![An artist's depiction of Manchester, England in 1840.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article18-19/Cottonopolis1.jpg?itok=ISI7mPhM)
Manchester in the Industrial Revolution
![An artist’s depiction of artificial intelligence.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article18-19/Artificial_Intelligence_%26_AI_%26_Machine_Learning.jpg?itok=x3BynsS0)
Artificial Intelligence
![A sign with instructions on the use of Edison Electric Light.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article18-19/Edison%20Light%20Sign.jpg?itok=cYr0oLOC)
Edison Electric Light
![Alexander Graham Bell at the opening of the long-distance line.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article18-19/Alexander_Graham_Telephone_in_Newyork.jpg?itok=jy7ymus6)
Alexander Graham Bell
![Stained glass window representing the burning of the Westhoughton Mill.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article18-19/Westhoughton_Mill_Stained_Glass.jpg?itok=fTwGD8Rc)
Burning of Westhoughton Mill
![An example of the Arkwright Spinning Frame.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article18-19/Spinning_frame01.jpg?itok=GcQBYTV6)
Arkwright Spinning Frame
![A handbill printed in March 1812 in Manchester.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article18-19/Fellow%20Weavers.jpg?itok=E4R-oQWA)
Fellow Weavers!
![The front pages of Der Spiegel reveal fears of automation.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article18-19/48681135908_72826d31c8_k.jpg?itok=k2FqWLnD)
Automation in Germany