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Industrial Revelations

Season 2 • Episode 9 • Cutting it Fine

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Industrial Revelations Season 2, Episode 9: Cutting it Fine

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How silk was instrumental in the invention of the binary code, which went on to inspire the computer revolution. Watch Industrial Revelations Season 2, Episode 9 Cutting it Fine in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of Industrial Revelations Season 2, Episode 9 and share your thoughts in the comments below!

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Episodes

10 episodes
1

Bread and Beer

Comedian Mark Williams explains how 19th-century Britons drank beer as a healthy alternative to water because the fermentation process killed many harmful bacteria

30 min
2

What to Wear?

Mark Williams discovers how 19th-century hats were made of rabbit fur that had been shrunk in urine

30 min
3

Gas on Wheels

The use of gas to power the machines and inventions from the Industrial Revolution are explained by Mark Williams

30 min
4

Print and Paper

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

30 min
5

Under Pressure

Mark Williams visits a pub cellar and bridges across the Tyne, all powered by hydraulics, revealing how the beer pump started a power revolution

30 min
6

Building a Revolution

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.

30 min
7

Bright Sparks

How the electricity industry was created from scientific experimentation and entrepreneurial enthusiasm - becoming the world's main power source.

30 min
8

Heavy Metals

The development of the Cornish mining industry, from pebble-picking in streams to the building of a honeycomb of mines below the sea

30 min
9

Cutting it Fine

How silk was instrumental in the invention of the binary code, which went on to inspire the computer revolution.

30 min
10

Machine Tools

Mark Williams learns about Joseph Whitworth, the man who standardised the threaded screw. Plus, the total cost of wood required to build HMS Victory

30 min