The industrial revolution began with machines. Before the industrial revolution machines were prevalent but they weren't nearly as complex or efficient as the machines of the industrial revolution, and then on. Machines before the industrial revolution relied on an outside source of power; like wind, water, animal, or man power. But machines of the industrial revolution ran off of an engine, the new engine used gas to create controlled explosions.
This, however, was not the only contributing factor. Henry Ford, an industrialist, built a format that propelled the world of business and technology forward. He was the pioneer of factories and he created the format. He decided to fill his warehouse with machines, by doing this he was able to manufacture