1. Telephone — 2023-09-23 15:57:07

   …rary and studied tutorials. == Narrow Escape == When he was in his early 20's, his two brothers died of tuberculosis. Bell himself had the disease and his father moved the family to Canada looking for a better climate in which to live. Bell r…
   …arried. At the wedding ceremony he gave her a gift of all but 10 shares of the stock in the newly formed company called Bell Telephone Company. They had three sons. == Into Business == {{Image url="BellTransmitterReceiver.jpg" class="right" ti…
   …tle="Bell Transmitter Receiver" width="600" }} Thomas Watson became an associate of Bell. He made parts and built models of Bell's inventions. One day while they were working Bell accidently heard the sound o…
   …f a plucked reed * coming over the telegraph wire. Watson had been tuning the metal reeds in the next room. Bell drew up a plan for the telephone and they continued to experiment. The next day he transmitted the famous words, "Mr. W…

2. Digital Photography — 2023-09-23 12:04:21

   …s to see through smoke, and for other search-and-rescue and civilian uses worldwide. == Overseas == Tompsett moved to Bell Laboratories USA in 1969 to develop solid-state cameras. Shortly after joining, Boyle and Smith, also at Bell Labs, cam…
   …e up with the Charge-Coupled Device, CCD, concept to digitally store serial memory. This concept was not pursued by Bell but Tompsett saw the potential of CCD for image grabbing. {{Image url="TompsettColourPicture.jpg" class="left" title=…

3. Loudspeaker — 2021-11-07 21:26:37

   …communication was pushing the need for better audio reproduction. Lodge's cone loudspeaker, which he referred to as a "bellowing telephone", used the basic principle of the conventional cone loudspeaker drivers that we know today. == Power …
   …of the speaker in a section that was flat except for corrugations. == Early Speakers == [[Telephone|Alexander Graham Bell]] created the first practical //'transmitter'// for his telephone in 1877 that was improved by Siemens. It used a perm…

4. Guinness Book of World Records — 2021-08-20 10:45:53

   …ate="16 January 1967" death_place="London" }} === Hugh Beaver - 1954 === ~-[[Literature]]:[[1900s]] Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver together with brothers Norris and Ross ""McWhirter"" compiled the **Guinness Book of Records** in August 1954. …

5. Intraocular Lens — 2021-08-20 10:40:24

   …jpg" class="left" title="cataract eye" width="350" }} Due to age, trauma, toxic chemicals or certain diseases such as rubella or diabetes, the proteins that make up the lens become opaque which prevents light from entering the eye and causes *…

6. Football — 2021-08-14 19:52:33

   … (1831-1924). A solicitor by profession and captain of **Barnes Football Club** that he formed in 1858. He wrote to 'Bell's Life Newspaper' proposing a governing body for the sport that led to the first meeting. He wanted a common set of ru…

7. Dinosaur — 2021-08-12 20:42:55

   …gist, came from a poor background in [[Lancashire]] to become what we might call a celebrity scientist today. He was labelled "impudent" by teachers at Lancaster Royal Grammar School. == Megalosaurus == The first scientifically named dinosau…

8. Chicken Tikka Masala — 2021-08-09 21:27:48

   …kka was too dry and requested some gravy or sauce with it. The chef, using inspiration tossed in a can of Scottish Campbell’s tomato soup, sprinkled on some **Masala** (Hindi meaning spices) and mixed in some yogurt to the dish. == Or was i…

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

   …. ::c:: == Crompton == {{Image url="Crompton.jpg" class="left" width="300" title="Colonel Crompton" }} **Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton** was born at Sion Hill, near Thirsk in [[Yorkshire]] , [[England]] on 31 May 1845 , one of five children. His…

10. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47

    …e laid down over a series of meetings. Central to these meetings was '''Ebenezer Cobb Morley''' (1831-1924) he wrote to Bell's Life newspaper proposing a governing body for the sport that led to the first meeting. He wanted a common set of rule…

11. Vacuum cleaner — 2020-10-11 23:24:10

    …airgale.com.au/booth/d6.htm */ Booth was born in Theresa Place, Gloucester, [[Gloucestershire]], [[England]] moving to Belle Vue House, Spa road at the age of nine. His father, Abraham Booth, was a lumber merchant. While travelling he witnes…

12. Cloning — 2020-08-06 15:26:49

    …. Dolly was formed by taking a cell from the udder of her biological mother. She was cloned by Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell. {{toc}} {{image url="DollySheep.jpg" class="left" title="Baaaah" caption="Dolly first cloned mammal" width="" }} == P…
    …as then placed inside a female sheep that went through a normal pregnancy. {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="KeithCampbell.jpg" Who="Keith Campbell" width="" birth_date="23 May 1954" birth_place="Birmingham" death_date="5 October 2012" dea…

13. Monty Python — 2020-08-06 07:48:50

    … and 1974. The show had a catchy theme music by the Band of the Grenadier Guards' of John Philip Sousa's "The Liberty Bell". == So British == The show, which was commissioned by none other than David Attenborough, seemed so intrinsically Bri…

14. Viagra — 2017-06-01 14:56:53

    …iagraTerrett.jpg" class="right" title="Nicholas Terrett " width="" }} ~-[[CategoryInventions]]>[[CategoryScience]] === Bell, Brown and Terrett 1991 === In 1991, inventors **Andrew Bell**, **Dr David Brown** and **Dr Nicholas Terrett** (also Pf…

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