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  1. Awesome Giants of Steam (1997 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 52 min., 1997 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    A compilation of two short British Transport films.

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  2. Gas and Steam Turbines (1982 Video)

    Director
    Martin Wright
    Producer
    Kevin Newport
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Looks at the theory behind gas turbine cycles using studio animations and a schematic model. A visit to the CEGB Ironbridge Power Station shows how this is used in practice. Shows the working gas and steam...

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  3. What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us: On the Move (2005)

    Subject
    History; Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL, 30 minutes), £24.99

    Dan Cruickshank looks at the development of transport during the Industrial Revolution, including the roadbuilding of John Loudon Macadam; James Brindley’s canal network; George Stephenson and the...

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  4. Sources of Power (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Neil Cameron
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    The need for power was fundamental to the expanding industries of the 18th and 19th centuries. Water power was the first answer, but the geographical limitations led to the development of steam power in the...

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  5. Lord Kelvin’s Clock (1982 Video)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 22 min.

    About thermodynamics and the irreversibility of time. Deals with Kelvin’s attempts to establish scientifically the age of the earth. Shows the importance of steam power to 19th-century science and...

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  6. What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us: Working Wonders

    Subject
    History; Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL, 30 minutes), £24.99

    Dan Cruickshank traces the origins of the 21st century working world in some of the innovations of the Industrial Revolution, including James Watt’s steam engine; Richard Arkwright’s spinning frame which...

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  7. Early Textile Manufacturing Processes (1979 Video)

    Director
    Gordon Thomson
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 17, 17, 5 min., 1996 sale: £40.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    3: The last piecing machine to operate in Britain was filmed at Bridgend on the Isle of Islay. The piecing machine’s function was to join the strips of wool, produced by the carding machine, to form...

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  8. James Watt (1959 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Life and work of the Scottish engineer and inventor, particularly his invention of the separate condenser.

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  9. Molecular Theory of Matter (1965 Film)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The kinetic theory of matter is demonstrated by showing the diffusion of gases in air, the condensation of steam, the evaporation of liquids, and the transformation of liquids into solids. Brownian movement...

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  10. 72 Suns, The (1978 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The COSS collector is a solar energy collector with segmented mirrors. The 72-mirror prototype has been successfully used in experiments at the Centre for Nuclear Energy in Caradache. In sunny regions such...

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