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  1. Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21
    …motors were in their infancy and the power would have been poor. == Bersey Electric Taxi == {{Image url="BerseyHummingbirdTaxi.jpg" class="left" title="Bersey Hummingbird Taxi" width="400" }} There was plenty of competition for electric vehi…
    …ety measure// but was designed to protect horse carriage operators afraid of losing their business. {{Image url="HummingbirdTaxi.jpg" class="right" title="Hummingbird Taxi in operation" width="450" }} == Britain's Red Flag Act == In 1865 Brit…
  2. Custard — 2022-09-19 23:50:44
    …age url="PieCustard.jpg" class="left" title="Apple Pie & Custard" width="" }} ::cl:: == Allergy == Alfred's wife, Lady Bird, was allergic to egg and yeast but she adored custard. Alfred Bird set about trying to find a way of formulating an eg…
    … found that cornflour powder would thicken to form a custard-like sauce when mixed with milk and heated. {{Image url="BirdsCustard.jpg" class="right" title="Birds Custard" width="300" }} He formed **'Alfred Bird and Sons Ltd'** and later we…
    … formula for [[baking_powder | Baking powder]], blancmange powder, jelly powder, and egg substitute. {{Image url="AlfredBirdPlaque.jpg" class="left" title="Alfred Bird Plaque" width="220" }} …
  3. Charlie Chaplin — 2021-08-20 11:11:51
    …hilis and malnutrition. === Change of Fortune === Charlie became a music-hall clown in 1906 with Fred Karno's Mumming Birds company. Karno toured the USA in 1913 and his act was seen by film producer Mack Sennett who hired Chaplin for his fil…
  4. Guinness Book of World Records — 2021-08-20 10:45:53
    … shooting party in County Wexford, [[Ireland]] where he and his hosts got into a debate about which is the fastest game bird in Europe? {{Image url="NickRossMcWhirter.jpg" class="left" title="Nick & Ross McWhirter" width="500" }} After a fruit…
  5. Baking Powder — 2021-08-12 20:27:52
    …. This formula for baking powder is essentially the same as is used in modern baking powders today. {{Image url="AlfredBirdPlaque.jpg" class="left" title="Alfred Bird Plaque" width="220" }} == Explained == Baking powder is a dry chemical le…
  6. Nature Reserve — 2021-08-09 22:30:53
    …lly successful in having the soapworks moved. {{Image url="WaltonHall.jpg" class="right" title="Walton Hall" }} == The Bird Box == He also invented the '''bird nesting box'''. Walton Hall is now open to the public as a nature trail. {{Image u…
  7. Vaccination — 2021-08-07 23:07:23
    …days of life, in which it cups eggs and other chicks to push them out of the nest. It had been assumed that the adult bird did this, but the adult does not remain in the area for sufficiently long. His findings were published in the Philosoph…
  8. Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
    …dFlightChard.jpg" class="left" title="Powered Flight Chard" width="300" }} The fixation of man to want to //fly like a bird// eluded mankind until the Wright brothers flight of 59 seconds in 1903. But there were many men before this event who …

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