Posts in The Copybook tagged ‘Discovery and Invention’
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The more that pioneering engineer George Stephenson understood of the world around him, the more his sense of wonder grew.
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George Stephenson was only too pleased to save the Government from its scientific advisers.
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James Hargreaves’s historic invention was not without its critics when it first appeared.
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Samuel Smiles explains how Tudor England was transformed from sleepy backwater to hive of industry.
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Sir Humphry Davy pleads with Britain’s scientists not to be bought by Napoleon’s gold.
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As Japan’s ruling shoguns resist the tide of progress, a Nagasaki-based Scottish entrepreneur steps in.