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Speed Merchants

Adam Hart-Davis investigates the Victorian innovations that left a lasting impression on British society. This edition focuses on the Victorian obsession with speed.

Adam Hart-Davis investigates the Victorian innovations that left a lasting impression on British society.

This edition focuses on the Victorian obsession with speed, and the impact of steam power on farming. After visiting the last steam-powered mill in the country, he experiences the legacy of Brunel's Great Western Railway, and sees if a project to build a steam-powered plane can ever get off the ground.

30 minutes

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Presenter Adam Hart-Davis

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