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Discovery and Invention
How the British Invented Cool
Michael Faraday showed that gases could be compressed and evaporated to preserve food and make ice.
The Iron Horse and the Iron Cow
Railways not only brought fresh, healthy food to the urban poor, they improved the conditions of working animals.
by Samuel Smiles 1812-1904
The Tanfield Railway
Opened in 1725, the Tanfield Railway is one of the oldest railways still operating anywhere in the world.
Earl Stanhope and the Re-Invention of Printing
Britain never knew she was a nation of voracious readers until printing entered the steam age.
Sir Humphry Davy
A Cornish professor of chemistry with a poetic turn who helped make science a popular fashion.
The Geordie Lamp
The engineer put his own life on the line for the safety of his fellow-workers in the coal industry.
based on an account by Samuel Smiles 1812-1904