More Industrial Revelations

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  • in première gegaan: Jan 2005
  • Afleveringen: 10
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Bread and Beer
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Jan 10, 2005
Comedian Mark Williams explains how 19th-century Britons drank beer as a healthy alternative to water because the fermentation process killed many harmful bacteria
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What to Wear
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Jan 17, 2005
Mark Williams discovers how 19th-century hats were made of rabbit fur that had been shrunk in urine
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Gas on Wheels
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Jan 24, 2005
The use of gas to power the machines and inventions from the Industrial Revolution are explained by Mark Williams
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Print and Paper
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Jan 31, 2005
In a look at the history of printing, Mark Williams discovers why early typesetters arranged lower-case letters according to their usage, with the most common being in the middle
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Under Pressure
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Feb 07, 2005
Mark Williams visits a pub cellar and bridges across the Tyne, all powered by hydraulics, revealing how the beer pump started a power revolution
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Building a Revolution
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Feb 14, 2005
Documentary exploring how the massive construction boom triggered by the Industrial Revolution forced the building industry to find new materials to cope with increasing demand.
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Bright Sparks
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Feb 21, 2005
How the electricity industry was created from scientific experimentation and entrepreneurial enthusiasm - becoming the world's main power source.
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Heavy Metals
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Feb 28, 2005
The development of the Cornish mining industry, from pebble-picking in streams to the building of a honeycomb of mines below the sea
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Cutting it Fine
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Mrt 07, 2005
How silk was instrumental in the invention of the binary code, which went on to inspire the computer revolution.
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Machine Tools
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Mrt 14, 2005
Mark Williams learns about Joseph Whitworth, the man who standardised the threaded screw. Plus, the total cost of wood required to build HMS Victory

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