Local Heroes

Local Heroes· Season 1 · Episode 4

Midlands

S01E04·January 23, 1996

Tonight's stories of pioneering scientists and inventors come from the Midlands. Host Adam Hart-Davis investigates the Lunar Society of Birmingham, known as "lunaticks". Its members included James Watt and William Murdock, responsible for a copying machine, revolutionising the steam engine, and gas lighting. Plus the stories behind the gas turbine, the first British car and holography.

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