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Vacuum Flask — 2023-10-09 23:46:28
…ty at low temperatures. Using charcoal as an absorbing agent, he separated hydrogen, neon and helium from the air and created the highest known vacuum of his day. {{Image url="Thermos-and-cup.gif" title="Vacuum principle." }} It was his work at …
Modern Farming — 2023-10-09 23:44:30
…fic approach to agriculture. His scientific mind and great inventions would eventually help feed the world. Jethro Tull created several scientific inventions for agricultural uses. == Seed Drill, 1701 == {{Image url="Tullseed.gif" class="right" t…
…ay of seeding that did not always produce good crops. Jethro Tull’s seed drill immeasurably improved this problem. He created a machine that would plant seeds in three rows at a time. == Improved technique == A hole for the seed would be made …
Stainless Steel — 2023-10-09 23:42:45
…less_Steel_1915.jpg" class="left" title="Stainless Steel New York 1915" width="300" }} On the 13th August 1913 Brearley created a steel with 12.8% chromium and 0.24% carbon. Every piece of steel he made he bombarded with various acids and stresse…
Cinematography — 2023-10-09 23:41:17
…ridge 'Racehorse in Motion' that was captured by arranging 12 cameras in a row to photograph a racehorse. In 1886 Louis created a 16-lens camera. On the 2nd November 1886, Le Prince applied for a US patent and on 16th November 1888, he received a…
Electronic Computer — 2023-10-07 10:38:05
…Death_date="28 October 1998" }} === Tommy Flowers 1943 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]: [[Technology]]: [[1900s]] Flowers created **Colossus**, the world's first programmable electronic digital computer in 1943. {{toc}} /* event_date="8 December 194…
Electric Generator — 2023-09-23 12:04:37
…1831 Michael Faraday discovered the operating principle of electromagnetic generators. The horseshoe-shaped magnet (A) created a magnetic field through the disk (D). When the disk was turned this induced an electric current radially outward from …
Worcestershire Sauce — 2023-09-18 19:06:46
…inster and another at Cheltenham. == Spin Offs == The **Bloody Mary**, one of the world's most popular cocktails was created in 1921, when **Fernand Petiot**, the barman at the fashionable 'Harry's New York Bar' in Paris added **Lea & Perrins W…
…orcestershire Sauce** to that glorious combination of vodka and tomato juice. When **Caesar Cardini** created his **"Caesar Salad"** Worcestershire Sauce gave it that kick with a hint of anchovy. [[http://www.leaperrins.com Lea…
Toilet — 2023-09-08 09:57:11
…ufacturer in England. By 1870, Thomas Twyford's improved version of the Bramah contained no metal parts, and in 1885 he created the one-piece 'wash-out' toilet, called the 'Unitas'. This used a 'P'-shaped trap. In 1885, he created the first valvel…
Loudspeaker — 2021-11-07 21:26:37
…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 permanent bar …
Postage Stamp — 2021-11-06 16:32:56
… {{Image url="PennyBlack.jpg" class="right" caption="Penny Black" width="250" }} /* event_date="1516" The Royal Mail is created */ The Royal Mail had existed in Britain since **'1516'** but there were concerns it had become old and chaotic. Rowla…
Hip Replacement — 2021-08-20 11:18:03
…, tested materials in his own legs to ensure they worked before implanting them in a patient. Sir John and his team had created a clean-air system to protect patients during operations and clean trays to prevent cross-infection. == Key to Success…
Miss World — 2021-08-20 10:50:22
…on" }} === Eric Morley 1951 === ~-[[Entertainment]]:[[1900s]] Miss World, the first international beauty pageant, was created in Britain by Eric Morley in **1951**. It was held on 29 July 1951 at the Lyceum Ballroom in [[London]], [[England]]. …
Scouts — 2021-08-14 20:35:19
…te="8 January 1941" death_place="Kenya" }} === Lord Robert Baden-Powell 1907 === ~-[[Society]]:[[1900s]] Baden-Powell created the **Scout** movement in August 1907. He was born **Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell** at 9 Stanhope Street, Padd…
Public Park — 2021-08-14 20:30:20
…the world and has inspired the design of many other parks in Britain and around the world. It was the first public park created by a local authority and using public funds. Birkenhead Park was the forerunner of the Parks Movement and its influence…
Jigsaw Puzzle — 2021-08-09 21:24:39
…1766 === ~-[[Entertainment]]:[[1700s]] {{Image url="Jigsaw.jpg" class="right" title="Jigsaw" width="" }} John Spilsbury created the jigsaw puzzle in 1766 as an educational tool for teaching geography. John Spilsbury (1739 – 3 April 1769) was a…
Industrial Revolution — 2021-08-08 21:48:46
…tish engineer born in Portsmouth, [[Hampshire]]. He took all these advances in iron and used them with great effect. He created of the '''Great Western Railway''', a series of famous steamships, and numerous important bridges and tunnels, hence re…
Marmite — 2021-04-03 10:38:16
…** /* Gilmours? Edwyn Ongar Essex? Press reader Contrary to numerous tales of a Continental origin, the product was created by brewer's clerk Alfred Oxford, employed not far from where the Marmite company was founded in Burton-on-Trent. Alfre…
…et one of the products which he considered palatable for humans. By putting their initials together and adding a Z they created Zalo. But Alfred had a wife and five children at nearby Walton-on-Trent and because money wasn't plentiful, he devoted…
…, a German scientist, had found the method to extract a palatable paste from the spent yeast, but it has emerged it was created and patented in the late 1800s by a brewer's clerk called **Alfred Oxford** employed in Burton-on-Trent. The patent ha…
DNA Forensics — 2021-01-22 08:47:52
…dividuals. == Media Links == {{image url="DNA_finger_print.jpg" class="left" title="DNA fingerprint" width="250" }}ITV created a drama based on this story called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zd1HzWl96Y ‘Code Of A Killer’ - Trailer]]. Th…
Electric Toaster — 2020-12-01 01:05:39
…ngineer Crompton & Co. with an idea. Alan Alexander MacMasters was a scientist and inventor from [[Scotland]], and had created a prototype electric toaster for bread. {{{toc}}} == First Toaster == {{Image url="Toaster.jpg" title="Early toaster" …
Suffolk Punch — 2020-11-30 16:25:44
…nce, Spain, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Argentina and many more. {{tag ids="Suffolk Punch Created breed Horse draught power"}} …
Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
… 1787. The beginnings of modern cricket is said to be to be 1787, when the Marylebone Cricket Club also known MCC was created. The MCC has since then gone on to become one of the most prominent bodies in world cricket The first official Internat…
Cricket — 2020-08-26 21:18:47
…h="100"}}The beginnings of modern cricket is said to be to be 1787, when the Marylebone Cricket Club also known MCC was created. The MCC has since then gone on to become one of the most prominent bodies in world cricket The first official Internat…
Hydraulics — 2020-08-17 13:24:35
…plunger supporting a very heavy weight. The plunger was raised, drawing in water, then the downward force of the weight created the hydraulic pressure. The cranes were efficient powerful AND pollution free. …
Milk of Magnesia — 2020-08-09 19:55:03
…"1871" death_place="Dublin" }} === Sir James Murray 1809 === ~-[[Medical]]::[[1800s]] James Murray born in [[Ireland]] created his //Fluid Magnesia// that came to be known as **Milk of Magnesia**. {{Toc}} The antacid effect of Magnesium had bee…
…e" width="" }} == Honour == In 1829, Sir James Murray used a "condensed solution of fluid magnesia" preparation of he created from Magnesium sulphate to treat the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the Marquis of Anglesey. His treatment was so succesf…
Cloning — 2020-08-06 15:26:49
…llySheep.jpg" class="left" title="Baaaah" caption="Dolly first cloned mammal" width="" }} == Patience == The sheep was created by taking an embryo cell and inserting it into a sheep ovum. After 433 failed attempts an embryo was successful. The em…
Gravity — 2020-08-06 08:19:13
… MArch 1727" death_place="London" }} === Sir Isaac Newton 1687 === ~- [[CategoryScience]]::[[1600s]] Sir Isaac Newton created the **'''Universal Law of Gravity'''** inspired by a falling apple in 1665. Isaac Newton was born in 1642 in a manor h…
Monty Python — 2020-08-06 07:48:50
…tle="Monty Pythons" width="400" }} === The Pythons 1969 === ~-[[Entertainment ]]::[[1900s]] {{TOC}} Monty Python was created in 1969 by Eric Idle,John Cleese, John Terry, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman and Terry Gillam. Monty Python’s Flying C…
Banksy — 2017-06-19 21:04:17
…} ::c:: === Bemusement Park === {{Image url="dismaland1.jpg" class="right" title="Dismaland" width="500" }} In 2015 he created **Dismaland** at a disused lido area in **Weston-Super-Mare**. It was a clever twist on modern theme parks with a bleak…
Viagra — 2017-06-01 14:56:53
… **Peter Dunn** and **Albert Wood** both of Kent, England are named as the inventors of the process by which Viagra was created. Their names appeared on an application by Pfizer to patent (WOWO9849166A1) the manufacturing process of Viagra or its …
Meccano — 2017-05-14 01:23:25
… this name on all new sets. In order to raise more capital to invest in a larger factory and plant, a company had to be created. This led to the formation of Meccano Ltd on 30 May 1908. Elliot had decided not to join the new company, leaving Hornb…

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