Explorations: Iron Horse: Use of wheels in England and Japan

Duration: 2 mins 20 secs
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Description: Background to Channel 4 'The Day the World Took Off', shown in 2000. With thanks to Windfall Films.

In contrasting England with Japan, one of the notable features of Japan is the decline in the use of the wheel.
 
Created: 2018-03-08 16:25
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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