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Elevator — 2023-12-30 12:44:08
…aised by "secret machinery". The project proved so expensive that his backer, Rowland Stephenson MP, had to flee to America in 1828, Hornor fled soon after settling in New York around 1829 where Elisha Otis lived. He died in penury (extreme p…
FAX — 2023-10-09 23:52:19
… at the receiver. {{Image url="FAX-Machine.jpg" class="left" title="FAX Machine" width="450" }} == Improvements == Frederick Bakewell went on to improve the concept with his "Image Telegraph" which he demonstrated at the 1851 World's Fair in L…
Vacuum Flask — 2023-10-09 23:46:28
…knighted in 1904 and died on March 27, 1923. == Cordite == Dewar is also the joint inventor of cordite with **Sir Frederick Abel** in **1889**. The disadvantage of gunpowder was that it gave away the location of the gunman with a smoke signa…
Cinematography — 2023-10-09 23:41:17
… Adolphe, felt aggrieved and wanted Louis recognised as the inventor of cinematography. Edison, once again, used the American courts to establish himself as the sole inventor of cinematography. Adolphe Le Prince stood as a witness but was //…
Mayday — 2023-10-08 00:53:45
… the **Book of Wireless Telegraphy** identified **‘Mayday’** as the international distress call. {{Image url="FrederickMockfordGrave.jpg" class="left" title="Frederick Mockford Grave" width="300" }} …
Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36
…engines were designed by '''Thomas Savery''' (the "fire-engine", 1698) but it was '''Thomas Newcomen''' and his "atmospheric-engine" of 1712 that demonstrated the first operational and practical industrial engine. Together, Newcomen and Savery …
…developed a beam engine that worked on the atmospheric, or vacuum, principle. The first industrial applications of the vacuum engines were in the pumping of water from deep m…
Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35
…is that it has been the Marines who have taken the hovercraft most seriously, with over 100 giant craft now in use in America and 250 in the Soviet Union, many used in recent conflicts. In these early days Cockerell's idea was patented and imme…
Marshall Amplification — 2023-10-07 09:45:58
…lification.** After many prototypes the classic //JTM 45// amp was released. Soon musicians including **Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page **were using his equipment. These amps were powered by [[Vacuum_Tube| Vacuum tubes]] and produc…
Digital Photography — 2023-09-23 12:04:21
…rs of digital photography were recognised with the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. Michael Tompsett, Eric Fossum, George Smith (not pictured) and Nobukazu Teranishi. Michael Francis Tompsett filed the first CCD imaging [[htt…
ATM — 2023-09-23 12:02:41
…e officially called DACS (De La Rue Automatic Cash System). In 1969 he described the system to the conference of the American Banking Association, but received a lukewarm response and only one sale. ::c:: == The Process == Plastic bank cards…
Toilet — 2023-09-08 09:57:11
…e these public conveniences were installed, including Paris, Florence, Berlin, Madrid, and Sydney as well as in South America and the Far East. He also supplied water closets to 30 railway companies in Britain, America, and others in Buenos Air…
MRI Scan — 2021-08-20 11:04:59
…eenmedlib.wordpress.com/2016/03/21/worlds-first-mri-scanner-now-on-display/ http://www.economist.com/node/2246166 */ American doctor and scientist Raymond Damadian built a partial body MRI scanner in 1977, which he called the ‘Indomitable’…
Miss World — 2021-08-20 10:50:22
…in 1959. It became one of the the most popular shows in Britain. The pageant is now broadcast in over 140 countries. Eric Morley died in 2000 and his wife Julia became the chairwoman of the Miss world organization. As the the biggest Miss …
Beatles — 2021-08-20 10:46:43
…Please Me// and //From Me To You//, the reason they gave being that no **British** act had ever made any impact on an American audience! (maybe that's because the US refused to release the singles or give British acts airplay). Attorneys for C…
Intraocular Lens — 2021-08-20 10:40:24
… fly to New York or Washington at weekends, operate there, and return to his London practice by Monday morning. While Americans welcomed a new idea with such enthusiasm, it was so typical that the companies who made the lenses in the **USA** di…
Roundabout — 2021-08-16 09:58:53
… free as you can get. No traffic light bulbs to replace or traffic chaos when there is a power cut. New research in America has shown that where a roundabout has been installed, savings of up to 40% on fuel can be saved, due to the fact the t…
DNA — 2021-08-14 21:04:12
…Place, Kensington, London, [[England]] and died of cancer on the 16th April,1958. {{Datetext text=" 'Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins', was born " event_date="15th December, 1916"}} in Pongara, North Wairarapa, New Zealand and died of cancer o…
Football — 2021-08-14 19:52:33
…all games to prepare warriors for battle. {{Image url="Football.jpg" class="left" width="100"}} In south and Central America a game called "Tlatchi" once flourished. == Set the Rules == In Britain too, there are records of Football being pl…
Vibrator — 2021-08-14 19:48:28
…eable emotional excess in the womb//) in Great Britain during the Victorian Era. This manipulation was to cause "**hysterical paroxysm**" (outburst from the womb) in the patient. It was not widely accepted that women could experience orgasm, t…
Procter Gamble — 2021-08-12 20:35:23
…amble :: === Procter & Gamble 1837 === ~-[[Domestic]]:[[1800s]] Procter and Gamble met each other after emigrating to America. The two men opened their Procter & Gamble store on 12 April 1837. == William Procter == {{Image url="WilliamProcter.…
Steel — 2021-08-12 20:31:45
… warships became relatively inexpensive to produce. Steel frames could now be used to build towering skyscrapers. In America the introduction of the Bessemer Converter had an enormous impact on an expanding society and shrinking the nation. Th…
Horlicks — 2021-08-12 20:30:08
… England in 1869 and, while visiting his cousin James at Ruardean, persuaded 24 year old William Horlick to return to America with him. James decided to join him in 1873. That same year, they started their own company (J&W Horlicks) to make a …
… 1969, the extended factory produced 30 million pounds of powder a year. In 1945 British Horlicks company bought the American Horlicks out. == Worldwide == In 1935 a factory was built in Australia and in 1960 a factory was built in the India…
Colgate — 2021-08-11 11:43:11
…Williams father Robert Colgate (1758–1826) was an English farmer and politician. He was also a sympathiser with the American War of Independence. Because of his republican ideals he decided to leave their farm in Shoreham, Kent in March 1798 …
USA anthem — 2021-08-09 22:14:22
…them of the United States of America. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort M'Henry", a poem written in 1814 by **Francis Scott Key**. ::c:: == Luxembour…
Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27
… a public meeting in Dundee, Scotland. - 1840, Warren de la Rue used a platinum coil in an evacuated tube. - 1841 Frederick de Moleyens had first patent for an incandescent light in a vacuum bulb. ::c:: === Photography === {{image url="Josep…
Can — 2021-08-09 21:53:19
… in England. The firm of Donkin, Hall and Gamble was later merged into Crosse & Blackwells. The patent was re-sold in America some six years later in 1818. == Mass Production == In 1846, **Henry Evans** invents a machine that can manufacture t…
Shire Horse — 2021-08-09 21:35:31
…record breaking 1,400 pedigree export certificates. Shires were in strong demand in the USA, Canada, Australia, South America, Germany and Russia. {{Image url="shire-horse.jpg" class="left" title="shire horse" width="200" }} Both in commerce a…
Jigsaw Puzzle — 2021-08-09 21:24:39
…pular and he went on to create dissected maps of England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. It became a highly successful business venture. John Spilsbury died in 1769 but his widow Sarah continued with the b…
Cowboy — 2021-08-09 21:03:46
…horse//. The word enters printed use in the U.S. at about the same time the great cattle drives were ending ~1870. N.American cattle herders called themselves **vacquero** a Spanish word that was Anglicised to become **Buckaroo**. In fact, co…
Marmalade — 2021-08-08 18:49:30
… followed. James Boswell remarks that he and Samuel Johnson were offered it at breakfast in Scotland in 1773. When American writer Louisa May Alcott visited Britain in the 1800s, she described "a choice pot of marmalade and a slice of cold h…
Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
…face. {{Image url="Stringfellow.jpg" title="Stringfellow design" class="left" width="250" }} Henson, Stringfellow, Frederick Marriott, and D.E. Colombine, incorporated as the **Aerial Transit Company **in 1843 in England. Henson married and e…
Petroleum — 2020-12-03 01:07:44
… had their own oil and coal reserves. In 1859, an oil well was drilled in Titusville Pennsylvania and within 2 years, American petroleum was being produced. {{Image url="YoungsParaffin.jpg" class="right" title="Youngs Paraffin" width="" }} Soo…
…n American petroleum, that they called kerosene, was being imported to Britain even though Young had successfully sued for paten…
…ion for causing explosions and house fires. The Scottish oil industry continued to fight a fierce battle against the American product. In 1865 James Young bought out his business partners and a year later formed **Young's Paraffin Light & Min…
Banoffi Pie — 2020-12-01 00:13:56
… Pie. ::c:: == Very Popular == The pie was so popular it soon went global. Some supermarkets began selling it as an American pie much to the dismay of [[http://iandowding.co.uk/ Dowding]] and Mackenzie. This lead Nigel Mackenzie to offer a �…
Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52
…n-mile-long line between coal mines and his canal: //The Stourbridge Lion// from Foster, Rastrick, and Co., and the //America// from Robert Stephenson and Co. The trains arrived in the United States by August 1829, at which time Allen became th…
…e first person to drive a locomotive in America. @@ {{adsense}} @@ …
Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
…ver, an English manufacturer of sporting goods, John Jacques, registered "Ping Pong" as a trade name in 1901 and sold American rights to Parker Brothers, who came out with a new kit under that name. Another Englishman, E. C. Goode, in 1902 cov…
Vacuum cleaner — 2020-10-11 23:24:10
… of getting the dust to fly from one side of the carriage into a dustbox on the other side. '''Booth''' asked the '''American inventor''' why he did not use suction instead of blowing. The angry inventor said that sucking dust was impossible, …
Silicone — 2020-09-22 23:25:26
…Silicone :: === Frederick Kipping 1940 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[Domestic]]:[[Medical]] {{Databox Image="Kipping.jpg" Who="Frederick Kippin…
…g" birth_date="16/8/1863" death_date="1/5/1949" width="300" class="right" }} {{{toc}}} Professor **Frederick Stanley Kipping** FRS (1863-1949) was an English chemist who was born near Manchester, [[Lancashire]], [[England]]. h…
Shakespeare — 2020-08-21 08:52:48
…ur's Lost Measure for Measure Merchant of Venice Merry Wives of Windsor Midsummer Night's Dream Much Ado About Nothing Pericles, Prince of Tyre Taming of the Shrew Tempest Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Two Gentlemen of Verona Winter's Tale…
Linoleum — 2020-08-17 08:43:03
…Linoleum :: === Frederick Walton 1855 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[Domestic]]:[[1800s]] {{Databox Image="Frederick-Walton.png" class="right" title="Frederick Walton" width="" birth_date="13 March 1834" caption="Halifax, Yorkshire" d…
…Linoleum Manufacturing Company** and by 1869 the factory in Staines was exporting to Europe and the United States. Frederick Walton jnr went on to develop //Lincrusta// the first washable and durable wall covering.…
Disc Brakes — 2020-08-09 19:54:18
…Disc Brakes :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="FrederickLanchester.jpg" Who="Frederick Lanchester" width="350" birth_date=" 23 October 1868 " birth_place="Lewisham" death_date="8 march 1946" death_place=""…
… }} === Frederick Lanchester 1902 === ~-[[CategoryTransport]]:[[CategoryIndustry]]::[[1900s]] Frederick William Lanchester patented the vehicle disc brake in 1902. == Car Enthusiast == In 1889.Lanchester joined the "Forw…
…enz automobile that he saw at the 1889 Paris Exhibition. This led onto producing the first all British petrol car. Frederick with brothers George and Frank incorporated The Lanchester Engine Company Limited in December 1899. This later become…
Charles Darwin — 2020-08-06 07:52:58
… served as an unpaid naturalist on a science expedition on board **HMS Beagle**. In 1831, the Beagle sailed for South America where she completed extensive surveys, returning via New Zealand in 1836. The wide range of far off destinations open…
…n the Galapagos Islands he noticed many variations of plants and animals that were similar to those he found in South America, suggesting that species adapted over time and to their environment. Charles Darwin was not the first to propose a t…
Monty Python — 2020-08-06 07:48:50
… 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 Circus, it's full…
Angus Cattle — 2019-08-31 10:40:52
…he number "1" in the Scotch Herd. == Global Demand == World-wide, the Aberdeen Angus breed numbers many millions. In America, Canada and Australia it is very popular - it is the primary beef breed in the USA and it is by far the most important…
English Language — 2018-01-26 21:45:55
…ead of the language. == Fragmenting == As the language spreads it gets altered, for better or worse, as in the USA. American English has changed the spelling of some words so it is different to the rest of the world, but British English is th…
…Tuvalu </li><li>Uganda </li><li><strong>United Kingdom</strong> and its dependences </li><li><strong>United States of America</strong> and its dependencies </li><li>Vanatu (with French) </li><li>Western Samoa (with Samoan) </li><li>Zambia </li>…
Speedfit — 2017-05-11 00:37:50
…d]] in 1927. John Guest Ltd. is a family-owned company that was founded in 1961. Now operating in UK, Europe, North America, Korea and New Zealand. == Push-Fit Connectors == {{Image url="speedfit-tee.jpg" class="left" title="speedfit tee" wi…
Tank — 2016-05-16 11:27:53
…to the British Army. Due to a lack of interest he sold the patent to Holt & Co. (predecessor to Caterpillar Inc.) in America. H. G. Wells, in his short story **The Land Ironclads**, published in December 1903, described the use of large, armo…

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