205

In the Nick of Time

By Clay Lane

Anti-slavery campaigner Granville Sharp had a court order preventing Thomas Lewis being shipped off to slavery, but he had to find him first.

206

John Harrison’s Marine Chronometer

By Clay Lane

When Harrison won the Longitude Prize, fair and square, Parliament wouldn’t pay up.

207

The Ladder with Twenty-Four Rungs

By Clay Lane

The Duke of Argyll was pleasantly surprised to find one of his gardeners reading a learned book of mathematics - in Latin.

208

The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

By Clay Lane

When Parliament sent the Army against American colonists, people still calling themselves ‘British’ had to decide very quickly what that meant to them.

209

Mrs Clements

By Clay Lane

Mrs Clements of Durham is not a household name, but the product she invented is.

210

No Dog Exchanges Bones with Another

By Adam Smith

How do we get the help of millions of people we don’t know? Only by trade.