It concentrates primarily on the scientific and social advances of the era, which bore the Industrial Revolution and set the standards for polite society today.

Video on YouTube Video on YouTube Video on YouTube In 1875, the Bulldog Club defined the perfect British Bulldog, in a booklet that was circulated to breeders everywhere.

From dogs to engineering, from sports to space and time, the world was becoming obsessed by standards, and the rules that defined them.

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