1. Internal Combustion Engine — 2023-10-09 23:51:33

   …Herbert_akroyd_stuart_plaque.jpg" class="right" title="Herbert Akroyd plaque" width="200" }} They would provide electricity for lighting the **Taj Mahal**, the Rock of Gibraltar, the **Statue of Liberty** (chosen after Hornsby won the oil engi…

2. Vacuum Flask — 2023-10-09 23:46:28

   … the first person to liquefy, and later solidify, hydrogen and show that metals had increased ability to conduct electricity at low temperatures. Using charcoal as an absorbing agent, he separated hydrogen, neon and helium from the air and cr…

3. Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36

   …d iron mills are all powered by Watt’s engines, driving the **Industrial Revolution**. The term '**watt**' in electricity is named after James Watt to describe the power produced. And he coined the term **horsepower** when describing his eng…

4. Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35

   … [[Cambridgeshire]]. The sons of Sydney John Cockerell, a London coal merchant,and Alice nee Bennett, the daughter of a City watchmaker, Sir Sydney's elder brother, Theodore, was a biologist, his younger brother, Douglas, an eminent bookbinder;…
   …aft.jpg" class="left" title="Cockerell Prototype Hovercraft" width="450" }} == Family Finance == He had an enormous capacity for invention and his father, despite reservations (he once described his son as "no better than a garage hand"), put u…

5. Aluminium — 2023-10-04 16:04:17

   …its purest form so it was not discovered until the 19th century with developments in chemistry and the advent of electricity. Aluminium was one of the newest metals to be discovered by humans. == Extracting from the Ore == Alum salts have bee…

6. Stereo — 2023-09-23 15:56:38

   …4,325. He called his technique ''Binaural Sound.'' ::c:: His concepts included: - The use of a coincident pair of velocity microphones with their axes at right angles to each other, which is still known as a "Blumlein Pair". - Recording two …

7. iPod — 2023-09-23 15:52:55

   …His invention, called the IXI, stored only 3.5 minutes of music on to a chip – but Mr Kramer rightly believed its capacity would improve. ::c:: {{image url="Ipod.jpg" width="200" class="left" }} His sketches at the time showed a credit-card-s…

8. Electric Motor — 2023-09-23 15:52:02

   …Image url="WilliamSturgeonMotor.jpg" class="left" title="The principle of the Sturgeon Motor" width="350" }} The simplicity of the **commutator** was ingenious. Keeping this force going in one direction was the clever bit. By flipping the cur…

9. Electric Generator — 2023-09-23 12:04:37

   …ecause of his early reading and experiments with the idea of force, he was able to make important discoveries in electricity later in life. He eventually became a chemist and physicist. == Electromagnetic Rotation == {{Image url="WindTurbine.…
   …chael Faraday made one of his greatest discoveries - electromagnetic induction: the "induction" or generation of electricity in a wire by means of the electromagnetic effect of a current in another wire. The induction ring was the **first elect…

10. Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21

    …ne and the tramway in Blackpool. ::c:: == Modern features == The **Elwell-Parker **car was fitted with Parkers high-capacity rechargeable batteries, later vehicles had hydraulic brakes on all four wheels, as well as four-wheel steering. These f…

11. Titanic — 2021-08-20 11:12:19

    …lantic, on course for New York. It struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage from [[Hampshire]] , [[England]], to New York City and sank on April 15, 1912. {{image url="Titanic-Hull.jpg" class="center" title="Titanic Hull to show her scale" width=…

12. Paralympic Games — 2021-08-20 10:59:53

    …ympic Games == Since 1988, the Summer Paralympics have been held in conjunction with the Olympic Games in the same host city. This practice was adopted in 1992 for the **Winter Paralympics**, and became an official policy of the International O…
    …owing a June 19, 2001 agreement. The Games take place three weeks after the closing of the Olympics, in the same host city and using the same facilities. Cities bidding to host the Olympic Games must include the Paralympic Games in their bid,…

13. Roundabout — 2021-08-16 09:58:53

    …ndabout' was built in Letchworth [[Hertfordshire]] in 1905 and called Sollershott Circus. {{Toc}} == Letchworth Garden City == {{Image url="SollershottCircus1912.jpg" class="left" title="Sollershott Circus 1912" width="300" }}Plans of Letchwor…
    …th Garden City were drawn up in 1904 by Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin. Three roads in the plans crossed each other, Sollershotts Ea…

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

    …uced in spun copper and polished chrome. ==1955== Before this kettle was introduced in 1955, boiling water by electricity could be a hazardous affair. Not only did some early electric kettles boil the water by making it live, if the kettle w…

15. Christmas Cracker — 2021-08-12 20:39:19

    …and grew and he moved from his original premises in Clerkenwell, East [[London]], [[England]] to Finsbury Square in the City. Tom left his business to his three sons: Tom, Henry and Walter. In 1953 the firm merged with Caley Crackers and mov…

16. Colgate — 2021-08-11 11:43:11

    …ge url="ColgateToothpaste.jpg" class="left" title="Colgate Toothpaste" width="300" }} Eventually relocating to New York City, he worked as a candle-maker, and in 1806 he went into business for himself, selling soap, candles, and starch. After s…

17. Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27

    …de in the 18th century by E.Kinnersley and later by **Humphry Davy**, an English scientist. He experimented with electricity using an immense electric battery. When he connected wires to his battery and a piece of carbon, the carbon glowed, pro…
    …lliam Sawyer and others. By 1889, 10 years after the patent, there were only 710 customers. The problem was that electricity and its support infrastructure cost too much and, of course, had to be installed. Ten more years later, after electric…

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

    …d premises to form Crompton and Co in 1878, it soon became the country's leading distributor and manufacturer of electricity generating and lighting systems. <<{{image url="Light_bulb.gif" title="Incandescent light bulb" width="200" }}<< Cro…

19. Hydroelectric Power — 2020-08-17 09:05:43

    …candescent lighting, a dish washer, a vacuum cleaner and a washing machine. {{tag ids="Cragside Armstrong Hydroelectricity power electricity dynamo"}} …

20. Underground Railway — 2019-10-23 19:35:16

    …He persuaded the City Corporation to put up money and was probably the most important figure in the underground’s creation. Unfortunately h…
    … cities around the world who all wanted their own **Metro**. In 1890 the first underground electric railway opened, the City and South London, which ran from near the Bank of England under the Thames to the South Bank. {{image url="TrainTube.j…

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