Local Heroes (1995)

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3x1
Devon and Cornwall
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Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) Steam Engine Henry Trengrouse (1772-1854) Maritime Safety Rocket William Murdoch (1754-1839) Beer clearing, Steam Carriage Henry Winstanley (1644-1703) Eddystone Lighthouse
3x2
London
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Cornelius Drebbel (1572-1634) Oxygen, Submarine Michael Faraday (1791-1867) How Candles Work, Parascience Charles Babbage (1792-1871) Calculator Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) Computer Programming
3x3
Egypt
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Ctsebius (300BC-250BC) Clepshyrda (Water Clock), Musical Organ Eratosthenese Earth's Circumference Ibn Alhazen (965-1038) Pinhole Camera
3x4
Sicily
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Archimedes (287BC–212BC) Enemy Ship Burning, Infinite Counting, Measurement of Volume Xenophanes (560BC-478BC) Gradual Process in Geology Zeno (495BC-430BC) Philosophical Paradox Empedocles (494BC-434BC) Air
3x5
South
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Robert Hooke (1635-1703) Biological Cell, Hooke's Law, Magnifying Microscope Arthur Ashwell (1809-1882) Railway WC Thomas Young (1773-1829) Translation of Hyroglyphics, Light as a .. show full overview
3x6
Ireland
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John Tyndall (1820-1893) Scattering of Sunlight William (Earl of Ross) Parsons (1800-1867) Largest Telescope Robert Boyle (1627-1691) Boyle's Law, Combustion Requires Air, Sound Through Air Vibration William Petty (1623-1687) Catamaran
3x7
North and West of Birmingham
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Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) Speaking Machine Thomas Wedgewood (1771-1805) Photography Henry Hickman (1800-1830) Anaesthesia Henry Faulds (1843-1930) Fingerprinting John Wilkinson (1728-1808) Spinning Canonballs
3x8
North West
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William Brownrigg (1711-1800) Smoothing Troubled Waters Jeremiah Horroks (1619-1641) Transit of Venus (24/11/1639) Lionel Pilkington (1920-1995) Float Glass Frank Hornby (1863-1936) Meccano

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