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Discovery and Invention
Sir Sandford Fleming
What George Stephenson was to the railways of England, Sandford Fleming was to the railways of Canada.
Tudor Era
The Voyage of the ‘Golden Hinde’
Elizabethan adventurer Sir Francis Drake combined sailing round the world with really annoying the King of Spain.
The London and Birmingham Railway
The textile moguls of Manchester and Liverpool engaged the Stephensons to complete their link to the capital.
Heathcoat’s Bobbinet
John Heathcoat’s lace-making machine created thousands of jobs, and gave ordinary people clothes they could never have dreamt of.
Burning Daylight
George Stephenson argued that his steam engines were solar-powered.
by Samuel Smiles 1812-1904
The Hat that Changed the World
Young William’s hat caught the eye of Matthew Boulton, and the world was never the same again.
