Once it was complete, London never suffered a major cholera outbreak again. London’s problem was not a new one for humanity. Natural and industrial waste is a fact of life.

Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. ... one that grabs colonial history and the Industrial Revolution, ...

LONDON, June 9 (Reuters Breakingviews) - There is much excited chatter that automation will unleash a Fourth Industrial Revolution, building on earlier upheavals caused by the arrival of steam ...