Category Archives: Transportation

How Mobile is Changing Travel

Posted on June 3, 2012 by

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The Earth Shrunk in the 19th Century

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

“A critical fact in the world of 1801 was that nothing moved faster than the speed of a horse. No human being, no manufactured item, no bushel of wheat … no letter, no information, no idea, order, or instruction of … Continue reading →

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Race Against the Machine Watch

Posted on March 11, 2012 by

Today in 1811, the first Luddite attack in which knitting frames were actually smashed occurred in the Nottinghamshire village of Arnold. Kevin Binfield, Writings of the Luddites: “The grievances consisted, first, of the sue of wide stocking frames to produce … Continue reading →

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