Explorations: Iron Horse: the revolutionary impact of the steam engine
Duration: 5 mins 26 secs
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Background to Channel 4 'The Day the World Took Off', shown in 2000. With thanks to Windfall Films.
Sitting with a model of Stephenson's Rocket, Simon Schaffer reflects on the steam revolution and how it changed the world in the nineteenth century in so many different ways. |
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| Created: | 2018-03-08 16:23 |
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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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