1. Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35

   …pair of kitchen scales. This led to the first hovercraft to be produced commercially, the SRN1. == Floating on Air == Christopher Cockerell's idea was not a new one. Many men had tried to make a working 'glidable' craft but commercial backing held t…
   …biologist, his younger brother, Douglas, an eminent bookbinder; while Douglas's son Sydney Maurice ("Sandy"), two years Christopher's senior and also a bookbinder, was a celebrated and innovative designer of marbled papers. Despite an interest in the …
   …arts, Christopher read Engineering at Peterhouse, Cambridge. After Cambridge he worked for the Radio Research company until 1935 and then…

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

   …the idea that Guiness could provide a 'record' book for settling arguments in [[Pub]]s. == The Twins == A colleague, Christopher Chataway, recommended he involve some university friends Norris and Ross McWhirter, who had been running a fact-finding…

3. IVF — 2021-08-16 10:02:09

   …:2){{Image url="SteptoeEdwards.jpg" width="400" title="IVF pioneers Steptoe and Edwards" }}|| ||{{Databox who="Patrick Christopher Steptoe" birth_date="9 June 1913" birth_place="Oxford" width="200" death_date="21 March 1988" death_place="Canterbury" …
   … === Steptoe, Edwards and Purdy 1977 === /* event_date="25 July 1978" First baby conceived by IVF is born */ **Patrick Christopher Steptoe** and **Sir Robert Geoffrey Edwards** along with their nurse-technician, **Jean Purdy** successfully carried ou…

4. Hypodermic Syringe — 2021-08-12 20:33:54

   … was making a similar syringe which quickly came into use in many surgeries under the name of 'The Pravaz Syringe'. == Christopher Wren 1656 == Christopher Wren performed the earliest confirmed experiments with crude hypodermic needles, performing i…

5. Sparkling Wine — 2021-08-08 20:32:53

   …Sparkling Wine :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Christopher_Merret.jpg" Who="Christopher Merret" width="" birth_date="16 February 1614" birth_place="Winchcombe" death_date="19 August 1695" death_place="" }}…
   … === Christopher Merret 1662 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]:[[CategoryFood Food & Drink]]:[[1600s]] {{{toc}}} **Christopher Merret** (1614 – 1695) was an English physician and scientist. He demonstrated his method to add sparkle to wine in 1…
   …med bland to the English palette as cider was well established with its much livelier quality. As early as 1662 when '''Christopher Merret''' presented a paper to the newly formed Royal Society in which he stated that sugar and molasses were being add…

6. English Language — 2018-01-26 21:45:55

   …) </li><li>Papua New Guinea </li><li>Philippines (with Tagalog) </li><li>Puerto Rico (with Spanish) </li><li><strong>St Christopher and Nevis</strong> </li><li><strong>St Lucia</strong> </li><li><strong>St Vincent</strong> </li><li>Senegal (with Fren…

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