Seasons & Episodes
EP 1
The Gun
There would be no guns without gunpowder, the volatile mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulphur th
EP 2
The Computer
In Victorian times 'computers' were people who added up rows of figures. Now they are mechanical wonders - without them
EP 3
The Jet Engine
When Sir Frank Whittle was developing his revolutionary jet engines during the 1940s, he needed robust but lightweight a
EP 4
The Telephone
At the time of Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson's first successful telephone transmission in 1875, the only wires
EP 5
The Television
Television would never have developed without the cathode ray tube (CRT). It was invented by a German, Karl Ferdinand Br
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