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Dan Cruickshank looks at the achievements of the Industrial Revolution: amongst them not only the Spinning Jenny and the steam engine, but the first jigsaw, the first stethoscope, the first tinned food and...
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...
Prior to the Industrial Revolution, the day-to-day lives of ordinary Britons had remained unchanged for centuries. Homes were largely rural and functional, and the idea of decorative and comfortable...
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...
Dan Cruickshank presents a history of medical innovation during the industrial revolution, focusing on James Lind’s treatment of scurvy with oranges and lemons, in the first ever clinical trial; Edward...
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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