Chris Barries kicks off with the decade that industralised the war with a selection of pre-war inventions.
A selection of images from the 1920s, the boom-and-bust years when invented machines were all about speed, glamour and power.
Chris Barrie shows how new innovations helped defeat Hitler.
Step back to the 1820s into one of the most revolutionary decades in British history.
The decade when mass production came to Britain
A look at some iconic machines from the 1950s
When the spirit of the swinging sixties was embraced by British engineers
1980s, a time when British designers got to grips with exciting new technology
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