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  1. Internal Combustion Engine — 2023-10-09 23:51:33
    …or" Image="Herbert_Akroyd_Stuart.jpg" Who="Herbert Akroyd Stuart" width="300" birth_date="28 January 1864" birth_place="Halifax [[Yorkshire]]" death_date="19 February 1927" death_place="Halifax" }} {{Toc}} The Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine was the fi…
  2. Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36
    …s :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Percyshaw.jpg" Who="Percy Shaw" width="" birth_date="15 Apr 1890" birth_place="Halifax" death_date="01 Sep 1976" death_place="Boothtown" }} [[CategoryInventions]]: [[CategoryTransport]] === Percy Shaw - 19…
    …34 === Percy Shaw (1890 - 1976) was born in Halifax in West [[Yorkshire]] in 1890, the son of Jimmy Shaw, a dyer’s labourer, who worked at a local mill. When he was 14, …
    …nted his invention (patent No. 436,290 and 457,536), and on **March 15, 1935**, founded Reflecting Roadstuds Limited in Halifax to manufacture the items. The name //Catseye// was their trademark. == Improved Safety == He founded the company with …
  3. Stereo — 2023-09-23 15:56:38
    …dar system throughout the spring and early summer of 1942. It was during this series of tests on 7 June 1942, that the Halifax bomber carrying the only prototype H2S system crashed at Welsh Bicknor. Alan Blumlein and two colleagues from EMI, alon…
  4. Guillotine — 2021-08-09 22:22:29
    …act as a deterrent to those who might have considered a life of crime. == Deterrent == The first recorded use of the Halifax Gibbet is in 1286 for the execution of **John of Dalton**, but it is not known what his charge was. An official regist…
    … == Civil War == The machine remained in use until **Oliver Cromwell** forbade capital punishment for petty theft. The Halifax Gibbet was used for the last time, for the execution of two criminals on a single day, on 30 April 1650. The first reco…
  5. Linoleum — 2020-08-17 08:43:03
    …abox Image="Frederick-Walton.png" class="right" title="Frederick Walton" width="" birth_date="13 March 1834" caption="Halifax, Yorkshire" death_date="16 May 1928" }} {{toc}} **Linoleum**, also called Lino, is a versatile hard wearing floor cover…
    …g. Despite many new types of flooring on the market, lino is still popular today. == Inspiration == Walton was born in Halifax [[Yorkshire]]. In 1855, Walton noticed a rubbery, flexible skin of solidified linseed oil had formed on a can of oil-b…

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