1. FAX — 2023-10-09 23:52:19

   …uced 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 Lo…

2. Vacuum Flask — 2023-10-09 23:46:28

   …was 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 signal…

3. Mayday — 2023-10-08 00:53:45

   …924, the **Book of Wireless Telegraphy** identified **‘Mayday’** as the international distress call. {{Image url="FrederickMockfordGrave.jpg" class="left" title="Frederick Mockford Grave" width="300" }} …

4. DNA — 2021-08-14 21:04:12

   …dge 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 on…

5. Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27

   …t at 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="Joseph…

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

   … surface. {{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 em…

7. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47

   …ebrations held on 11 June 1972, which reads: ‘In 1872 Major Harry Gem with his friend Mr. B. Pereira, joined with Dr. Frederick Haynes and Dr. A. Wellesley Tomkins to found the first lawn tennis club in the world and played the game on nearby lawn…

8. Silicone — 2020-09-22 23:25:26

   …Silicone :: === Frederick Kipping 1940 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[Domestic]]:[[Medical]] {{Databox Image="Kipping.jpg" Who="Frederick Kipping…
   …" 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]]. he…

9. 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" de…
   …e **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.…

10. 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 "Forwa…
    …he 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 Lanchester Engine Company Limited in December 1899. This later becomes…

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