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Discovery and Invention
Tales of scientific innovation and merchant enterprise, from steam power and life-saving medicines to new trade partners far away, and new ways to reach them.
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The Voyage of the ‘Golden Hinde’
By Clay Lane
Elizabethan adventurer Sir Francis Drake combined sailing round the world with really annoying the King of Spain.
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The London and Birmingham Railway
The textile moguls of Manchester and Liverpool engaged the Stephensons to complete their link to the capital.
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Heathcoat’s Bobbinet
John Heathcoat’s lace-making machine created thousands of jobs, and gave ordinary people clothes they could never have dreamt of.
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Burning Daylight
By Samuel Smiles
George Stephenson argued that his steam engines were solar-powered.
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The Genius Next Door
William Murdoch’s experiments with steam traction impressed his next-door neighbour, with world-changing results.
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The Hat that Changed the World
Young William’s hat caught the eye of Matthew Boulton, and the world was never the same again.
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