The term mouse fly is kind of a contradiction and one of the types of flies that brings the word fly in fly fishing almost as far away from something flying as possible - still surpassed by shrimp flies not to mention crab flies, but anyway...
One of the reasons Britain became rich was because the Industrial Revolution (factories and such) got off the ground there sooner. Britain had a large navy, and many colonies in other parts of the world, such as India, and Rhodesia.
The Industrial Revolution was invented in Britain in the eighteenth century because that was where it paid to invent it. Britainâs success in international trade led to a high-wage, cheap energy economy at home, which in turn created a demand for new technology â the famous inventions of the Industrial Revolution.he Industrial Revolution was invented in Britain in the eighteenth century because that was where it paid to invent it. The success of R&D programmes in eighteenth century Britain depended on another characteristic of the high wage economy.