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  1. Elevator — 2023-12-30 12:44:08
    … raised by "secret machinery". The project proved so expensive that his backer, Rowland Stephenson MP, had to flee to America in 1828, Hornor fled soon after settling in New York around 1829 where Elisha Otis lived. He died in penury (extreme po…
  2. Cinematography — 2023-10-09 23:41:17
    …n, Adolphe, felt aggrieved and wanted Louis recognised as the inventor of cinematography. Edison, once again, used the American courts to establish himself as the sole inventor of cinematography. Adolphe Le Prince stood as a witness but was //n…
  3. Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35
    …y is that it has been the Marines who have taken the hovercraft most seriously, with over 100 giant craft now in use in America and 250 in the Soviet Union, many used in recent conflicts. In these early days Cockerell's idea was patented and immed…
  4. ATM — 2023-09-23 12:02:41
    …ere officially called DACS (De La Rue Automatic Cash System). In 1969 he described the system to the conference of the American Banking Association, but received a lukewarm response and only one sale. ::c:: == The Process == Plastic bank cards …
  5. Toilet — 2023-09-08 09:57:11
    …ere these public conveniences were installed, including Paris, Florence, Berlin, Madrid, and Sydney as well as in South America and the Far East. He also supplied water closets to 30 railway companies in Britain, America, and others in Buenos Aire…
  6. MRI Scan — 2021-08-20 11:04:59
    …rdeenmedlib.wordpress.com/2016/03/21/worlds-first-mri-scanner-now-on-display/ http://www.economist.com/node/2246166 */ American doctor and scientist Raymond Damadian built a partial body MRI scanner in 1977, which he called the ‘Indomitable’.…
  7. Beatles — 2021-08-20 10:46:43
    …e Please Me// and //From Me To You//, the reason they gave being that no **British** act had ever made any impact on an American audience! (maybe that's because the US refused to release the singles or give British acts airplay). Attorneys for Ca…
  8. Intraocular Lens — 2021-08-20 10:40:24
    …ld fly to New York or Washington at weekends, operate there, and return to his London practice by Monday morning. While Americans welcomed a new idea with such enthusiasm, it was so typical that the companies who made the lenses in the **USA** did…
  9. Roundabout — 2021-08-16 09:58:53
    …ce free as you can get. No traffic light bulbs to replace or traffic chaos when there is a power cut. New research in America has shown that where a roundabout has been installed, savings of up to 40% on fuel can be saved, due to the fact the tr…
  10. Football — 2021-08-14 19:52:33
    …tball games to prepare warriors for battle. {{Image url="Football.jpg" class="left" width="100"}} In south and Central America a game called "Tlatchi" once flourished. == Set the Rules == In Britain too, there are records of Football being pla…
  11. Procter Gamble — 2021-08-12 20:35:23
    … Gamble :: === Procter & Gamble 1837 === ~-[[Domestic]]:[[1800s]] Procter and Gamble met each other after emigrating to America. The two men opened their Procter & Gamble store on 12 April 1837. == William Procter == {{Image url="WilliamProcter.j…
  12. Steel — 2021-08-12 20:31:45
    …nd warships became relatively inexpensive to produce. Steel frames could now be used to build towering skyscrapers. In America the introduction of the Bessemer Converter had an enormous impact on an expanding society and shrinking the nation. The…
  13. Horlicks — 2021-08-12 20:30:08
    …to England in 1869 and, while visiting his cousin James at Ruardean, persuaded 24 year old William Horlick to return to America with him. James decided to join him in 1873. That same year, they started their own company (J&W Horlicks) to make a m…
    …by 1969, the extended factory produced 30 million pounds of powder a year. In 1945 British Horlicks company bought the American Horlicks out. == Worldwide == In 1935 a factory was built in Australia and in 1960 a factory was built in the Indian…
  14. Colgate — 2021-08-11 11:43:11
    … Williams father Robert Colgate (1758–1826) was an English farmer and politician. He was also a sympathiser with the American War of Independence. Because of his republican ideals he decided to leave their farm in Shoreham, Kent in March 1798 a…
  15. USA anthem — 2021-08-09 22:14:22
    …hem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort M'Henry", a poem written in 1814 by **Francis Scott Key**. ::c:: == Luxembourg…
  16. Can — 2021-08-09 21:53:19
    …ry in England. The firm of Donkin, Hall and Gamble was later merged into Crosse & Blackwells. The patent was re-sold in America some six years later in 1818. == Mass Production == In 1846, **Henry Evans** invents a machine that can manufacture ti…
  17. Shire Horse — 2021-08-09 21:35:31
    …a record breaking 1,400 pedigree export certificates. Shires were in strong demand in the USA, Canada, Australia, South America, Germany and Russia. {{Image url="shire-horse.jpg" class="left" title="shire horse" width="200" }} Both in commerce an…
  18. Jigsaw Puzzle — 2021-08-09 21:24:39
    …popular and he went on to create dissected maps of England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. It became a highly successful business venture. John Spilsbury died in 1769 but his widow Sarah continued with the bu…
  19. Cowboy — 2021-08-09 21:03:46
    …e horse//. The word enters printed use in the U.S. at about the same time the great cattle drives were ending ~1870. N.American cattle herders called themselves **vacquero** a Spanish word that was Anglicised to become **Buckaroo**. In fact, cow…
  20. Marmalade — 2021-08-08 18:49:30
    …sh followed. James Boswell remarks that he and Samuel Johnson were offered it at breakfast in Scotland in 1773. When American writer Louisa May Alcott visited Britain in the 1800s, she described "a choice pot of marmalade and a slice of cold ha…
  21. Petroleum — 2020-12-03 01:07:44
    …ey had their own oil and coal reserves. In 1859, an oil well was drilled in Titusville Pennsylvania and within 2 years, American petroleum was being produced. {{Image url="YoungsParaffin.jpg" class="right" title="Youngs Paraffin" width="" }} Soon…
    American petroleum, that they called kerosene, was being imported to Britain even though Young had successfully sued for patent…
    …ation for causing explosions and house fires. The Scottish oil industry continued to fight a fierce battle against the American product. In 1865 James Young bought out his business partners and a year later formed **Young's Paraffin Light & Mine…
  22. Banoffi Pie — 2020-12-01 00:13:56
    …ee Pie. ::c:: == Very Popular == The pie was so popular it soon went global. Some supermarkets began selling it as an American pie much to the dismay of [[http://iandowding.co.uk/ Dowding]] and Mackenzie. This lead Nigel Mackenzie to offer a £…
  23. Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52
    …een-mile-long line between coal mines and his canal: //The Stourbridge Lion// from Foster, Rastrick, and Co., and the //America// from Robert Stephenson and Co. The trains arrived in the United States by August 1829, at which time Allen became the…
    … first person to drive a locomotive in America. @@ {{adsense}} @@ …
  24. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
    …ears ago. The Ancient Greeks and the Roman used football games to prepare warriors for battle. In south and Central America a game called "Tlatchi" once flourished. {{Image url="Football.jpg" class="right" width="100"}} In Britain too, there …
    …d of playing hockey. The United States also started playing field hockey in 1890, with the Field Hockey Association of America, which regulates men's play, being formed in 1930. Hockey, or "Field Hockey" as it is also known, is now played in eve…
    …wever, an English manufacturer of sporting goods, John Jacques, registered "Ping Pong" as a trade name in 1901 and sold American rights to Parker Brothers, who came out with a new kit under that name. Another Englishman, E. C. Goode, in 1902 cove…
  25. Vacuum cleaner — 2020-10-11 23:24:10
    …pe of getting the dust to fly from one side of the carriage into a dustbox on the other side. '''Booth''' asked the '''American inventor''' why he did not use suction instead of blowing. The angry inventor said that sucking dust was impossible, b…
  26. Charles Darwin — 2020-08-06 07:52:58
    …in 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 wide range of far off destinations opene…
    … On the Galapagos Islands he noticed many variations of plants and animals that were similar to those he found in South America, suggesting that species adapted over time and to their environment. Charles Darwin was not the first to propose a th…
  27. Angus Cattle — 2019-08-31 10:40:52
    … the number "1" in the Scotch Herd. == Global Demand == World-wide, the Aberdeen Angus breed numbers many millions. In America, Canada and Australia it is very popular - it is the primary beef breed in the USA and it is by far the most important …
  28. English Language — 2018-01-26 21:45:55
    …pread of the language. == Fragmenting == As the language spreads it gets altered, for better or worse, as in the USA. American English has changed the spelling of some words so it is different to the rest of the world, but British English is the…
    …i>Tuvalu </li><li>Uganda </li><li><strong>United Kingdom</strong> and its dependences </li><li><strong>United States of America</strong> and its dependencies </li><li>Vanatu (with French) </li><li>Western Samoa (with Samoan) </li><li>Zambia </li><…
  29. Speedfit — 2017-05-11 00:37:50
    …and]] in 1927. John Guest 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" wid…
  30. Tank — 2016-05-16 11:27:53
    …d to the British Army. Due to a lack of interest he sold the patent to Holt & Co. (predecessor to Caterpillar Inc.) in America. H. G. Wells, in his short story **The Land Ironclads**, published in December 1903, described the use of large, armou…

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