Inventions That Changed the World(2004)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2004-01-15
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 7.5
Votes: 4
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 5
The stories behind some of the most significant inventions which have helped shape the world we live in today.
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Episodes: 5E01
The Gun
Air Date: 2004-01-15
There would be no guns without gunpowder, the volatile mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulphur...
E02
The Computer
Air Date: 2004-01-22
In Victorian times 'computers' were people who added up rows of figures. Now they are mechanical wonders - without t...
E03
The Jet Engine
Air Date: 2004-01-29
When Sir Frank Whittle was developing his revolutionary jet engines during the 1940s, he needed robust but lightweigh...
E04
The Telephone
Air Date: 2004-02-06
At the time of Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson's first successful telephone transmission in 1875, the only wi...
E05
The Television
Air Date: 2004-02-12
Television would never have developed without the cathode ray tube (CRT). It was invented by a German, Karl Ferdinand...
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