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How did the introduction of machines change ordinary lives in 19th century Britain? Researchers need your help to discover stories about the industrial past in digitised newspapers.
Learn moreWhat kinds of accidents happened as machines were introduced in 1800s Britain? Help us understand when, where and how machines were involved in accidents, who was affected, and how newspapers reported on accidents near and far.
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How did the introduction of machines into the workplace and landscape during the Industrial Revolution change the lives of ordinary people in the nineteenth century?
Living with Machines is a multidisciplinary research collaboration between the British Library and Alan Turing Institute with the Universities of Cambridge, East Anglia, Exeter, and London (QMUL, King’s College). We're using data science to ask historical questions and find new insights from millions of pages of newspapers, maps, books and more. The crowdsourcing tasks on this site are a vital part of our research and outreach plans. The data you contribute may also be used to train machine learning algorithms, and to improve search results and classifications within the project.