Elements - Iron (Fe) - the Industrial Revolution

Iron (Fe) - the Industrial Revolution

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In the first of three programmes about iron, Justin Rowlatt explores two moments in industrial history that transformed this most abundant of metal elements into the key material out of which modern life is constructed. And they both took place right here in the British Isles.

Published on Wednesday, 18th March 2015.

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