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So, the plan failed.Henry took everything, and that's why mapmakinggot better; because...

So, the plan failed.
Henry took everything, and that's why mapmaking
got better; because when Henry sold
all those monastic lands, he kicked off
a surveyor's bonanza, because all the buyers
wanted their land mesured first

Full Transcript

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So, the plan failed. Henry took everything,
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and that's why mapmaking got better;
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because when Henry sold all those monastic lands,
00:00:08.827 --> 00:00:11.175
he kicked off a surveyor's bonanza,
00:00:11.175 --> 00:00:13.946
because all the buyers wanted their land mesured first.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
47
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:03
Uploaded
Jan 16, 2025
Season
1
Episode
9
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Frankfurter Filmwerkstatt

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Movie Summary

Follow James Burke through the history of science and technology in this collection of 10 1-hour episodes, starting with "The Trigger Effect."
S01 • E01 Over an area of 18 million square miles, - Connections 00:13
Over an area of 18 million square miles,
S01 • E06 See, glass making needs sand and wood mainly, - Connections 00:28
See, glass making needs sand and wood mainly,
S01 • E07 Well, with the crowned heads of Europe watching this fiasco, - Connections 00:31
Well, with the crowned heads of Europe watching this fiasco,
S01 • E06 If you think about it, things must've been pretty far gone - Connections 00:24
If you think about it, things must've been pretty far g...
S01 • E07 Now, gas making produced a lot of tar, - Connections 00:28
Now, gas making produced a lot of tar,
S01 • E09 The english were so pleased with Wade that in 1745, - Connections 00:22
The english were so pleased with Wade that in 1745,
S01 • E07 Now, so is Glasgow, smelly I mean; - Connections 00:13
Now, so is Glasgow, smelly I mean;
S01 • E01 I just assumed that something went wrong - Connections 00:16
I just assumed that something went wrong
S01 • E02 The privateers would bring back everything - Connections 00:22
The privateers would bring back everything
S01 • E01 Put yourself in this position; would you do any different? - Connections 00:10
Put yourself in this position; would you do any different?
S01 • E07 Our mysterious muck hunter made colors, - Connections 00:28
Our mysterious muck hunter made colors,
S01 • E05 Great showbiz. But the trouble was, - Connections 00:24
Great showbiz. But the trouble was,
S01 • E01 People began to be very jovial, and began to sing - Connections 00:20
People began to be very jovial, and began to sing
S01 • E07 Now, although he didn't realize it, - Connections 00:17
Now, although he didn't realize it,
S01 • E04 And a new face appeared in all the pictures, - Connections 00:11
And a new face appeared in all the pictures,
S01 • E05 By 1400, what had started as a machine to tell people - Connections 00:09
By 1400, what had started as a machine to tell people
S01 • E09 William Drummond had invented a light you could stick - Connections 00:17
William Drummond had invented a light you could stick
S01 • E05 Towns all over Europe got clocks, - Connections 00:11
Towns all over Europe got clocks,
S01 • E09 Inferior foreign lights paled into insignificance - Connections 00:12
Inferior foreign lights paled into insignificance
S01 • E09 The new light worked like this: - Connections 00:21
The new light worked like this: