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Title:

Revolutions [videorecording] / written and presented by James Burke.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Ambrose Video Publishing,

Copyright Date:

c1994

Description:

1 videocassette (25 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Watt, James,--1736-1819.
Cathode ray oscilloscope.
DNA--History.
Gas lighting--History.
Genetic engineering
Inventions--History.
Inventors--History.
Matches.
Photocopying machines--History.
Radiography--History.
Silicon carbide.
Space flight--History.
Steam engineering--History.
Technology and civilization.
Telephone--History.
Television--History.
Great Britain--History.--History.

Other Authors:

Burke, James, 1936-
Sattin, Richard.
Slee, Mike.
Discovery Productions, Inc.
Principal Film Company.

Notes:

"A presentation of Discovery Productions in association with James Burke and The Principal Film Company, UK."--Container. "Created especially for the Learning Channel"--Container. In series title "2" is superscript.

Summary:

Part of a series exploring the origins and effects of inventions that shaped the modern world. This episode explores the work of inventor, James Watt and his affect on the industrial revolution, which is then linked to the invention of steam power, paper copiers, matches, gas lighting, the telephone, television, osciloscope, the Apollo Space flight, the discovery of carborundum and its role in the development of radiography and the discovery of DNA and genetic engineering.

Series:

Connections 2 ; 1

OCLC:

(OCoLC)30824522

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)