Technology
- Yeast is discovered, as a new way to make beer ferment (beer made before 1800 was lambic).
- Henry Maudslay develops the first industrially practical screw-cutting lathe, allowing standardisation of screw thread sizes for the first time, in London.
- The first design for a cast iron twin leaf swing bridge is produced by Ralph Walker for London Docks.
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“The real accomplishment of modern science and technology consists in taking ordinary men, informing them narrowly and deeply and then, through appropriate organization, arranging to have their knowledge combined with that of other specialized but equally ordinary men. This dispenses with the need for genius. The resulting performance, though less inspiring, is far more predictable.”
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