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Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36
…haft—via sun and planet gears—to provide rotary power. In early steam engines the piston is usually connected to a balanced beam, rather than directly to a connecting rod, and these engines are therefore known as beam engines. Boulton soon…
Electronic Computer — 2023-10-07 10:38:05
…rold Flowers, MBE (22 December 1905 – 28 October 1998) was a British engineer. During World War II **Max Newman**, **Alan Turing**, and other great minds at **Bletchley Park** codebreaking establishment, were already busy decoding messages p…
… The Colossus was not used to decipher the Enigma. That was done with a machine called **Bombe** that was developed for Alan Turing by **Harold 'Doc' Keen** at the **British Tabulating Machine Company** (BTM) based on the work by the Polish ve…
Stereo — 2023-09-23 15:56:38
…eries of tests on 7 June 1942, that the Halifax bomber carrying the only prototype H2S system crashed at Welsh Bicknor. Alan Blumlein and two colleagues from EMI, along with eight others were killed. …
British Empire — 2022-05-20 08:45:03
…ji" width="" }} {{Image url="FlagMontserrat.gif" class="left" title="Flag Montserrat" width="" }} {{Image url="FlagNewZealand.gif" class="left" title="Flag New Zealand" width="" }} {{Image url="FlagNiue.gif" class="left" title="Flag Niue" width…
Rotating Boat Lift — 2022-05-03 17:19:08
…axe. The two gondolas are 21 feet wide, and can hold up to four 66 feet long canal boats. The boatlift is so finely balanced it takes just 22.5 kilowatts (30.2 hp) to power ten hydraulic motors, which consume just 1.5 kilowatt-hours per half…
DNA — 2021-08-14 21:04:12
…t=" 'Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins', was born " event_date="15th December, 1916"}} in Pongara, North Wairarapa, New Zealand and died of cancer on the 6th October, 2004. Born of Irish parents, {{Datetext text=" 'James Dewey Watson' was born …
Australia — 2021-08-08 18:36:08
…ks, the botanist, Daniel Solander, a naturalist, and Charles Green, from the Greenwich Observatory. Cook sighted New Zealand on 6 October 1769, and landed at Poverty Bay two days later. He drew detailed and accurate maps of the whole coastline…
Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
…="Richard Pearse" width="280" }} As mentioned earlier, Richard Pearse single handed built a plane that he flew in New Zealand on the 31st March 1903. Many witnesses saw his plane stay airborne for many minutes and this was several months before…
Electric Toaster — 2020-12-01 01:05:39
…Electric Toaster :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Alan_MacMasters.jpg" Who="Alan MacMasters" width="300" birth_date="20 March 1865" birth_place="Edinburgh" death_date="25 December 1927" death_place="…
…France" }} === Alan MacMasters 1893 === ~-[[Domestic]]:[[1800s]] In 1893 MacMasters contacted the English electrical engineer Crompton & C…
…o. with an idea. Alan Alexander MacMasters was a scientist and inventor from [[Scotland]], and had created a prototype electric toaster for …
Suffolk Punch — 2020-11-30 16:25:44
…over the world. Canada in 1865 United States in 1880 and later to France, Spain, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Argentina and many more. {{tag ids="Suffolk Punch Created breed Horse draught power"}} …
Silicone — 2020-09-22 23:25:26
…ounds with a wide variety of uses. It is nonstick and rubberlike. Frequently used in cookware, medical applications, sealants, lubricants, and insulation. ||{{Image url="DOW995.jpg" title="Sealant" width="180" }}|| {{Image url="breast_implant…
…n North Wales n 1949, just as the value of silicone polymers was being realised. {{Tag ids="silicon silicone polymer sealant medical"}} …
Bungee Jumping — 2020-08-17 13:17:46
…**David Kirke, Chris Baker of **Bristol**, Simon Keeling, Tim Hunt** (brother of F1 champion racing driver James) and **Alan Weston** were members of the **Oxford University Dangerous Sports Club** who were dedicated to formal dress, abundant c…
Plastic Surgery — 2020-08-06 08:24:01
…arold Gillies - 1917 === ~-[[Medical]]::[[1900s]] Gillies developed the techniques of modern plastic surgery. A New Zealander who studied medicine in Cambridge, England later he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and worked as a medical mind…
Charles Darwin — 2020-08-06 07:52:58
…**HMS Beagle**. In 1831, the Beagle sailed for South America where she completed extensive surveys, returning via New Zealand in 1836. The wide range of far off destinations opened Darwins mind to how this all fitted together. On the Galapagos…
Angus Cattle — 2019-08-31 10:40:52
…ia it is very popular - it is the primary beef breed in the USA and it is by far the most important beef breed in New Zealand. Herds have been established in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Germany, Brazil, Argentina and South Africa. {{Image …
English Language — 2018-01-26 21:45:55
…with Maltese) </li><li>Mauritius </li><li>Namibia (with Afrikaans) </li><li>Nauru (with Nauruan) </li><li><strong>New Zealand</strong> </li><li>Nigeria </li><li>Pakistan (with Urdu) </li><li>Papua New Guinea </li><li>Philippines (with Tagalog) …
Banksy — 2017-06-19 21:04:17
…nksyChelt.jpg" class="center" title="Banksy Chelt, GCHQ" width="500" }} ::c:: === Bemusement Park === {{Image url="dismaland1.jpg" class="right" title="Dismaland" width="500" }} In 2015 he created **Dismaland** at a disused lido area in **West…
Speedfit — 2017-05-11 00:37:50
…t Ltd. is a family-owned company that was founded in 1961. Now operating in UK, Europe, North America, Korea and New Zealand. == Push-Fit Connectors == {{Image url="speedfit-tee.jpg" class="left" title="speedfit tee" width="" }} Guest manufac…
Pound Sterling — 2016-05-31 15:19:41
…cale.png" class="left" title="Libra Scale" width="200" }} Its name derives from the Latin word //Libra// for weight or balance, via the construction //Libra Pondo//, meaning a pound weight. The **'£'** symbol, is an ornate letter **'L'**, and …

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