S03E07: Potteries | Local Heroes

Duration: 29'13''

Synopsis

Adam Hart-Davis searches for unsung heroes of science on a trip to the Potteries, Staffordshire. Using a few pipes, a ribbon and an air pump, he demonstrates the early ideas for a voice synthesiser that were developed by Erasmus Darwin. Charles Darwin's grandfather. Other subjects include John ''Iron Mad'' Wilkinson, who perfected the aim of the cannon.

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