Industrial Revelations Season 2
Industrial Revelations is a Documentary show showing the connections between related industrial advances. The show's presenter has changed several times since the first series in 2002 hosted by Mark Williams.
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Industrial Revelations
2002 / NR
Industrial Revelations is a Documentary show showing the connections between related industrial advances. The show's presenter has changed several times since the first series in 2002 hosted by Mark Williams.
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Industrial Revelations Season 2 Full Episode Guide
Mark Williams learns about Joseph Whitworth, the man who standardised the threaded screw. Plus, the total cost of wood required to build HMS Victory
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How silk was instrumental in the invention of the binary code, which went on to inspire the computer revolution.
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The development of the Cornish mining industry, from pebble-picking in streams to the building of a honeycomb of mines below the sea
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How the electricity industry was created from scientific experimentation and entrepreneurial enthusiasm - becoming the world's main power source.
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Documentary exploring how the massive construction boom triggered by the Industrial Revolution forced the building industry to find new materials to cope with increasing demand.
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Mark Williams visits a pub cellar and bridges across the Tyne, all powered by hydraulics, revealing how the beer pump started a power revolution
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In a look at the history of printing, Mark Williams discovers why early typesetters arranged lower-case letters according to their usage, with the most common being in the middle
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The use of gas to power the machines and inventions from the Industrial Revolution are explained by Mark Williams
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Mark Williams discovers how 19th-century hats were made of rabbit fur that had been shrunk in urine
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Comedian Mark Williams explains how 19th-century Britons drank beer as a healthy alternative to water because the fermentation process killed many harmful bacteria
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