1. Vacuum Flask — 2023-10-09 23:46:28

   …nd died on March 27, 1923. == Cordite == Dewar is also the joint inventor of cordite with **Sir Frederick Abel** in **1889**. The disadvantage of gunpowder was that it gave away the location of the gunman with a smoke signal. Cordite is a s…

2. Pay Toilet — 2022-09-27 07:23:49

   …nufactured in Britain. It was produced by the Maskelyne British Typewriter and Manufacturing Company Ltd of London from 1889, two years before a patent was issued. == Writing == In 1894, Maskelyne wrote the book Sharps and Flats: A Complete Re…

3. Pneumatic Tyre — 2022-05-03 16:45:33

   … , in the same year. A local firm, W. Edlin and Co, then agreed to manufacture frames to fit the new tyre; and when, in 1889, a well-known local cyclist, Willie Hume, won a race at Cherryvale using it, the novelty started to catch on. == Onlo…

4. Charlie Chaplin — 2021-08-20 11:11:51

   …haplin == ~-[[Entertainment]]:[[1800s]] {{Databox image="CharlieChaplin.jpg" title="Charlie Chaplin" birth_date="16/4/1889" birth_place="Walworth [[London]]" death_date="25/12/1977" }} {{{toc}}} === Walworth London England 1889 === Sir Char…
   …les Spencer Chaplin, (16 April **1889** – 25 December **1977**) he was born at **East Street, Walworth, in South [[London]]** [[England]] {{footnote note='…

5. Modern Olympics — 2021-08-14 20:26:14

   …be held in Athens.^^ == Wealthy Ally == ---- >>{{image url="London1948.jpg" title="London Olympics" width="200"}}>> In 1889 a wealthy young Frenchman named **Baron de Coubertain** visited England on a fact finding mission aimed at instigating …

6. Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27

   …1883 the US Patent Office ruled that Edison’s US Patent was invalid due to prior art by William Sawyer and others. By 1889, 10 years after the patent, there were only 710 customers. The problem was that electricity and its support infrastruct…
   …ore than $100,000 in litigation expenses after Edison’s patent was invalidated by the US Patent Office, on October 6, 1889, a judge ruled that the electric light improvement claim for "a filament of carbon of high resistance" was valid. Unfo…

7. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47

   …t its rules a striking circle for hitting goals. Changes in rules and play quickly developed from this beginning and by 1889 the pyramid system - five forwards, three halves, two backs and a goalkeeper became the accepted method of playing hock…
   …d from the Tudor Times. The earliest nationally formalised rules of play were devised by the GAA in Ireland in 1884. In 1889, the Liverpool & Scottish Rounders Association was formed. It is typically a bat & ball team game. Rounders is still …

8. Disc Brakes — 2020-08-09 19:54:18

   …ryIndustry]]::[[1900s]] Frederick William Lanchester patented the vehicle disc brake in 1902. == Car Enthusiast == In 1889.Lanchester joined the "Forward Gas Engine Co" in Birmingham and worked there until 1892. He was fascinated by the Benz…
   … automobile that he saw at the 1889 Paris Exhibition. This led onto producing the first all British petrol car. Frederick with brothers George and Frank …

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