1. Vacuum Flask — 2023-10-09 23:46:28

   …="Kincardine" death_date="27 March 1923" death_place="London" }} [[CategoryInventions]]: [[Domestic]] === James Dewar 1904 === The vacuum flask was invented by the Scottish physicist James Dewar (1842-1923) was also a brilliant experimenta…
   …t low temperatures which led to the idea of the thermos or vacuum flask. His invention was brought to consumers in '''**1904**''' when it was realised the 'Thermos' could be used equally well to keep liquids for consumption hot as well as cold.…
   …It had double walls with a vacuum between and silvering on the inner walls helped to reflect heat. He was knighted in 1904 and died on March 27, 1923. == Cordite == Dewar is also the joint inventor of cordite with **Sir Frederick Abel** in …

2. Vacuum Tube — 2023-09-23 15:57:19

   …h_date="29/11/1849" birth_place="Lancaster" death_date="18/4/1945" death_place="Sidmouth" }} === John Ambrose Fleming 1904 === [[Technology]]:[[1900s]] Sir John Ambrose Fleming ( 1849 – 1945) born in Lancaster, [[Lancashire]], [[England]] …
   … the first **thermionic valve** or vacuum tube, or just **valve** as it was known. He received a patent on November 16, 1904. == What they do == {{Image url="Valvediode.png" class="right" title="Valve diode" width="200" }} Vacuum tubes or ther…

3. Cary Grant — 2021-08-20 10:57:47

   …Cary Grant :: {{Databox caption="Actor" Image="CaryGrant.jpg" width="" title="Cary Grant" birth_date="18/1/1904" birth_place="" death_date="29/11/1986" death_place="" }} == Archibald Alexander Leach == ~-[[Entertainment]]:[[1900s]]…
   … Hollywood actor Cary Grant starred in over 70 films. === Bristol England 1904 === Actor Cary was born **'Archie Leach'** on January 18, 1904 at 15 Hughenden Road, Horfield, a suburb of Bristol, [[G…

4. Roundabout — 2021-08-16 09:58:53

   …us1912.jpg" class="left" title="Sollershott Circus 1912" width="300" }}Plans of Letchworth Garden City were drawn up in 1904 by Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin. Three roads in the plans crossed each other, Sollershotts East and West, Broadway,…

5. Ice Cream Cone — 2021-08-14 20:22:38

   …ve minutes. She also suggested using liquid nitrogen to make ice cream, now the //in-thing//. She fell from a horse in 1904 and never fully recovered. She died in Pinner and was cremated at Golders Green . …

6. Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27

   …nted bromide paper, developments of which are still used for black and white photographic prints. Swan was knighted in 1904. …

7. Hydroelectric Power — 2020-08-17 09:05:43

   …. First house lit by hydroelectricity." width="400" }} ::c:: == Cragside built in 1863 == <<{{amazon type="book" items="1904794491" }}<< Water from one of the estate's lakes was used to drive a Siemens dynamo in what was the **world's first hyd…

8. Meccano — 2017-05-14 01:23:25

   … models. In 1903, 1,500 sets were sold, although no profit was made. New parts were continually being introduced and in 1904, six sets, packed in tin boxes with instruction manuals in French and English, became available. In 1905 two new sets w…

9. Tank — 2016-05-16 11:27:53

   …nsby's chief engineer , **David Roberts**, developed a **Caterpillar track** system for vehicles that was **patented in 1904**. This was demonstrated to the British Army. Due to a lack of interest he sold the patent to Holt & Co. (predecessor …

10. Thermionic Valve — 2016-03-03 15:03:44

    …Thermionic Valve :: Thermionic Valve === John Ambrose Fleming 1904 === {{redirect target="Vacuum Tube"}}…

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