George III: the tyrant who lost America?
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He was the man who made sure that em that the er longitude er, the discoveryr of longitude, was paid properly. He had the largest collection of scientific instruments in the world at the time - it's still the main piece of the science museum herein london. But he wasn't, he wasn't one for going down a mine, for example. Of an industrial revolution, a larger part of it took part in the midlands of england, and he never went north of worcester. Why do you think it was that he didn't have this desire to travel and see the lands he reigned over? It's fascinating, isn't it? It's george
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