The world's smallest engine – built with human hair! The Museum of Making bounces back | Museums
Last modified on Mon 24 May 2021 10.52 EDT A seven-tonne Rolls-Royce jet engine hangs in the lofty glass atrium of Derbyâs new Museum of Making, suspended above a wall of objects that cascade down the stairs towards the entrance, as if propelled by the mighty turbofan of the engine. It is a junk-shop tsunami of clogs and clocks, spoons and street signs, telephones and tights, harnesses and horsetails, with one thing in common: they were all made in Derby. There might be no better place to tell the story of manufacturing than this Midlands city, and specifically this building: a redbrick...
Source: theguardian.com