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FAX — 2023-10-09 23:52:19
…copy of any other surface composed of conducting and non-conducting materials can be taken by these means". {{TOC}} == Electric clocks 1841 == Bain had already invented the electric clock. Using this knowledge he felt he could improve [[Telegrap…
…f two pendulums, a transmitter and a receiver, for line-by-line scanning of a message. He attached a stylus that was an electrically conductive to the swinging pendulum. Every swing over a conductive surface was reproduced at the receiver. {{Image…
Internal Combustion Engine — 2023-10-09 23:51:33
…e url="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 e…
Vacuum Flask — 2023-10-09 23:46:28
… He was 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…
Stainless Steel — 2023-10-09 23:42:45
…ry Brearley 1913 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]: [[Domestic]]: [[1900s]] Brearley first produced his 'Rustless Steel' in an electric furnace on 13th August 1913. {{TOC}} == Determination == Harry was born into a poor family. His father was a steel w…
Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36
…tton and 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 …
Electronic Computer — 2023-10-07 10:38:05
… **bricklayer**. He started his apprenticeship as a mechanical engineer but took evening classes to achieve a degree in electrical engineering. He joined the telecommunications branch of General Post Office (GPO) in **1926** and felt that the me…
Aluminium — 2023-10-04 16:04:17
…lly in 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 …
Telegraph — 2023-09-23 15:56:52
…oneTelegraph.jpg" class="left" title="Cooke Wheatstone Telegraph" width="400" }}::cr:: In May 1837 the first commercial electrical telegraph, the **Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph**, was co-developed and patented by William Fothergill Cooke and Char…
…eed for anyone to be trained in understanding codes, unlike the Morse system. === Morse === On learning of this first electrical telegraph success from the newspapers in New York, S F B Morse, a painter and electrical experimenter, sailed to Liv…
Lithium-ion Battery — 2023-09-23 15:53:22
…has made pocket mobile phones a reality. A small compact rechargeable battery cell that can be reused many times over. Electric cars with long range now a reality. …
Electric Motor — 2023-09-23 15:52:02
…821, physicists were excited to make the electric motor a useful, stronger device. Over the next few years several inventors made magnetic rotating devices including Rev…
…inted to the lecturing staff of the Adelaide Gallery of Practical Science in London, where he first demonstrated the DC electric motor incorporating a commutator. == Improved Battery == The Volta cell had certain inherent weaknesses - any impurit…
…. Sturgeon died in poverty and is buried in an overlooked Prestwich grave, whose stone simply refers to him as "**The Electrician**".…
Electric Generator — 2023-09-23 12:04:37
…="" }} In 1821, Danish physicist and chemist Hans Christian Ørsted observed the phenomenon of electromagnetism when an electrical wire was placed near a compass. Michael Faraday built two devices to produce what he called electromagnetic rotation:…
…ng", Michael 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 el…
…ectric transformer**. /* In a second series of experiments in September he discovered magneto-electric induction: the production of a steady electric current. To do this, Faraday attached two wires through a sliding contac…
…a continuous direct current. This was the **first generator**. From his experiments came devices that led to the modern electric motor, generator and transformer. */ ::c:: == First Generator == {{Image url="FaradayDiskGenerator.jpg" class="left" t…
Digital Photography — 2023-09-23 12:04:21
…e//, was taken by physicist and inventor Michael Francis Tompsett in **1972.** Tompsett was a researcher at **English Electric Valve Company** (EEV now E2V) in Chelmsford. In 1968 Dr Tompsett invented the un-cooled Pyro-electric thermal-imaging c…
Bouncing bomb — 2023-09-23 12:03:28
…uadron. The Möhne and Edersee Dams were breached, causing catastrophic flooding of the Ruhr and Eder valley. Two hydroelectric power stations were destroyed and several more were damaged. Factories and mines were also either damaged or destroyed.…
Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21
…and Parker were manufacturing accumulators and dynamos for customers like Trafalgar Colliery in the Forest of Dean, for electric lighting in the mine and the tramway in Blackpool. ::c:: == Modern features == The **Elwell-Parker **car was fitted wit…
…ow being described as revolutionary. In 1888 Elwell-Parker Ltd. agreed to consolidate with other companies to form the Electric Construction Corporation. == First mention == Even earlier the very first electric car was made by Scotsman** Robert …
…Anderson ** around 1835 but at this time electric motors were in their infancy and the power would have been poor. == Bersey Electric Taxi == {{Image url="BerseyHummin…
…gbirdTaxi.jpg" class="left" title="Bersey Hummingbird Taxi" width="400" }} There was plenty of competition for electric vehicles with Bersey producing taxis. With a top speed of 9-12 mph, Walter Bersey’s taxis were the first self-propell…
Plastic — 2022-09-01 08:57:23
…astic ""<marquee> Bottles Buckets Boxes Cups Toothbrushes Pens Smartphones Computers Televisions Xbox Toys Dolls Chairs Electric plugs sockets Footballs Artificial Grass Flowers Car parts Tools Conservatories Windows Doors Acrylic glass Perspex Kni…
Television — 2021-11-06 16:35:18
…mage in halftones by reflected light. Baird achieved this, where other inventors had failed, by obtaining a better photoelectric cell and improving the signal conditioning from the photocell and the video amplifier. February 1924 demonstrated to t…
Trouser Press — 2021-08-26 11:11:31
…te="5/8/2021" death_place="" }} === Peter Corby 1930 === [[Domestic]]:[[Society]]:[[1900s]] The Corby trouser press, an electrical appliance used to smooth the creases from a pair of trousers, was invented by Peter Corby in 1930. Peter began produc…
Atomic Clock — 2021-08-20 10:45:05
…tors for precise time measurement. His research led to his development of the quartz ring clock in 1938, which used the electrically induced vibrations of a quartz crystal to measure time. The clock soon become the industry standard for time measu…
Automatic Kettle — 2021-08-14 20:44:42
…50" }} {{{toc}}} **William (Bill) Russell **(1920-2006) and **Peter Hobbs** (1916 - 2008) produced the first automatic electric kettle in 1955.::c:: {{image url="RussellHobbs1952.jpg" class="left" title="Bill Russell and Peter Hobbs" width="300" }…
…e Goblin Teasmade. == The K1 == {{image url="K1_1955.jpg" class="right" title="K1" width="" }} Their first automatic electric kettle, the vapour-controlled K1, appeared in 1955 and was superseded by the more elegant K2, a modestly curvaceous des…
…ly produced 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 kettl…
Steel — 2021-08-12 20:31:45
…nd colonise the western part of the country. Sheet steel could now be used in consumer products like washing machines, electric ovens, refrigerators and the car. By 1914 car manufacturing become the leading consumer of steel.…
Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27
… more like an electric arc than a lamp. === Swan Light === {{Image url="SwansEarlyBulb.jpg" class="left" title="Swans Early Light Bulb" width…
…tent** covering a partial vacuum, carbon filament incandescent lamp. However, the lack of a good vacuum and an adequate electric source resulted in an inefficient bulb with a small, uncontinued lifetime. {{Image url="JSwanPlaque.jpg" title="Joseph…
… Swan Plaque" width="300" class="right" }} Later Joseph Swan was determined to devise a practical, long-lasting electric light. He found that a carbon paper filament worked well, but burned up quickly. In **1878**, he demonstrated his new e…
…t by William 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 elect…
Electric Toaster — 2020-12-01 01:05:39
…300" }} Crompton and Co. went on to develop the first electric toaster 1893 in Leeds England. This was the forerunner of today's toasters. The device was quite simple and a person ha…
…elmsford 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" }}<< …
Vacuum cleaner — 2020-10-11 23:24:10
… machine was parked outside and the hoses were fed through the windows. It was originally powered by an oil engine, the electric motor was added later. The first cleaner worked out rather expensive at around £350. The bright red horse-drawn machi…
Hydraulics — 2020-08-17 13:24:35
….jpg" class="right" title="William Armstrong" width="200" }} The next big step for hydraulics was provided by **[[Hydroelectric_Power| William George Armstrong]]** who in 1845 set in motion a scheme to provide piped water from distant reservoirs t…
Hydroelectric Power — 2020-08-17 09:05:43
… the estate's lakes was used to drive a Siemens dynamo in what was the **world's first hydroelectric power station.** The electricity was also used to power an arc lamp installed in the Gallery in 1878. The arc lamp was …
…replaced in 1880 by [[Light_bulb| Joseph Swan's incandescent lamps]]. It was the first //'smart home'// with electric incandescent lighting, a dish washer, a vacuum cleaner and a washing machine. {{tag ids="Cragside Armstrong Hydroelec…
…tricity power electricity dynamo"}} …
Sinoatrial Node — 2020-08-15 18:08:00
… in other hearts, which they named the **sino‐auricular node.** The discovery of the sinus node or **SA** node, the electrical system of the heart, provided an anatomical answer to the baffling mystery: ~&**“Why does the heart beat?”** ^^…
Christmas Traditions — 2019-12-27 02:21:30
…"left" title="fairylights iolanthe" width="250" }}||The Savoy theatre presented Iolanthe with fairies adorned with Swan electric lights 25th November 1882.|| == Christmas Eve == ||{{Image url="ForSanta.jpg" width="200" title="Mince Pie" }}||In Br…
Underground Railway — 2019-10-23 19:35:16
… be the envy of other capital 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. …

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