1. Airport — 2023-10-11 15:23:36

   …ton Airport was later used to assemble Spitfire fighters during World War II. == Links == [[https://www.solentsky.org/exhibitions| Solent Sky Museum]] [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/hampshire/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8711000/8711292.stm|B…

2. Toilet — 2023-09-08 09:57:11

   …blic lavatories or 'Retiring Rooms' by installing the first flushing public toilets in the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851; over 827,000 people paid attendants one penny to use the 'Wash-rooms'. His installation went on to produce a r…

3. Plastic — 2022-09-01 08:57:23

   …m Science Museum" }}Parkes introduced his new material to great public interest at the '''1862''' **Great International Exhibition** in London and was awarded a prize medal. He established The **Parkesine Company** at Hackney Wick in London. == Wild…

4. Public Park — 2021-08-14 20:30:20

   …class="right" }} ::c:: == A man with Big Ideas == In **1851** Paxton designed the **Crystal Palace** for the '''Great Exhibition'''. All of the 245 plans for the main Exhibition Hall in Hyde Park had been examined and rejected. Paxton was visiting …
   … feet long and 456 feet wide and 135 feet high**. Despite widespread cynicism amongst press and public, when the Great Exhibition opened in May 1851 it was an enormous success. In October, Paxton was knighted by Queen Victoria. When the exhibition f…
   …n, where it remained popular until it burned down in 1936. {{Image url="Greatexhib.jpg" class="right" title="The Great Exhibition 1851 " width="300" }} {{Image url="Crystal_Palace.jpg" alt="Crystal Palace designed by Paxton" width="320" }} …

5. Sewing Machine — 2021-08-11 11:41:32

   …ine made from the drawings submitted with the patent. He proved it worked. He then booked space at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia right next to the Howe exhibit. Thus visitors to the celebration were confronted with a gigantic Howe d…

6. Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49

   …¾ lbs and drove two large propellers which rotated in opposite directions to give the machine lateral stability. == Exhibition 1868 == {{Image url="Flyingmachine-henson.jpg" title="" class="right" width="200" }} {{Image url="1868Exhb.jpg" class="…
   …left" width="300" title="Stringfellows model at the Great Exhibition" }} Stringfellow demonstrated a steam-powered triplane at an exhibition arranged by the '''Aeronautical Society of Gre…
   …indoors from a wire unmanned at twenty miles per hour in front of the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sunderland. The exhibition gave world-wide exposure to gains in flight and the Tri-wing design influenced by Chanute. {{Image url="Strngflw2.jpg…

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

   …s passion for engineering began early. In his autobiography, Reminiscences, Crompton tells of a trip to London 's Great Exhibition of 1851. His schooling started at Sharow, near Ripon in Yorkshire, along with 19 other boys, aged between 7 and 15. On…

8. Disc Brakes — 2020-08-09 19:54:18

   … Co" in Birmingham and worked there until 1892. He was fascinated by the Benz 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 …

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