1. Electric Generator — 2023-09-23 12:04:37

   …= First Generator == {{Image url="FaradayDiskGenerator.jpg" class="left" title="Faraday Disk Generator" width="" }} In 1831 Michael Faraday discovered the operating principle of electromagnetic generators. The horseshoe-shaped magnet (A) crea…

2. Microphone — 2021-11-07 21:26:04

   …phone :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="DavidEdwardHughes.jpg" Who="David Edward Hughes" width="" birth_date="16/5/1831" birth_place="Corwen" death_date="22/1/1900" death_place="London" }} === David Edward Hughes 1878 === ~-[[CategoryIndu…
   …d the first practical working carbon microphone in 1878. David Edward Hughes was probably born in Corwen [[Wales]] in 1831. His family emigrated to the United States in 1838 but he moved back to London in 1857. == Microphone == {{Image url=…

3. Football — 2021-08-14 19:52:33

   …Football :: {{Databox Image="EbenezerMorley.jpg" Who="Ebenezer Cobb Morley" width="250" birth_date="16 August 1831" birth_place="Kingston upon Hull" death_date="20 November 1924" death_place="London" }} === Ebenezer Morley 1863 === ~…
   … class="left" title="FA tribute plaque to Morley" width="350" }}Central to these meetings was **Ebenezer Cobb Morley** (1831-1924). A solicitor by profession and captain of **Barnes Football Club** that he formed in 1858. He wrote to 'Bell's…

4. Lawn Mower — 2021-08-10 08:19:36

   … of the first of Budding and Ferrabee machines was used in **Regent's Park Zoological Gardens** in London [[Zoo]], in **1831**. It took another ten years and further innovations to create a machine that could be worked by donkey or horse power,…

5. Plywood — 2021-08-08 18:44:16

   ….jpg" Who="Samuel Bentham" width="350" birth_date="11 January 1757" birth_place="[[London]] England" death_date="31 May 1831" death_place="London England" Education="Self educated" }} === Samuel Bentham 1797 === ~- [[CategoryIndustry]] :[[1700…

6. Sunday School — 2021-08-08 18:39:06

   …s to publish reading books, spelling books, Bible study books, and copies of the Scriptures for the Sunday schools. By 1831, Sunday schools in Great Britain were teaching **1.25 million children** every week, approximately 25 percent of the po…

7. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47

   …for the modern game were laid down over a series of meetings. Central to these meetings was '''Ebenezer Cobb Morley''' (1831-1924) he wrote to Bell's Life newspaper proposing a governing body for the sport that led to the first meeting. He want…

8. Charles Darwin — 2020-08-06 07:52:58

   … == Voyage on the Beagle == Darwin served as an unpaid naturalist on a science expedition on board **HMS Beagle**. In 1831, the Beagle sailed for South America where she completed extensive surveys, returning via New Zealand in 1836. The wid…

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