History - British History in depth: The Beam Engine Animation. Newcomen engine. Making, Baking, and Laying Bricks. Brickmaking. Brickmaking c. 1850 AD There are five steps needed to make bricks. The first step is called WINNING, or mining the clay. Because the steam shovel was not invented until 1879 early brickmakers had to dig for the clay on site with hand shovels.
This was done in autumn. The early brickmaker chose his clay by it's color and texture and based on his experience. He sought clay that was located just under the topsoil to minimize the hard work of digging it with hand spades. The second step is PREPARATION of the clay In the spring the clay was then able to be worked by hand. The clay was removed from the soaking pit or pug mill by a temperer who delivered it to the moulding table. The third step is MOULDING. The assistant brick mouder was called the "clot" moulder and he would prepare a lump of clay and give it to the brick moulder. Moulding table shown in Dobson's Book Mould (top) and stockboard (below) of the kind used for making bricks in the nineteen century The fourth step is DRYING.
Richard Trevithick - Locomotive Inventor. History train industry can’t be told without describing interesting life of Richard Trevithick, inventor who pioneered early steam engines and laid foundation for building all the future railway systems that are used today. His ingenuity and ability to solve problems no matter how impossible they seemed never made him into a rich man, but his undeniable technical advances enabled him to become part of history that will always remain remembered.
Richard Trevithick was born in 1771, in the coal lands of Carn Brea between Camborne and Redruth in Cornwall. Surrounded by mines, and educated from young days to work with his father on water pump engines, he soon formulated the vision of improving efficiency of mining and transporting precious coal that was powering Britain’s vast industry. To make such change, he needed to make radical alteration of original steam engine designs that were made by famous James Watt in 1770s and adapt it to power locomotive that was moving.
Industrial Revolution. Genius of Britain. More Industrial Revelations Europe. More Industrial Revelations Europe Ronald Top covers a range of subjects, from early in the industrial revolution, such as canal building in Sweden, and linen making in Belgium, to the next wave of industrialization, with the development of the internal combustion engine, flying and new building practices such as reinforced concrete. [edit] Steaming Up the Alps Ronald Top discovers how technology opened up the Alps to Europe’s first tourists. He goes on board the early paddle steamers that took them across the lakes, the ingenious funiculars that carried them up the lower slopes and the cog and rack railways that transported them up to the mountain peaks. [edit] Bread Beer and Salt How did the production of food become industrialized in order to keep up with an ever expanding urban population?
[edit] Exploding Engines [edit] The City Top visits Berlin and Prague and explores how cities coped with rapid population growth once society entered the railway age. [edit] High Fliers. Industrial Revelations (TV Series 2002–