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Conquerors

Adam Hart-Davis investigates Victorian innovation. He visits Kew Gardens to examine the plants brought back by explorers and demonstrates submarine telegraphy.

Adam Hart-Davis investigates the Victorian innovations that left a lasting impression on British society. In this edition, he visits Kew Gardens to examine the plants which explorers brought back from abroad and experiences the science of storm prediction. Plus a demonstration of the greatest world-shrinking Victorian technology of all - submarine telegraphy.

30 minutes

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Thu 29 Jan 2009 22:00

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