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There was that period known as industrial revolution. A lot of the great inventors were either born nobility or knighted. So Britain valued their best engineeri
by venomsnake 11y ago
There was that period known as industrial revolution. A lot of the great inventors were either born nobility or knighted. So Britain valued their best engineering minds.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoOr, conversely, most of their 'best engineering minds' came from classes already valued.
- pm90 11y agoProbably because only they had both the education and the free time to pursue these things.