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This is not a single story but a series of unique explorations that invite listeners to reflect on the profound impact of invention on human experience. With every episode, discover a new book that unravels the complexities of progress and the visionaries behind these pivotal changes. 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But the basis of developments up to the present day began to be built over 200 years ago. “Whatever the future centuries may bring in new and useful inventions, certain it is that the Nineteenth Century stands pre-eminent in this field of human achievement, so far excelling all other like periods as to establish on the pages of history an epoch as remarkable as it is unique. Never before has human conception so expressed itself in materialized embodiment, never has thought been so fruitfully wedded to the pregnant possibilities of matter, never has the divine function of creation been so closely approximated, never has such an accretion of helpful instrumentalities and material resources been added to the world’s wealth… ideas wrought into practical, substantive things, tried and proven true, these are inventions—immortal creations—and of these the Nineteenth Century has borne fruit in paramount abundance, and this legacy it now bequeaths to the coming century.” - Summary by Verla Viera and Epilogue]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>19562</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9c962b668d1000878ce8bc0bf700b383.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Story of Electricity-John Munro</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/story-of-electricity-john-munro--74465235</link><description><![CDATA[The 1800s saw a meteoric rise in modern technology in many areas. 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Never before has human conception so expressed itself in materialized embodiment, never has thought been so fruitfully wedded to the pregnant possibilities of matter, never has the divine function of creation been so closely approximated, never has such an accretion of helpful instrumentalities and material resources been added to the world’s wealth… ideas wrought into practical, substantive things, tried and proven true, these are inventions—immortal creations—and of these the Nineteenth Century has borne fruit in paramount abundance, and this legacy it now bequeaths to the coming century.” - Summary by Verla Viera and Epilogue]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>23262</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9c962b668d1000878ce8bc0bf700b383.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Masters of Space-Walter Kellogg Towers</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/masters-of-space-walter-kellogg-towers--74432892</link><description><![CDATA[The 1800s saw a meteoric rise in modern technology in many areas. 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But the basis of developments up to the present day began to be built over 200 years ago. “Whatever the future centuries may bring in new and useful inventions, certain it is that the Nineteenth Century stands pre-eminent in this field of human achievement, so far excelling all other like periods as to establish on the pages of history an epoch as remarkable as it is unique. 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Never before has human conception so expressed itself in materialized embodiment, never has thought been so fruitfully wedded to the pregnant possibilities of matter, never has the divine function of creation been so closely approximated, never has such an accretion of helpful instrumentalities and material resources been added to the world’s wealth… ideas wrought into practical, substantive things, tried and proven true, these are inventions—immortal creations—and of these the Nineteenth Century has borne fruit in paramount abundance, and this legacy it now bequeaths to the coming century.” - Summary by Verla Viera and Epilogue]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>25685</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>byrn,century,developments,electric,engineering,invention,never,nineteenth,progress,technology</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9c962b668d1000878ce8bc0bf700b383.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century - Edward Wright Byrn - Part 1</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/progress-of-invention-in-the-nineteenth-century-edward-wright-byrn-part-1--72922637</link><description><![CDATA[The 1800s saw a meteoric rise in modern technology in many areas. 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Never before has human conception so expressed itself in materialized embodiment, never has thought been so fruitfully wedded to the pregnant possibilities of matter, never has the divine function of creation been so closely approximated, never has such an accretion of helpful instrumentalities and material resources been added to the world’s wealth… ideas wrought into practical, substantive things, tried and proven true, these are inventions—immortal creations—and of these the Nineteenth Century has borne fruit in paramount abundance, and this legacy it now bequeaths to the coming century.” - Summary by Verla Viera and Epilogue]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72922637</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:58:14 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72922637/progress_of_invention_in_the_nineteenth_century_edward_wright_byrn_part_1.mp3" length="273867582" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Edward Wright Byrn</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The 1800s saw a meteoric rise in modern technology in many areas. 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But the basis of developments up to the present day began to be built over 200 years ago. “Whatever the future centuries may bring in new and useful inventions, certain it is that the Nineteenth Century stands pre-eminent in this field of human achievement, so far excelling all other like periods as to establish on the pages of history an epoch as remarkable as it is unique. Never before has human conception so expressed itself in materialized embodiment, never has thought been so fruitfully wedded to the pregnant possibilities of matter, never has the divine function of creation been so closely approximated, never has such an accretion of helpful instrumentalities and material resources been added to the world’s wealth… ideas wrought into practical, substantive things, tried and proven true, these are inventions—immortal creations—and of these the Nineteenth Century has borne fruit in paramount abundance, and this legacy it now bequeaths to the coming century.” - Summary by Verla Viera and Epilogue]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>34234</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>byrn,century,developments,electric,engineering,invention,never,nineteenth,progress,technology</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9c962b668d1000878ce8bc0bf700b383.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
