{"id": 1229173, "name": "Wages relative to price of energy", "unit": "", "description": "Labourer's daily wage relative to the price of 1 million British Thermal Units (BTUs), early 1700s", "createdAt": "2026-05-12T11:24:49.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-05-12T11:24:49.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "1700-1700", "datasetId": 7852, "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "wages_relative_to_price_of_energy", "catalogPath": "grapher/core_econ/2018-09-15/figure_2_10/figure_2_10#wages_relative_to_price_of_energy", "type": "float", "datasetName": "Figure 2.10", "datasetVersion": "2018-09-15", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {}, "schemaVersion": 1, "presentation": {}, "source": {"id": 31581, "name": "Allen, R. C. (2009)", "dataPublishedBy": "Allen, R. C. (2009), 'The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective, New Approaches to Economic and Social History', Cambridge University Press.", "dataPublisherSource": "", "link": "", "retrievedDate": "", "additionalInfo": "The bar chart shows the price of labour relative to the price of energy \u2014 specifically, the wages of building labourers divided by the price of 1 million BTU (British Thermal Units, a unit of energy equivalent to slightly more than 1,000 joules).\n\nData received directly from author via Kevin O'Rourke."}, "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 1700}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 36802, "name": "Amsterdam", "code": null}, {"id": 38029, "name": "Beijing", "code": null}, {"id": 34609, "name": "London", "code": null}, {"id": 38214, "name": "Newcastle, \nEngland", "code": null}, {"id": 36686, "name": "Paris", "code": null}, {"id": 38215, "name": "Strasbourg, \nFrance", "code": null}]}}, "origins": []}