The period known as the Industrial Revolution began around 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. This era was a time when some fundamental changes affected textile production, metallurgy , agriculture and transport. Industrial Revolution means the transition from manual production methods to machines, new chemical production and iron processing. The Revolution began in England and quickly spread to some European countries and the United States. The Industrial Revolution marks a major turning point in history, because before this revolution, life for the average person was difficult, as incomes were very low, and malnutrition and disease were common. People produce most of their own food, clothing, furniture, and tools. Robert E. Lucas, Jr., Nobel Prize winner, declared: ''For the first time in history, the standard of living of the masses of ordinary people has begun to undergo sustained growth... Nothing resembling it is mentioned even remotely to this economic behavior from classical economists, even as a theoretical possibility. period 1760-1840, took place gradually and the term revolution is a mischaracterization. The first industrial revolution evolved into the second industrial revolution in the transition years. The Second Industrial Revolution began in the 1850s, when technological and economic progress continued with the increasing adoption of steam-powered boats, ships, and railways and the construction of machine tools. The most important technological developments that occurred during the Industrial Revolution...... middle of paper......scape Garden and this cost more than the rebuilt Crystal Palace.On November 30, 1936, a fire caused the final catastrophe. Sir Winston Churchill said in 1936 “this is the end of an era”. A manager Sir Henry Buckland said ''within hours we saw the end of Crystal Palace. Yet it will live in the memory not only of the English, but of the whole world.'' Regarding the architecture of the Industrial Revolution era, John Ruskin, co-founder of the Arts and Crafts movement towards simplicity, argued: connect the pleasure you take in 'ornament with what you feel in construction or utility. They have no connection, and any effort you make to reason about one or the other will blunt your sense of beauty... Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; Peacocks and lilies, for example.’’