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How the British Invented Cool
By Clay Lane
Michael Faraday showed that gases could be compressed and evaporated to preserve food and make ice.
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The Iron Horse and the Iron Cow
By Samuel Smiles
Railways not only brought fresh, healthy food to the urban poor, they improved the conditions of working animals.
423
The Pig-and-Potato War
In 1859, peaceful co-existence on the Canadian border was severely tested by a marauding pig.
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West Auckland, European Champions
A team of amateurs gave Europe’s finest a drubbing.
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The Tanfield Railway
Opened in 1725, the Tanfield Railway is one of the oldest railways still operating anywhere in the world.
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A Nation’s Wealth
By Richard Cobden
It is not politicians and their policies that create wealth, but the hard work and ingenuity of ordinary people.
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