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  1. Stainless Steel — 2023-10-09 23:42:45
    …ne of the major downsides was erosion in weaponry. Brearley was asked to find a way to prolong the life of gun barrels. Harry experimented with several variations of his alloys, adding a small percentage of chromium and small measures of carbon.…
    …us acids and stresses. Many failed the tests but the steel made on that day remained rust free. == More than Guns == Harry saw the potential for his steel within the cutlery industry. With the help of his friend Ernest Stuart, Cutlery Manager…
  2. Automatic watch — 2023-09-23 12:03:07
    …od (1893 – 1964), a watch repairer from Bolton [[Lancashire]] who took out a **UK patent** with his financial backer, Harry Cutts, on 7 July 1923, and obtained a corresponding **Swiss patent** on 16 October 1923. ::c:: == Sealed Watch == Recog…
  3. Worcestershire Sauce — 2023-09-18 19:06:46
    … one of the world's most popular cocktails was created in 1921, when **Fernand Petiot**, the barman at the fashionable 'Harry's New York Bar' in Paris added **Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce** to that glorious combination of vodka and tomato …
  4. Pay Toilet — 2022-09-27 07:23:49
    …as a watchmaker but later became interested in conjuring. Maskelyne became a member of **The Magic Circle** and, like **Harry Houdini**, used his skills to dispel the notion of supernatural powers. {{Image url="MaskelyneToiletLock.jpg" class="ri…
  5. DNA — 2021-08-14 21:04:12
    …text=" 'James Dewey Watson' was born " event_date="April 6, 1928" }} in Chicago, Illinois. {{Datetext text=" 'Francis Harry Compton Crick', was born on the " event_date="8th June, 1916" }} in Weston Favell, Northampton, England. == The Stor…
  6. Jigsaw Puzzle — 2021-08-09 21:24:39
    … Spilsbury died in 1769 but his widow Sarah continued with the business, later marrying Spilsbury’s former apprentice Harry Ashby. == Modern Twist == At this point the puzzles were all hand made on solid wood and were too expensive to be co…
  7. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
    …Tennis 1859 == {{Image url="Tennis_grass.jpg" class="right" width="120"}} The game was invented in 1859 by Major Thomas Harry Gem, a solicitor, and his friend Batista Pereira, a Spanish merchant, who both lived in Birmingham. They played it firs…
    … The hotel bears a plaque erected during the centenary celebrations 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 la…
  8. Harry Potter — 2018-10-10 17:06:49
    …tshill** in the Forest of Dean and across the Severn River from Dursley. The Harry Potter series runs seven volumes, one for each year Harry Potter spends in school. ::cl:: == Global Phenomenon == {{I…
    …mage url="Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosophers_Stone.jpg" class="right" title="Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone" width="150" }} Around **450 million** Harry Potter books had been sold in 73 differe…
    …nt languages as of mid-2013, making it the best-selling book series of all time. Harry Potter is a global brand worth around** £10 billion**, and the last four Harry Potter books have consecutively set rec…
  9. Tennis — 2016-06-23 12:50:18
    …Tennis :: [[CategorySport]] === Major Thomas Harry Gem 1859 === == Tennis == {{redirect page="Sport"}}…

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