Tag: Invention AudioNecessity, the mother of invention: Britain’s response to the demands of total war 1939-1945Monday 20 February 2012This talk is about British invention and innovation during the Second World War –...AudioFrom cotton spinning to coffins: specifications for patents of inventionFriday 18 December 2009Patents of invention cover a vast range of ideas, from the industrial and agricultural...AudioInventions in 18th century BritainFriday 28 April 2006Maxine Berg, Professor of History at the Eighteenth Century Centre, University of Warwick, explores...