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  1. Internal Combustion Engine — 2023-10-09 23:51:33
    …esigned the first two-stroke engine with in-cylinder compression patented in England in 1881. ~i)1884: British engineer Edward Butler constructed the first petrol internal combustion engine. Butler invented the spark plug, ignition magneto, coil …
  2. Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36
    …ury AD, but used only as a toy. ::c:: == Back in Britain == {{Image url="Somerset.jpg" class="left" width="150" title="Edward Somerset" }} In 1663, '''Edward Somerset''', 2nd Marquess of Worcester published designs for, and may have installed, a…
  3. Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51
    … == Increasing the Range == Only two weeks later Wilkins left the Radio Research Station with a small party, including Edward George Bowen (born Swansea, [[Wales]]) to start further research at Orfordness. On** April 2, 1935** Watson-Watt was gr…
  4. Lava Lamp — 2022-08-29 08:39:00
    …Lava Lamp :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="EdwardCravenWalker.jpg" Who="Edward Craven Walker" width="400" birth_date="4/7/1918" birth_place="Singapore" death_date="15/8/2000" death_place="Ringwood" …
    …}} === Edward Craven-Walker 1963 === ~-[[Entertainment]]::[[Arts]]::[[1900s]] Edward Craven-Walker invented his psychedelic Astro lamp in 1963. The idea came from an egg-timer he saw in a [[Dorset]] pub …
    …that was made by a regular. Edward envisaged he could illuminate and heat the immiscible oils to create a visual ornament. {{Image url="LavaLampAstro.j…
  5. Microphone — 2021-11-07 21:26:04
    …Microphone :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="DavidEdwardHughes.jpg" Who="David Edward Hughes" width="" birth_date="16/5/1831" birth_place="Corwen" death_date="22/1/1900" death_place="London" }} === David …
    Edward Hughes 1878 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[Communication]]:[[Music]]:[[1800s]] Hughes invented the first practical worki…
    …ng carbon microphone in 1878. David Edward Hughes was probably born in Corwen [[Wales]] in 1831. His family emigrated to the United States in 1838 but he moved ba…
  6. IVF — 2021-08-16 10:02:09
    …* and **Sir Robert Geoffrey Edwards** along with their nurse-technician, **Jean Purdy** successfully carried out a pioneering conception which resulted in…
    …en due to science and IVF. Without the biologists, she would have been alone in the world.” {{image url="steptoe-and-edwards.jpg" class="left" title="Steptoe, Purdy and Edwards with first baby " width="250" }} == A Great Team == Both Steptoe …
    …and Edwards worked in the field of reproductive health before their collaboration in 1966, they were especially interested in prob…
    …lems of human fertility. Edwards had developed a way to fertilise human eggs within the laboratory and Steptoe had perfected a method for obtaining hum…
  7. Fingerprints — 2021-08-14 20:06:49
    …, India, in 1897. The 'Henry Classification System', co-devised by Haque and Bose ( working under their supervisor, Sir Edward Richard Henry), was accepted in England and Wales when the first United Kingdom Fingerprint Bureau was founded in Scotl…
  8. Lawn Mower — 2021-08-10 08:19:36
    …cylinder (or bladed reel) mounted on a bench to trim cloth to make a smooth finish after weaving. ::cr:: >>{{image url="EdwardBuddingPlaque.jpg" title="Budding Plaque" width="300" }}>> Budding realised that a similar concept would enable the cu…
  9. Salicylic acid — 2021-08-08 18:32:13
    …Salicylic acid :: === Edward Stone 1753 === ~-[[Medical]]:[[1700s]] {{Image url="Aspirin.jpg" class="right" title="Aspirin tablet" width="" }} Edwar…
    …in**, in **1753**. {{toc}} In 1745 Stone became chaplain at Bruern Abbey in Chipping Norton, [[Oxfordshire]]. In 1758 Edward had been suffering from "agues" from a fever. He was aware that **quinine** derived from the bark of the Peruvian cinc…
    …after {{Datediff from="25/4/1753" }} years in treating inflammatory pain and fevers. == Stones Trials == {{Image url="EdwardStonePlaque.jpg" class="left" title="Edward Stone Plaque" width="" }} He experimented by gathering and drying a pound o…
  10. Vaccination — 2021-08-07 23:07:23
    …Vaccination :: === Edward Jenner 1796 === ~-[[Medical]]:[[1700s]] {{Databox caption="Pioneer" Image="EdwardJenner.jpg" width="350" title="Edward Jenner" birth_date="17 May 1749" birth_place="Berkeley" death_date="26 January 18…
    …Jenner was an **English doctor**, the pioneer of smallpox vaccination and is the **father of immunology**. {{{toc}}} **Edward Jenner** was born in **Berkeley**, [[Gloucestershire]] on 17 May 1749, the son of the local vicar. At the age of 14, he…
  11. Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52
    …Railway (S&DR) began. The original plan was to use horses to draw coal carts on metal rails, but after company director Edward Pease met Stephenson he agreed to change the plans. Work began in 1822, and in September 1825 Stephenson completed the …
  12. Vacuum cleaner — 2020-10-11 23:24:10
    …="350" }} In 1903 Booth was invited to clean the carpet in '''Westminster Abbey''' in preparation for the coronation of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. The demonstration was successful and as a result vast vacuum-cleaning units were installed in…
    …or of the Priday Metford and Co flour milling company, Charlotte Mary in 1903. The couple had two children, Francis and Edward. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wheel | Earl Court Great Wheel]] …
  13. Eraser — 2020-08-18 10:06:20
    …Eraser :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Head.jpg" Who="Edward Nairne" width="300" born="1726" birth_place="Sandwich [[Kent]]" death_date="1/9/1806" death_place="" }} === Edward Na…

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