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Carbonated water — 2023-10-09 23:52:55
…Carbonated water :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Joseph_Priestley.jpg" width="300" title="Joseph Priestley" birth_date="24/3/1733" birth_place="" death_date="06/2/1804" death_place="" }} === Joseph Priestley 1767 ===…
… ~- [[CategoryFood]]: [[1700s]] {{toc}} Joseph Priestley (1733 – 1804) born in Birstall, near Batley in [[Yorkshire]] was the first to artificially **carbonate wate…
…r** 1767. Often called **Soda water**. == Oxygen 1774 == In 1767, English chemist Joseph Priestly (who went on to isolate oxygen) was the first to artificially carbonate water by hanging a filled vessel over …
Glastonbury Festival — 2023-10-09 23:45:46
…s]] {{toc}} Glastonbury is the **largest** greenfield festival in the **world**. === Michael Eavis 1970 === Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis was born in Pilton, [[Somerset]] [[England]] on 17 October 1935. After his father died in 1954, Eavis in…
Portland Cement — 2023-10-08 00:16:46
…Portland Cement :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Joseph-Aspdin.jpg" Who="Joseph Aspdin" width="300" birth_date="25 Dec 1778" birth_place="Leeds" death_date="20 Mar 1855" death_place="Wakefield" }} …
… === Joseph Aspdin 1824 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]: [[CategoryIndustry]]: [[1800s]] Joseph Aspdin patented **Portland cement** on 21 October 1824. {{Toc}} Joseph Aspdin (or Aspden) (1778 - 1855) was a bricklaye…
Anaesthetic — 2023-10-04 16:27:18
… Switzerland" }} === Humphry Davy 1799 === [[Medical]] Nitrous oxide (N2O) was first synthesised in #%1772#% by chemist Joseph Priestley. The term "laughing gas" was coined by Humphry Davy due to the euphoric effects. He wrote about N2O; {{Ima…
Toilet — 2023-09-08 09:57:11
… Prosser invented and patented the 'plunger closet'. The plunger released the waste and also sealed the soil pipe. === Joseph Bramah 1778 === >>{{image url="Bramah.jpg" title="Joseph Bramah" }}>> (1748 - December 9, 1814), born Stainborough, Yo…
…rkshire, England. [[Hydraulics|Joseph Bramah]] invented a hinged valve or 'crank valve' in 1778. This sealed the bottom of the bowl. He also devised a float …
Loudspeaker — 2021-11-07 21:26:37
…Loudspeaker :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Oliver_Joseph_Lodge.jpg" Who="Oliver Joseph Lodge" width="350" birth_date="12 June 1851" birth_place="Penkhull, [[Staffordshire]]" death_date="22 August 1940" deat…
Public Park — 2021-08-14 20:30:20
…Public Park :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="Paxton_joseph.jpg" Who="Joseph Paxton" width="320" birth_date="August 3, 1803" birth_place="Bedfordshire" death_date="June 8, 1865" death_place="Syde…
…nham" }} === Joseph Paxton 1847 === ~-[[Society]]:[[1800s]] Joseph Paxton designed the first public park in **1847**. He was born in [[Bedfordshire]], [[England]] on 3 August 1803 into a…
…d. New York's '''Central Park''' was directly inspired by it and copied many of its features. It was designed by '''Sir Joseph Paxton''' and opened in '''**1847**'''. It soon became an instant economic and social success. Paxton's concept was to…
Vibrator — 2021-08-14 19:48:28
…Vibrator :: === Joseph Mortimer Granville 1880 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]:[[Medical]]:[[1800s]] {{Image url="FemaleHysteria.jpg" class="righ…
…olloquially "**Granville's hammer**", the machine was manufactured and sold to physicians to relieve muscle aches. Dr. Joseph Mortimer Granville was born in [[London]], [[England]] 1833. == Hysteria == The "**pelvic massage**" was a common trea…
…ed wrists and hands. Granvilles invention became increasingly popular as a way for doctors to provide "pelvic massage" Joseph tried to disassociate himself from the device's "mis-use". {{Image url="Vintage_vibrator.jpg" class="left" title="Vint…
Antiseptic — 2021-08-12 20:38:14
…Antiseptic :: {{Databox caption="Pioneer" Image="joseph-lister.jpg" Who="Joseph Lister" width="250" birth_date="5 April 1827" birth_place="West Ham" death_date="10 February 1912" death_place="" }} …
…=== Joseph Lister 1867 === ~-[[CategoryScience]]::[[Medical]]:[[1800s]] {{toc}} Joseph Lister 5 April 1827 – 10 February 1912 West Ham, [[Essex]], [[England]]. Lister was a British surgeon who pioneered…
Horlicks — 2021-08-12 20:30:08
…educed to granules by slowly removing its moisture in a copper bain-marie floating in a boiler. ::c:: == Relocation == Joseph Horlick had emigrated to Racine in the USA in 1844. He took a trip back to England in 1869 and, while visiting his cous…
Zoo — 2021-08-09 22:18:40
…July 1826) along with the Marquess of Lansdowne, Lord Auckland, [[Aluminium|Sir Humphry Davy]], [[Police|Robert Peel]], Joseph Sabine, Nicholas Aylward Vigors and other nobility. {{Image url="ZSL_Logo.png" class="right" title="ZSL Logo" width=""…
Chocolate Bar — 2021-08-09 22:11:02
…Chocolate Bar :: === Joseph Fry 1841 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]:[[CategoryFood]]:[[1800s]] {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="Josephfry.jpg" widt…
…h="300" title="Joseph Fry" birth_date=" 21/4/1777" birth_place="[[London]], [[England]]" death_date="28/8/1861" death_place="" }} The proce…
…ss of turning cocao into a tablet or bar of chocolate was first perfected in **Bristol**, [[Gloucestershire]] by **Joseph Fry of Fry & sons** in **1841**. Although chocolate had been consumed for many years it was usually as a gritty health…
Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27
…derick de Moleyens had first patent for an incandescent light in a vacuum bulb. ::c:: === Photography === {{image url="Joseph_Wilson_Swan_2.jpg" class="right" title="Joseph Swan in his lab." width="300" }} Swan is also remembered for his contrib…
Australia — 2021-08-08 18:36:08
…, the Endeavour set sail from Plymouth, stocked with 18 months supplies, and with 94 men aboard. Accompanying Cook were Joseph Banks, the botanist, Daniel Solander, a naturalist, and Charles Green, from the Greenwich Observatory. Cook sighted Ne…
Electric Toaster — 2020-12-01 01:05:39
…le="Incandescent light bulb" width="200" }}<< Crompton's reputation was such that, in 1880, the chemist [[Light Bulb|Joseph Swan]] sought his opinion when he first developed incandescent lamps for indoor use. Crompton immediately saw the poten…
Eraser — 2020-08-18 10:06:20
…he first [[rubber]] writing eraser, for an inventions competition. The invention was described by [[Carbonated_water| Joseph Priestley]] on April 15, 1770: "I have seen a substance excellently adapted to the purpose of wiping from paper the mar…
Hydraulics — 2020-08-17 13:24:35
…Hydraulics :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="JosephBramah.jpg" Who="Joseph Bramah" width="300" birth_date="13 April 1748" birth_place="Barnsley Yorkshire" death_date="9 December 1814" death_plac…
…e="London" }} === Joseph Bramah 1795 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]::[[1700s]] {{toc}} Joseph Bramah was granted a patent for his **hydraulic press** in 1795. Joseph Bramah was born in Stainborough, Barnsley [[Yo…
…be until the Bramah Press. The hydraulic press is still known as the Bramah Press after its inventor. {{amazon items="Joseph Bramah, Hydraulics"}} ::c:: == Hydraulic Crane == {{Image url="WilliamArmstrong.jpg" class="right" title="William Armst…
Hydroelectric Power — 2020-08-17 09:05:43
…was also used to power an arc lamp installed in the Gallery in 1878. The arc lamp was replaced in 1880 by [[Light_bulb| Joseph Swan's incandescent lamps]]. It was the first //'smart home'// with electric incandescent lighting, a dish washer, a v…
Oxygen — 2016-06-20 16:22:51
…Oxygen :: [[CategoryScience]] == Oxygen == === Joseph Priestley 1774 === In [[Yorkshire]] August 1774 he isolated a new "air". {{redirect page="Carbonated water"}}…
Tank — 2016-05-16 11:27:53
…="Hornsby_Chain_Track_Tractor.jpg" class="right" title="Hornsby Chain Track Tractor built:1896" width="400" }} **Bramah Joseph Diplock** was an English inventor who invented and manufactured the pedrail wheel in 1903 and the pedrail chaintrack, a…

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