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  1. Notts. Ideas Man.

    Date released
    1956
    Series name
    Mining Review Composite Editions
    Issue no
    CMR4
    NoS ID
    346564
    Story no
    3 / 4

    BFI synopsis: A look at Gerald Russon, an electrician/inventor, who is seen making a television set at home, and also looking at some of the inventions for Coal Board equipment he has made for Thoresby...

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  2. What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us: War Machine

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

    Dan Cruickshank discovers how the Industrial Revolution created modern warfare. He looks at inventions such as The Turtle, the first submarine used in conflict; the interchangeable Baker rifle; Congreve’s...

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  3. Shylock’s End (1970 Radio)

    Series
    Fact and Fancy
    Producer
    Charles Lefeaux

    Radio broadcast. A series of four inventions by H.F. Rubinstein based on well-known themes of literature or history. In this episode the author speculates on the life of Shakespeare’s characters some time...

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  4. 2010 BBC Year of Science

    Date
    9 Feb 2010, 13:06
    Author
    Cathy Grant
    Post Type
    Post

    2010 has been designated by the BBC as its year of science. Under the generic title The World of Wonder there will be a year-long celebration of science on BBC television, radio and online, aimed at both...

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    Date released
    13 Nov 1928
    Series name
    British Screen Tatler
    Issue no
    15
    NoS ID
    330347
    Story no
    1 / 6

    NoS synopsis: a new self-winding watch.

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    Date released
    13 Aug 1928
    Series name
    British Screen Tatler
    Issue no
    2
    NoS ID
    330286
    Story no
    3 / 5

    NoS synopsis: A device that removes creases from ties.

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  7. Culture Change (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Out OF Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Discusses how cultures are constantly changing, sometimes slowly and peacefully, other times rapidly and violently, sometimes as a result of internal factors such as inventions, other times because of the...

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  8. Reaching a Pitch

    Date released
    Jun 1938
    Series name
    Ace Cinemagazine
    Issue no
    68
    NoS ID
    349177
    Story no
    2 / 4

    NoS synopsis: Professor Low describing his work as an inventor

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  9. First at the Post

    Date released
    Jul 1938
    Series name
    Ace Cinemagazine
    Issue no
    74
    NoS ID
    349205
    Story no
    3 / 5

    NoS synopsis: A process of photographic transfer for making pictures quickly

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  10. Golden Rule, The (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Millington
    Subject
    Design; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Follows on from Robert Symes’ ten guidelines to help the lone inventor progress from bright idea to marketable product. Here Mr Symes and two inventors, one the designer of a cardboard skeleton kit and the...

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