- Lever Brothers — 2023-10-09 23:43:45
…ap' then later named it "**Sunlight Soap**". The product sold quickly and production soon reached 450 tons per week by 1888, within a decade it is on sale in **134 countries**. Larger premises were built on the Wirral Peninsula at what was t…
- Cinematography — 2023-10-09 23:41:17
…e="video/mp4" src="/britimages/Roundhay-Garden-Scene.mp4"></video>"" The first movie footage //Roundhay Garden Scene// 1888. {{Tag ids="Cinema Motion Picture Camera Movie Film "}} …
- Radio — 2023-09-23 15:56:24
…ropagate through free space. == 1886 == Heinrich Rudolf Hertz noticed a sparking phenomenon and with experiments (1887-1888) was able to demonstrate the existence of electromagnetic waves in an experiment confirming Maxwell's theory of electro…
- Movies — 2023-09-23 15:55:53
…Movies :: === Louis Le Prince - 1888 === [[Technology]]::[[Entertainment]]:[[1800s]] {{redirect page="Cinematography"}}…
- Motion Picture — 2023-09-23 15:55:19
…Motion Picture :: === Louis Le Prince - 1888 === [[Technology]]::[[Entertainment]]:[[1800s]] {{redirect page="Cinematography"}}…
- Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21
…s on all four wheels, as well as four-wheel steering. These features are even now being described as revolutionary. In 1888 Elwell-Parker Ltd. agreed to consolidate with other companies to form the Electric Construction Corporation. == First…
- Pneumatic Tyre — 2022-05-03 16:45:33
…_place="Dreghorn" death_date="23 Oct 1921" death_place="Dublin" }} [[CategoryTransport]]:[[1800s]] === John Boyd Dunlop 1888 === {{toc}} Dunlop (1840 to 1921) was born in [[Ayrshire]], [[Scotland]] and qualified as a veterinary surgeon before …
…t, Belfast, [[Ireland]]. His great invention, of the inner tube for cycle tyres, came about more or less by chance. In 1888 his small son was prescribed cycling as cure for a heavy cold; Dunlop hit on the idea of making the boy's tricycle more…
…ated tubes, made of canvas and bonded together with liquid rubber. == Patent == He patented this idea on 7 December **1888**, using the word 'pneumatic' for the first time [See below] , in the same year. A local firm, W. Edlin and Co, then ag… - Television — 2021-11-06 16:35:18
…goryIndustry]]:[[1900s]] {{Databox width="350" Image="John_logie_baird.jpg" Who="John Logie Baird" Birth_date="13 Aug 1888" Birth_place="Helensburgh" Death_date="14 Jun 1946" Death_place="Bexhill-on-Sea" }} Baird was a Scottish engineer, mo…
…st famous for being the first person to demonstrate a working television. John Logie Baird was born on 14 August 1888 in Helensburgh on the west coast of [[Scotland]], the son of a clergyman. Dogged by ill health for most of his life, he… - Heroin — 2021-08-20 11:14:28
…ies. He continued to test diacetylmorphine and Bayer marketed it as 'Heroin' an analgesic and "sedative for coughs" in 1888. But when its addictive quality became a problem , Bayer ceased its production in 1913.…
- Ice Cream Cone — 2021-08-14 20:22:38
…st 1855" birth_place=" Walthamstow [[London]]" death_date="29 July 1905" death_place="Pinner" }} === Agnes Marshall in 1888 === ~-[[CategoryFood]]:[[1800s]] The first recipe for an edible cone used to serve ice cream was in //Mrs Marshall's Co…
…okery Book// printed in 1888. {{TOC}} Marshall was an English culinary entrepreneur and pioneer. She became a leading cookery writer in the Victoria… - Shire Horse — 2021-08-09 21:35:31
…ter changing its name to the Shire Horse Society. The early years of the Society encouraged the export of Shires and in 1888 issued a record breaking 1,400 pedigree export certificates. Shires were in strong demand in the USA, Canada, Australia…
- Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
…l Henson 1843 == {{Databox Image="WilliamSamuelHenson.jpg" title="William Samuel Henson" width="200" Born="1812" Died="1888" }} Long before the **Wright brothers** aviation engineer and inventor Henson, born in Nottingham England, Henson worke…