THEME Science, engineering and innovation
The Scientific Revolution and The Industrial Revolution. The Newton Connection
Why did the Industrial Revolution take place in Britain rather than anywhere else in Britain? The answer lies in the work of Isaac Newton, the consequences of which were far reaching and completely revolutionary…
Read MoreKew Gardens Library, Art & Archives
The remarkable collection and archive at Kew Gardens and what they can reveal about ‘enlightened’ times..
Read MoreThe Remarkable Influence of Sir Joseph Banks
The remarkable influence of Joseph Banks, explorer, botanist and ‘enlightened’ man, stretched itself over a multitude of disciplines and ages. The connections he made heralded a new wave of thinking about science which still impact today…
Read MoreVictorian Women and the Professions. The Female Doctor
The first female doctors of the C19th. Why were women excluded from the professions in the first half of the C19th and when did it change?
Read MoreIsambard Kingdom Brunel & Florence Nightingale a Connection
What is the connection between two great British heros, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Florence Nightingale?
Read MoreFirst Kodak Box Brownie
The first Kodak Box Brownie was manufactured in 1900, how many of us started to take photographs with a Kodak camera?
Read MoreThree Abraham Darby’s
Abraham Darby was the first man to use coke in furnaces, his son produced wrought iron and his grandson built the iron bridge at Ironbridge. 3 generations of the same family contributing to the Industrial Revolution.
Read MoreAda Lovelace 1815 – 1852 and the first computer programme
Aususta Ada Lovelace was a brilliant mathematician who took Charles Babbage’s analytical machine a step further, so why don’t we know more about her?
Read MoreJohn Snow Mapping Cholera 1859
Sometimes events happen in history, that have a profound effect upon all people, the epidemiological studies of John Snow in his pursuit of the cause of cholera was one just event
Read MoreMap of John Snow’s London 1859
An intriguing snippet to put you in touch with John Snow and his mapping study of cholera in London in 1859
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