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The inventor's vision of a global wireless-transmission tower proved to be his undoing

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Find out more about the history of Nikola Tesla, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more. Get all the facts on HISTORY.com

English engineer and principal inventor of the railroad locomotive. Stephenson was the son of a mechanic who operated a Newcomen atmospheric-steam engine that was used t

The Archives Hub and Copac are trusted online resources which help researchers save time when they are searching for primary and secondary source materials to support their study. This month we look at the Duke of Bridgewater and the Bridgewater Canal

Primary school classroom resources about Isambard Kingdom Brunel including biographical details, videos, games, activities and lesson plans (KS1/ KS2).

Biography of William Hedley

John Loudon McAdam invented a new way of building roads, and his name is the basis for the modern "tarmac."

The Scotsman who laid the foundations of industrial Britain, the Colossus of Roads, the godfather of civil engineering, Thomas Telford even had a town named after him. So why has he been all but forgotten? Born on the borders of England and Scotland on 9 August 1757, Thomas Telford never knew his shepherd father. He dies four months after the boy is born. His single mother can’t afford to raise him so relatives do. But such is Thomas’s vitality that he’s soon known as ‘Laughing Tam’.

American inventor, engineer, and artist who brought steamboating from the experimental stage to commercial success. He also designed a system of inland waterways,

Here is a look at ten of the most significant American inventors during the 19th century including Thomas Edison (phonograph, light bulb, movies etc.).

John Kemp Starley was a nephew of the James Starley who managed to start bicycle revolution in England. However, John Kemp Starley managed to distinguish himself as the man who revolutionized bicycles completely and made them viable for all worldwide markets.

The ‘Father of Railways’, George Stephenson, built the first commercial locomotive and railways, setting a standard adopted worldwide. He also grew straight cucumbers competitively, married three times and may be why we call people from Newcastle, ‘Geordies’.

Founder of British inland navigation, whose canal, built from his estates at Worsley to the city of Manchester, is called the Bridgewater canal. His father, who was create

Learn about Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a 19th century versatile and audacious engineer who created the Great Western Railway.

British mechanical engineer and inventor who successfully harnessed high-pressure steam and constructed the world’s first steam railway locomotive (1803). In 1805 he adapte

Scottish inventor of the macadam road surface. In 1770 he went to New York City, entering the countinghouse of a merchant uncle; he returned to Scotland with a considerabl