population of Zenica. Bauxite mining began in the eastern part of the country in 1959, which gave rise to a significant aluminium industry. Yugoslavia’s industrial production grew by leaps and bounds,

vehicle on rails. In 1803 the first colliery locomotive went into action in Coalbrookdale. This gave rise to George Stephenson's classic steam engine: the front part consisted of a large steam boiler, behind [...] and a mixture of gas and air is sucked into the cylinder; on the second (compression), the piston rises and compresses the fuel-air mixture. This is then ignited electrically, and the resulting expansion [...] of burning gases drives the piston downwards (power). On the fourth stroke (exhaust), the piston rises once again and pushes the waste fuel from the cylinder. Rudolf Diesel's engine, however, was even

mainly produced by means of steam turbines, coal remained the most important source of power until the rise of the oil industry. Even before the middle of the 19th century people from regions as far apart as

spinning and weaving machines in place of British models, and the bleaching and dyeing of cloth gave rise to chemical plants. This development was most pronounced in the urbanised crescent extending from [...] Industrie in Basel, or CIBA, and Hoffmann-La Roche in the last two decades of the 19th century marked the rise of the well-known chemicals centre on the Upper Rhine. As the cities were also expanding and the [...] industry booming, the labour market situation changed to one of a shortage of workers, leading to a rise in wages.Starting in the 1880s, Switzerland, traditionally a nation of emigration on account of the

gradually emerged, such as the saw mill in Räpina, glass works at Põltsama ... more FINLAND Finland’s rise as a prosperous industrial nation is due primarily to two very different factors: its extensive forests

emissions were required, not filters for sulphur dioxide. Overall, sulphur dioxide emissions continued to rise in many countries as the fumes from tall chimneys spread into rural areas. Forests and farmland were

affected the traditional medium of paper. Towards the end of the 18th century demand for paper had risen to such an extent that it could no longer be met by manual production. In 1799 a Frenchman by the