1. Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36

   …r''', charged with opening the valves; when he grew bored and wanted to play with the other children he set up ropes to automate the process.) '''Humphrey Gainsborough''' produced a model condensing steam engine in the 1760s, which he showed t…

2. PIN — 2023-09-23 15:56:10

   … UK Patent No. 1,197,183 dated of May 2 1966, covers this invention. It is also covered by US Patent No.3,905,461. == Automated Teller Machine == The PIN, or Personal Identification Number is a short code entered by the cardholder into a cas…
   … {{Image url="ChubbATM.jpg" class="left" title="Making a cash withdraw at a Chubb ATM" width="320" }} The Martins Bank Auto Cashier was the first cash dispenser to use a plastic card in conjunction with a PIN. The competitor, the BARCLAYCASH…

3. ATM — 2023-09-23 12:02:41

   …ate="15 May 2010" death_place="Inverness, Scotland" }} === John Shepherd-Barron 1967 === ~-[[Technology]] The first **Automated Teller Machine** was installed at a branch of Barclays Bank in Enfield, north [[London]], on 27 June 1967. /* eve…
   …rney, star of the ITV sitcom On the Buses, was hired to promote the device. They were 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…

4. Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21

   …stood until **1896** when it was raised to 14 mph! These draconian measures crippled Britain from leading the way with automobiles. {{tag ids="Car Electric Vehicle EV Taxi Hire Battery" }} …

5. Automatic Kettle — 2021-08-14 20:44:42

   … }} Their first automatic electric kettle, the vapour-controlled K1, appeared in 1955 and was superseded by the more elegant K2, a modestly …
   …ctory at Croydon, Russell took charge of developing new products while Hobbs concentrated on sales. {{Tag ids="Kettle Automatic kitchen appliance K1 Boil thermostat bimetallic"}} …

6. Plywood — 2021-08-08 18:44:16

   …out what has been called //"one of the most remarkable patents ever issued by the British Patents Office"//, because it automated the whole process of woodworking machinery for making blocks. A Pulley block, at this time, was one of the British…

7. Electric Toaster — 2020-12-01 01:05:39

   …k in [[Yorkshire]] , [[England]] on 31 May 1845 , one of five children. His passion for engineering began early. In his autobiography, Reminiscences, Crompton tells of a trip to London 's Great Exhibition of 1851. His schooling started at Shar…

8. Disc Brakes — 2020-08-09 19:54:18

   …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 wi…
   …itle="Disc Brake" width="" }} == Patents Galore == As production increased Fred developed many improvements for their automobiles including his disk brake system. The discs were thin and made of brass but they fit the definition of a modern d…

9. Motor Racing Circuit — 2018-05-20 20:38:53

   …lass="right" title="Brooklands Napier" width="" }} ::cr:: == Home of Chitty Bang Bang == The English racing driver and automobile engineer **Count Louis Zborowski** raced at Brooklands in cars that became known as '//Chitty Bang Bang//'. The a…

10. Grand Theft Auto — 2017-05-11 15:45:29

    …Grand Theft Auto :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="SamDanHouser.jpg" title="Sam & Dan Houser" Who="Sam Houser" width="300" birth_da…
    …ng with his brother Sam) and vice president of creativity for **Rockstar Games**. === Rockstar North === **Grand Theft Auto V **is the Highest 24 hour revenue generating entertainment product, and the Fastest entertainment property to gross **…
    …hree days on September 20 2013. It is the fastest selling entertainment product in history. {{Image url="Grand-Theft-Auto.jpg" class="left" title="Grand Theft Auto" width="300" }} >>{{amazonad}}>> Brothers Sam and Dan Houser have made gaming…

11. Tank — 2016-05-16 11:27:53

    …e Land Ironclads**, published in December 1903, described the use of large, armoured cross-country vehicles, armed with automatic rifles and moving on pedrail wheels, to break through a system of fortified trenches, disrupting the defence and c…

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