Explorations: Iron Horse: What made Stephenson's rocket special?
Duration: 8 mins 31 secs
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Background to Channel 4 'The Day the World Took Off', shown in 2000. With thanks to Windfall Films.
In conversation with a curator at the Rail Museum at York, Simon Schaffer discusses what made Stephenson's Rocket special for us. What George Stephenson did with his steam engine. |
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| Created: | 2018-03-08 16:12 |
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| Collection: | A History of the World (The Day the World Took Off) |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | Prof Alan Macfarlane |
| Language: | eng (English) |
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