1. Mayday — 2023-10-08 00:53:45

   …k was the senior radio officer at Croydon Airport in [[London]] and was given the task of finding a suitable call. == French influence == {{Image url="MaydayHancock.jpg" class="right" title="Mayday sketch by comedian Hancock" width="350" }} The…
   … majority of air traffic at the time was between Croydon and Le Bourget Airport in Paris. He heard French pilots using the term ‘M’aidez’, literally //help me//. It sounded like "Mayday" and because it had a stronger s…
   …ound that both English and French pilots were familiar with Mockford suggested **Mayday**. In 1924, the **Book of Wireless Telegraphy** identified **…

2. Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36

   …== {{Image url="MorlandPortrait.jpg" width="" class="right" title="Sir Samuel Morland 1625 - 1695" }} In about 1680 the French physicist Denis Papin, with the help of Gottfried Leibniz, built a steam digester for softening bones, i.e. he invented…

3. Full Breakfast — 2022-05-20 12:26:19

   …ies old British breakfast tradition dating back at least to the 1300's, just about when the British said goodbye to the French, //'Au Revoir'//. === Full English Breakfast === {{Image url="Full_English_Breakfast.jpg" class="right" title="Full En…

4. Cambridge Cream — 2022-05-20 08:48:45

   …terally translates to **Burnt Cream**. == ''''Crème Brulee? Non non'''' == Cambridge Cream is often thought to be a French invention, the first written reference to it in France is in François Massialot's 'Le cuisinier royal et bourgeois' of…

5. Guinness Book of World Records — 2021-08-20 10:45:53

   …'s sub [[four-minute_mile]] in 1954, while Ross helped locate the lost grave of rugby pioneer William Webb Ellis on the French Riviera in 1958. Together they compiled what was to become the Guinness Book of Records. == Sad Departure == On Novem…

6. Modern Olympics — 2021-08-14 20:26:14

   … == Wealthy Ally == ---- >>{{image url="London1948.jpg" title="London Olympics" width="200"}}>> In 1889 a wealthy young Frenchman named **Baron de Coubertain** visited England on a fact finding mission aimed at instigating physical education in F…

7. Fish and chips — 2021-08-14 20:10:50

   …nvention consisting of battered white fish, usually Cod, and potato chips (the Belgian invention called //frites//, not French as they fried //sliced// potatoes). /* en petites tranches */ With a long history of fishing as a staple diet and po…

8. Antiseptic — 2021-08-12 20:38:14

   …d blood stains on their unwashed operating gowns as a display of their experience. Lister was aware of the work by the French chemist, Louis Pasteur, showing the existence of micro-organisms. Lister conducted his own experiments and decided to…

9. Adjustable Spanner — 2021-08-10 08:22:45

   …spanner is used worldwide and throughout Europe where it is often referred to as the **'English key'** (Clé anglaise - French.) or simply a //'Clyburn Spanner'//. It was made under license in several countries. The spanner, //from Germanic spa…

10. Can — 2021-08-09 21:53:19

    …rchant of Hoxton Square, [[Middlesex]], changed food preservation with his sterilized and sealed tin food cannister. A Frenchman named Nicolas Appert had discovered he could preserve food by heating it and sealing it in glass containers which ex…

11. Sparkling Wine — 2021-08-08 20:32:53

    …e invented sparkling wine in Champagne around 1697 when he declared //“Come quickly, I am tasting the stars’’//. French made their first sparkling Champagne, which was in a document produced in 1718. …

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

    …ght of 59 seconds in 1903. But there were many men before this event who all contributed to achieve this goal, notably Frenchman **Chanute**, German **Otto Lilienthal** and NZ **Richard Pearse**. Below are the main British aviators. ::cr:: == G…

13. Marmite — 2021-04-03 10:38:16

    …"Trench food" width="300" }} == The Name == Marmite originally came in a small earthenware pot, similar to the kind of French casserole dish called a 'Marmite', (pronounced MAR-MEET). This may be where Marmite gets its name from. ==Love it or H…

14. English Language — 2018-01-26 21:45:55

    …elize</strong> </li><li><strong>Bermuda</strong> </li><li>Botswana </li><li>Brunei (with Malay) </li><li>Cameroon (with French) </li><li><strong>Canada</strong> (with French) </li><li><strong>Dominica</strong> </li><li>Fiji </li><li>Gambia </li>…
    …pher and Nevis</strong> </li><li><strong>St Lucia</strong> </li><li><strong>St Vincent</strong> </li><li>Senegal (with French) </li><li>Seychelles (with French) </li><li>Sierra Leone </li><li>Singapore (with Malay, Mandarin and Tamil) </li><li><…
    …rong> 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><li>Zimbabwe </li></ul> ""…

15. Meccano — 2017-05-14 01:23:25

    …ade. New parts were continually being introduced and in 1904, six sets, packed in tin boxes with instruction manuals in French and English, became available. In 1905 two new sets were introduced and in 1906, for the first time, a small profit was…

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