1. 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 //no…

2. 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 w…

3. 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’. …

4. 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 Cap…

5. 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 …

6. Horlicks — 2021-08-12 20:30:08

   …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 …

7. 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 an…

8. USA anthem — 2021-08-09 22:14:22

   …n Stafford Smith memorial in Gloucester cathedral" width="400" }} == USA National Anthem == It became the tune for the American patriotic song //The Star-Spangled Banner// following the War of 1812, and in **1931** was adopted as the national anth…

9. 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, cowb…

10. 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 ham…

11. 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 & Miner…

12. 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 £1…

13. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47

    …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 cover…

14. 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, bu…

15. 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 …

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