Is It True That...? — Season 1, Episode 9: ...The Steam Engine Started the Industrial Revolution?
Documentary • 23 min • 2 seasons, 40 episodes
Episode synopsis
The steam engine marked the beginning of the fossil fuel era. But was it really this invention that triggered the Industrial Revolution? The search for answers takes us back to ancient times, to China, to Iceland... But never strays far from the coal mines of Great Britain.
About Is It True That...?
Did democracy actually originate in Greece? Was the plague the worst epidemic of all time? And did we really work harder in the past than we do today? Is it true that ...? questions what we think we know and takes another look at history.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1...Democracy Was Invented In Greece?
- E2...The Plague Was the Worst Epidemic Ever?
- E3...We Used to Work More?
- E4...We Always Believed in God?
- E5...The Library of Alexandria Burned Down?
- E6...Vibrators Were Invented for Female Pleasure?
- E7...We Used to Die Younger in the Past?
- E8...Hitler Invented the Autobahn?
- E10...Bartering Was the First Form of Money?
- E11...Men Have Always Worn Trousers?
- E12...Beauty Standards Have Always Been the Same?
- E13...Julius Caesar Was Born by C-Section?