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Discovery and Invention
The Ladies’ Diary
A long-lived annual of riddles, rhymes and really hard maths aimed specifically at Georgian Britain’s hidden public of clever women.
John Dalton
At fifteen John Dalton was a village schoolmaster in Kendal; at forty he had published the first scientific theory of atoms.
A Monument to Liberty
Samuel Smiles explains why the London and Birmingham Railway was an achievement superior to the Great Pyramid of Giza.
by Samuel Smiles 1812-1904
The Rainhill Trials
To prove that steam power was the future of railways, George Stephenson held a truly historic competition.
India’s First Railway
The opening of the Bombay to Thane line was the real beginning of British India.
Indian History
Britain’s Best Gift to India
Samuel Smiles reminds us that until we brought the railways to India, we had little to boast about as an imperial power.