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Britain in the 18th century saw a huge explosion in engineering
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Play: Tunnel Trial
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Play: A Matter of Size
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Machines and Engineering
Extreme Engineering
Play: Building the Future
Danny Forster takes you inside some of the most head-scratching builds in the world
Can you make the right engineering decisions to save a city from certain doom?
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Play: A Matter of Size
Vehicles
Size really does matter if you want top trumps in the world of machines and engineering
Shipping remains one of the largest gears in the global economy
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Photos: Malmo, Corbis, Getty, Newscast, OOCL, DCI