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There were two identical armoured trains in service during the First World War: one for the East Anglian coast and one for the east coast of Scotland
Defence & security

February 1919: First World War armoured trains

Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, August 1945
Defence & security

January 1946: Report on bombing of Hiroshima

Materials

December 1914: Armour all at sea

Plans for London's new sewers
Civil & structural

June 1858: Designing London’s sewers

Defence & security

November 1905: Farewell to the inventor of the torpedo

Aerospace

October 1945: Whittle reflects on his jet engine

Civil & structural

August 1936: The cables of the Golden Gate Bridge

The Faraday wheel was the first demonstration of generating electrical current
Energy & environment

The power to succeed

Civil & structural

Troubled waters, troubled projects

The Lovell Telescope in 1957
Electronics

July 1957 - Dish of the day

Edward Clarke's pressure forging apparatus changed the shape of metal items gradually, preserving their strength
Manufacturing

June 1878: Automation, metalworking and specialisation

Last of the racing-cars: Malcolm Campbell and the car that would be the first Bluebird
Aerospace

Distance versus time: the land speed record through history