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Discovery and Invention
A Leader by Example
George Stephenson won the admiration of French navvies by showing them how a Geordie works a shovel.
by Samuel Smiles 1812-1904
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Businessmen in Liverpool engaged George Stephenson to build one of his new-fangled railways.
Abraham Darby I
To the poor of England, the Worcestershire man gave affordable pots and pans, and to all the world he gave the industrial revolution.
Kanguru!
James Cook describes his first sight of a beloved Australian icon.
by Captain James Cook 1728-1779
Mary Anning
A twelve-year-old girl from Lyme Regis made a historic discovery while selling seashells to tourists.
Russia’s First Railway
Sixteen-year-old John Wesley Hackworth brought a locomotive over to St Petersburg, and Russia’s railway revolution was ready for the off.