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Stockings — 2023-12-30 23:58:55
…ockings to produce a finer garment had become a cottage industry. {{Image url="StockingLegs.png" class="left" title="Fully Fashioned Stockings" width="300" }}Lee's first machine was refused a patent by Queen…
… Elizabeth I as it was not superior to the hand made stockings and she wanted to protect the people making a living from hand knitting. {{Image url="KnittingMachine.jpg" class="right" title="Knitting Machine" width="" }}…
Elevator — 2023-12-30 12:44:08
…n Arch** and Hornor was a panoramist surveyor and inventor. Born on 12 June 1785 into the Quaker family of a grocer in Kingston upon Hull [[Yorkshire]]. Hornor (or Horner 12/6/1785–14/3/1844) learned surveying and engineering from his brothe…
Split the Atom — 2023-10-10 00:05:57
…ll human control. {{toc}} {{Image url="SplitAtom.jpg" class="left" title="Split Atom" width="200" }} == Prototype == Working in a vacant room at Ernest Rutherford's Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University, [[Cambridgeshire]], [[England]]…
Lever Brothers — 2023-10-09 23:43:45
…nd vegetable oils or palm oil, rather than tallow fat. In 1885 the brothers bought the small soap works in Warrington making Watson a partner. == Soap == {{Image url="SunlightSoap.jpg" class="left" title="Sunlight Soap" width="300" }} They fir…
…to become **Port Sunlight** "[[Model_Village | Model Village]]" or, self-contained community company village for the working staff to live. {{Image url="SunlightVillage.jpg" class="right" title="Sunlight Village" width="450" }} == UniLever 19…
Stainless Steel — 2023-10-09 23:42:45
…on == Harry was born into a poor family. His father was a steel worker at **Thomas Firth & Sons**. Brearley started working at the age of twelve and a couple of years later was working for Firth's as a bottle washer in the chemical laboratory.…
Computer — 2023-10-09 23:40:16
…f today's computers. == Finally Built == Based on Babbage's original plans, the London Science Museum constructed a working Difference Engine No. 2 from 1989 to 1991, under Doron Swade, the then Curator of Computing. This was to celebrate the …
Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36
… Morland''' also developed ideas for a steam engine during the same period and built a number of steam-engine pumps for King Louis XIV of France in the 1680s. ::c:: == Back in Britain == Early industrial steam engines were designed by '''Thoma…
Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51
…AR gave the British the element of surprise over the Germans during WWII and without it the consequences don't bare thinking about. His contributions to the war effort were so overwhelming that he was knighted in 1942. In 1952 he was awarded **…
Pedestrian Crossing — 2023-10-07 11:08:59
… zebra crossing was first installed in Slough, [[Berkshire]] [[England]] on the 31st October 1951. Authorities were looking for a way to make pedestrian crossings more visible to road users and the public. {{Image url="AbbeyRoadZebraCrossing.p…
… and Road Research Laboratory and eventually approved. MP James Callaghan commented that the design resembled zebra markings and the terminology stuck. === George Charlesworth 1951 === Traffic engineer George Charlesworth had worked on the Ba…
…esigned [[Bouncing_bomb]] was dubbed ‘Dr Zebra’. Charlesworth headed the team who pioneered the black-and-white markings pilot schemes that led to the markings being adopted universally throughout the world. …
Air Traffic Control — 2023-10-07 10:51:35
…ge url="AirTrafficControl.jpg" class="left" title="Modern Air Traffic Control" width="400" }} Amy Johnson's record-breaking flights - the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia took off from Croydon in May 1930. == Links == More i…
Electronic Computer — 2023-10-07 10:38:05
…ish engineer. During World War II **Max Newman**, **Alan Turing**, and other great minds at **Bletchley Park** codebreaking establishment, were already busy decoding messages produced the **Enigma** device. Help was needed to solve the far mo…
…ey called the devices **TUNNY**, a machine with 1.6 million billion combinations! Bill Tutte was given the task of cracking the complex code. Tutte worked for several months until he cracked the code without even seeing a Lorenz! But the algo…
…ephone exchange could be converted to an all-electronic system. == Great minds == This gave him good experience and working the mathematician **Maxwell Newman** they proposed an electronic computer system using **1500** [[Thermionic_valve|Ther…
Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35
…pher Cockerell 1956 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]: [[CategoryIndustry]]: [[CategoryTransport]]: [[1900s]] The first working hovercraft was invented and patented by the English inventor Christopher Cockerell (1910 - 1999) in **1956.** {{{toc}}}…
…ally, the SRN1. == Floating on Air == Christopher Cockerell's idea was not a new one. Many men had tried to make a working 'glidable' craft but commercial backing held them back. Cockerell's design was the first to build a vehicle that could …
SMS — 2023-10-04 10:30:06
… [[Communication]]:[[1900s]] Neil Papworth sent the first SMS (Short Message Service) on the 3 December 1992 while working as a developer for Sema Group Telecoms. The Text he sent was "Merry Christmas" to Richard Jarvis, a director at Vodafon…
English Bible — 2023-09-25 23:57:13
… was found guilty of heresy and executed by strangulation then burned at the stake. His last words were "Lord! Open the King of England's eyes". Born in [[Gloucestershire]] William Tyndale is remembered as an “Architect of the English Languag…
WorldWideWeb — 2023-09-23 15:57:32
…n information system that would create a web of information. Initially, his proposal received no reply, but he began working on his idea anyway. == HTTP == In 1990, he wrote the '''Hypertext Transfer Protocol''' (HTTP)—the language computer…
Telephone — 2023-09-23 15:57:07
…s, and throat were positioned to make speech sounds. Graham, or "Aleck", as his family called him, was interested in working with the deaf throughout his life. He only attended school for five years; from the time he was 10 until he was 14, bu…
… 20's, his two brothers died of tuberculosis. Bell himself had the disease and his father moved the family to Canada looking for a better climate in which to live. Bell recovered from the disease. Two years later he went to Boston to open a sc…
…mas Watson became an associate of Bell. He made parts and built models of Bell's inventions. One day while they were working Bell accidently heard the sound of a plucked reed * coming over the telegraph wire. Watson had been tuning the metal re…
Telegraph — 2023-09-23 15:56:52
…th_date="8 August 1873" death_place="Battle" }} === Francis Ronalds 1816 === {{Toc}} /* event_date="1816" The first working electrical telegraph system. */ The first working electrical telegraph system was built by English inventor Francis Ron…
Stereo — 2023-09-23 15:56:38
…ted by 1935. Blumlein made short test films ( "Trains At Hayes Station", which lasts 5 minutes 11 seconds, and, "The Walking & Talking Film"), his original intent of having the sound follow the actor was fully realised. == War effort == EMI an…
Radio — 2023-09-23 15:56:24
…atically that electromagnetic waves could propagate through free space. == 1886 == Heinrich Rudolf Hertz noticed a sparking phenomenon and with experiments (1887-1888) was able to demonstrate the existence of electromagnetic waves in an experi…
PIN — 2023-09-23 15:56:10
…0’s saw the trend of employers to pay wages directly into the employees bank. Weekend closures of banks limited a working person’s access to their own accounts, and money. The banks needed a cash dispenser or ATM, to provide a weekend ser…
…ilitating more than a **billion** ‘chip and PIN’ sales every day. {{Image url="ChubbATM.jpg" class="left" title="Making a cash withdraw at a Chubb ATM" width="320" }} The Martins Bank Auto Cashier was the first cash dispenser to use a plas…
LCD — 2023-09-23 15:53:09
…were revealed to the world {{Datediff from="22/3/1973"}} years ago in a scientific publication on **22 March 1973**. Working in collaboration with scientists at the RRE, led by Peter Raynes, further compounds were synthesised and evaluated. /*…
Electric Motor — 2023-09-23 15:52:02
… battery life than that produced by Italian innovator Volta. Sturgeon could now power his strong electro-magnets and making them horse-shoe shape increased the power even more. But the drawback of creating motion with powerful magnets is that …
ATM — 2023-09-23 12:02:41
…ke some money out of his bank, but he had arrived one minute late and found the bank doors locked against him. While taking a bath that evening with no spending cash he wondered if vending machines can dispense chocolate bars why couldn't bank…
…ly called DACS (De La Rue Automatic Cash System). In 1969 he described the system to the conference of the American Banking Association, but received a lukewarm response and only one sale. ::c:: == The Process == Plastic bank cards with magn…
Worcestershire Sauce — 2023-09-18 19:06:46
…ion of **"Worcester sauce"**. A local delicacy from the river Severn was the Lamprey fish and local traders had been making sauces to compliment the dish for some time. Because of the [[British_Empire | Raj]] Indian flavours were starting to a…
Mousetrap — 2023-08-31 23:02:31
…n resumed on 17 May 2021. It has by far the longest opening run of any play in history, with its 25,000th performance taking place on 18 November 2012. {{Image url="Mousetrap.jpg" class="left" title="Christie Mousetrap promotion print" width="…
Olivia Newton John — 2023-04-06 17:15:33
…l years she broke through with a Bob Dylan song **If Not For You** in 1971. In 1974, Newton-John represented the United Kingdom in the //Eurovision Song Contest// with the song "**Long Live Love**". Newton-John's career hit new heights when sh…
Custard — 2022-09-19 23:50:44
…"Birds Custard" width="300" }} He formed **'Alfred Bird and Sons Ltd'** and later went on to create a formula for [[baking_powder | Baking powder]], blancmange powder, jelly powder, and egg substitute. {{Image url="AlfredBirdPlaque.jpg" class…
Cambridge Cream — 2022-05-20 08:48:45
…le yellow. Remove the cream from the heat, allow to cool slightly, then pour over the egg yolks in a steady stream, whisking constantly. Transfer this mixture to an ovenproof dish or individual ramekins and bake at 150 °C / 300 °F / Gas 2 fo…
Lasagne — 2022-05-20 08:38:58
…Lasagne :: === Forme of Cury 1390 === [[CategoryFood]]:[[1300s]] {{Image url="King_Richard_II.jpg" class="right" title="King Richard II" width="" }} The English medieval cookbook, **The Forme of Cury**, in the British Museum has the first recip…
…e for **Lasagne.** This cookbook, by the cooks of King Richard II’s household, is the first recorded recipe for a lasagna-based dish. **‘Cury’** is an Old English word…
Rotating Boat Lift — 2022-05-03 17:19:08
…eel, designed by British architect Tony Kettle, has an overall diameter of 115 feet and consists of two opposing arms taking the shape of a Celtic-inspired, double-headed axe. The two gondolas are 21 feet wide, and can hold up to four 66 feet …
Loch Ness Monster — 2022-05-03 17:06:34
…y who introduced Christianity to Scotland. In **565**, according to the biographer, Columba was on his way to visit the king of the northern Picts near Inverness when he stopped at Loch Ness to confront a beast that had been killing people in t…
…he lake. Seeing a large beast about to attack another man, Columba intervened, invoking the name of God and commanding the creature to “go back with all speed.” The monster retreated and never killed ano…
Pneumatic Tyre — 2022-05-03 16:45:33
…e or less by chance. In 1888 his small son was prescribed cycling as cure for a heavy cold; Dunlop hit on the idea of making the boy's tricycle more comfortable by fitting it with inflated tubes, made of canvas and bonded together with liquid r…
…eft" title=" Rubber Tyre" width="200" }} ::c:: == Or even earlier == This was not the first time someone had tried making inflatable tyres. Another Scot, Robert William Thomson had patented the idea in 1846 (Dunlop was unaware of this patent…
Microphone — 2021-11-07 21:26:04
…rd Hughes 1878 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[Communication]]:[[Music]]:[[1800s]] Hughes invented the first practical working carbon microphone in 1878. David Edward Hughes was probably born in Corwen [[Wales]] in 1831. His family emigrated to…
Television — 2021-11-06 16:35:18
…h_place="Bexhill-on-Sea" }} Baird was a Scottish engineer, most famous for being the first person to demonstrate a working television. John Logie Baird was born on 14 August 1888 in Helensburgh on the west coast of [[Scotland]], the son of a…
Hip Replacement — 2021-08-20 11:18:03
…nts during operations and clean trays to prevent cross-infection. == Key to Success == He wrote to all his patients asking //'could he have the hips back when they died?'// When a patient passed away, someone would be sent to go and collect …
Heroin — 2021-08-20 11:14:28
…rles Romley Alder Wright 1874 === ~-[[Medical]]:[[1800s]] Charles Wright first synthesized Diamorphine in 1874 while working at St. Mary's hospital in [[London]]. {{TOC}} Wright was searching for a nonaddictive alternative to the medicine morp…
Charlie Chaplin — 2021-08-20 11:11:51
…. Chaplin composed the music, while John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons added the lyrics and title in 1954 and sung by Nat King Cole. For Limelight, Chaplin composed "Terry's Theme", which was popularised by Jimmy Young as "Eternally" (1952). "*…
Workmate — 2021-08-20 11:10:56
…ase of tradesmen. Slowly the demand increased. ::c:: == Lotus Car == Ron moved to [[London]] and in 1954 started working for the Ford Motor Company at Dagenham as a clay modeller and later he helped to style the **105E Ford Anglia**. Ron w…
MRI Scan — 2021-08-20 11:04:59
…re of substances. He joined the Department of Physics, University of Nottingham, in 1964, and by the early 1970s was working on the application of NMR to imaging that led directly to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). == Faster processing == In…
… 1973 Peter showed how the radio signals from MRI could be mathematically analysed, making possible their interpretation into useful images. He suggested gradients as a way to spatially localise NMR signals in …
…gnostic application was further progressed by the development of a rapid imaging technique called echo-planar imaging making 3D imaging feasible. == First MRI Image == The first MRI scan of a human body part was made by Sir Peter Mansfield, of…
Paralympic Games — 2021-08-20 10:59:53
…rn British neurologist. {{toc}} == From Stoke Mandeville == The first Paralympic sports competition were held in [[Buckinghamshire]], **[[England]] in 1948** and became known as the **Stoke Mandeville Games**. Guttman wanted to give World War…
Miss World — 2021-08-20 10:50:22
…al == {{Image url="MissWorldGB.jpg" class="right" title="Rosemarie Frankland was Miss World in 1961 representing United Kingdom" width="300" }} The BBC started to broadcast the Miss World show in 1959. It became one of the the most popular show…
Beatles — 2021-08-20 10:46:43
…Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show on 9, 16 23 February 1964. A record setting 73 million people tuned in that evening making it one of the seminal moments in television history. The 'real' people of the US had their say and the 'establishment' …
Antibiotics — 2021-08-20 10:41:08
…t that penicillin did, Fleming started the Antibiotic era. == Penicillin == British scientist Alexander Fleming was working in his laboratory at St. Mary’s Hospital in [[London]] when almost by accident, he discovered a naturally growing sub…
Stan Laurel — 2021-08-14 21:08:01
… time he adopted the stage surname of Laurel. Laurel was offered $75 per week to star in two-reel comedies. After the making of his first film, //Nuts in May//, Universal offered him a contract. {{Image url="StanLaurelBplaque.jpg" class="right…
DNA — 2021-08-14 21:04:12
… Franklin was head hunted in '''1951''' by John Randall, of the Medical Research Council Biophysics Research Unit at '''King’s college, London''', to work on an x-ray picture of DNA taken by a graduate student Raymond Gosling, Wilkins assista…
…at they had built. Franklin was furious and tore the triple helix model to shreds. Crick and Watson were banned from working on DNA. Meanwhile Franklin and Wilkins got bogged down with calculations and obsessed in trying to determine whether th…
Reflecting Telescope — 2021-08-14 20:51:21
… Others had experimented with the idea of a reflecting telescope including James Gregory but had not manufactured a working version. Early telescopes, like those used by Galileo, consisted of glass lenses mounted in a tube. When the light from…
CT Scan — 2021-08-14 20:48:42
…s the project was run on a shoe-string.'}} He came up with the idea that one could determine what was inside a box by taking X-ray readings at all angles around the object. Godfrey thought he could use a computer to take images from X-rays at …
Automatic Kettle — 2021-08-14 20:44:42
… boiling water by electricity could be a hazardous affair. Not only did some early electric kettles boil the water by making it live, if the kettle was not switched off in time, it could boil dry, which at best would wreck the kettle, and at w…
…und in regular domestic use, proving it not only to be a highly popular design, but a most durable one as well. == Working combination == {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Peter_Hobbs.jpg" Who="Peter Hobbs" width="250" birth_date="May 3 19…
…Green, near Tunbridge Wells [[Kent]], [[England]], and educated at the Skinners' school, where he was keen on drama. Working from a rundown factory at Croydon, Russell took charge of developing new products while Hobbs concentrated on sales. …
Agatha Christie — 2021-08-14 20:41:37
…not have a formal education and taught herself to read. She wrote more than 70 detective novels as well as a record breaking [[Mousetrap | play]]. Christie died on January 12, 1976. == Top Author == Agatha Christie is also the worlds **most tr…
Scouts — 2021-08-14 20:35:19
…= War Hero == '''Baden-Powell''' (1857-1941) returned to [[England]] a national hero, after defending the town of **Mafeking** for seven months from the besieging Boer troops, the first real British triumph in the **Boer War**. When he returne…
…couting**'. This book was intended as a military training manual, teaching soldiers techniques such as observation, tracking. == Small beginings == {{Image src="Badenpowell2.jpg" title="Baden Powell " class="right" width="300"}} B-P, as he is …
Ice Cream Cone — 2021-08-14 20:22:38
…on type="book" items="B0010PANVU" }}>> Marshall's cookery book included a recipe for **"Cornets with Cream"**. After making the ice cream and freezing she then explains how to make the cones using: {{Image url="IceCreamCone.jpg" class="left" …
…place the unhygienic glass 'licks' that ice cream street vendors used at the time. She also gave public lectures on cooking, ran an agency for domestic staff and was granted a patent for an improved ice cream machine that could freeze a pint o…
Fish and chips — 2021-08-14 20:10:50
…al. It's popularity was boosted during World War II when fish and chips remained one of the few foods in the United Kingdom not subject to rationing. === Tommyfield 1860 === The dish grew popular in [[London]] and South East England in th…
Bovril — 2021-08-14 20:09:04
…l.** He returned to Britain in 1880 where he developed the brand further. He resided in his own '**Bovril Castle**' – Kingswood House in Sydenham.…
Fingerprints — 2021-08-14 20:06:49
…3-1917) was one of the first to advocate the use of fingerprinting in the identification of criminal suspects. While working for the Indian Civil Service, he began to use thumbprints on documents as a security measure to prevent the repudiation…
…established in Calcutta (Kolkata), India, in 1897. The 'Henry Classification System', co-devised by Haque and Bose ( working under their supervisor, Sir Edward Richard Henry), was accepted in England and Wales when the first United Kingdom Fing…
Photography — 2021-08-14 19:57:18
…negative. The image on this negative was then fixed with a chemical solution. This removed the light-sensitive silver making it safe to view the picture in bright light. With the negative image, Fox Talbot found he could then repeat the process…
Football — 2021-08-14 19:52:33
…: {{Databox Image="EbenezerMorley.jpg" Who="Ebenezer Cobb Morley" width="250" birth_date="16 August 1831" birth_place="Kingston upon Hull" death_date="20 November 1924" death_place="London" }} === Ebenezer Morley 1863 === ~-[[CategorySport]]:…
…tball can be found in every corner of geography and history. The Chinese , Japanese, Italian, Ancient Greek, Persian, Viking, and many more all played a ball game that resembled football i.e. primarily controlling a ball with your feet //not// …
Christmas Cracker — 2021-08-12 20:39:19
…don" death_date="13/3/1869" death_place="" }} === Tom Smith 1860 === ~-[[Tradition]]:[[1800s]] Tom Smith was a hard working confectioner always looking for ideas to further his business. On a trip to Paris in 1846 Tom discovered the “bon-bo…
…ales with limited success. Then after throwing a log onto a fire it gave out a loud crackle that gave him the idea of making his bon-bon pop as it was pulled apart. == The cracker is born == {{Image url="TomSmithCrackerPoster.jpg" class="left…
…tube to hold the toy, a corny joke and a paper hat all flew out of the product when two people pulled it apart with cracking sound. By 1900 the company were producing 13 million crackers a year. Over the next few years his idea evolved and gre…
Hypodermic Syringe — 2021-08-12 20:33:54
… first to develop a syringe with a needle fine enough to pierce the skin in 1853. Charles Gabriel Pravaz of Lyon was making a similar syringe which quickly came into use in many surgeries under the name of 'The Pravaz Syringe'. == Christopher…
Steel — 2021-08-12 20:31:45
…ted the first industrial process for **mass-producing** steel inexpensively in 1856. Until the Bessemer-process steel making was slow and labour intensive. {{TOC}} == Before Steel == Before cheap steel wrought iron was used for construction…
…crapers. In America the introduction of the Bessemer Converter had an enormous impact on an expanding society and shrinking the nation. The availability of cheap, durable steel rails allowed pioneers to build over 30,000 miles of railroad and …
Baking Powder — 2021-08-12 20:27:52
…gg free [[custard]] for his wife , so at his business of Alfred Bird & Sons sought to find a simple raising agent for making bread and pastries without the need for yeast. This formula for baking powder is essentially the same as is used in mo…
…dern baking powders today. {{Image url="AlfredBirdPlaque.jpg" class="left" title="Alfred Bird Plaque" width="220" }} == Explained…
… == Baking powder is a dry chemical leavening agent, a mixture of a weak alkali and a weak acid, and is used for increasing the vo…
…lume and lightening the texture of baked goods. Baking powder works by releasing carbon dioxide gas into a batter or dough through an acid-base reaction, causing bubbles in t…
Rubber — 2021-08-12 20:24:10
… === Thomas Hancock 1843 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[1800s]] Not the invention of rubber but the **vulcanizing** or, making it durable. {{toc}} The process of vulcanising rubber is usually associated with Charles Goodyear, but the process was …
…n 1851 Charles Goodyear was awarded another patent for Improvement in the Manufacture of Indian Rubber. This was a reworking of the Hancock method. He later devised methods for 'producing moulded articles into any desired shape for the purposes…
…in Hancock got there first, in 1846 he had already patented his suggestion that his hardened rubber could be used for making moulds for softer rubber articles. == Many uses == Hancock was granted a total of '''16 patents''' relating to rubber…
Sewing Machine — 2021-08-11 11:41:32
…{toc}} **Thomas Saint** took out British Patent No. 1764 on a machine for "//quilting, stitching, and sewing, and for making shoes, and other articles. . . .//" in 1790. Thomas was a cabinet maker born in Greenhill Rents parish of St. Sepulchr…
…e [[London]], [[England]]. ::c:: == Working again == Many years later in 1874 a man named **William Newton Wilson** found the patent of Thomas’s machine. The or…
…ole, where it would be hooked underneath and moved to the next stitching place. The cycle would then be repeated, so locking the stitch. /* By the time of this discovery others, like Singer, had become millionaires from patents which, if Saint…
Lawn Mower — 2021-08-10 08:19:36
…| Museum of Gardening ]] == Grass Graphics == And this is how artistic mowing on grass can be. {{Image url="LeicesterKingPower.jpg" class="left-right" title="Leicester Football Ground by John Ledwidge" width="" }} == Adjustable Wrench == {…
Match — 2021-08-09 22:35:30
…phur serving to communicate the flame to the wood. He discovered that if he let them dry, he could start a fire by striking the stick anywhere. {{Image url="JohnWalkerLights.jpg" class="left" title="John Walker Lights" width="200" }} Walker d…
Nature Reserve — 2021-08-09 22:30:53
…s a nature trail. {{Image url="Nestbox.jpg" width="100" title="Waterton invented the nesting box" }} ||{{Image url="Kingfisher.jpg" width="200" }}||{{Image url="Badger.gif" width="200" }}||{{Image url="Roedeer.jpg" width="180" }}|| …
Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27
…t" title="Swans Early Light Bulb" width="" }} Much later, in 1850 the English physicist Sir Joseph Wilson Swan began working on a light bulb using carbonised paper filaments in an evacuated glass bulb. By **1860 **he was able to demonstrate a w…
…orking device, and obtained a **UK patent** covering a partial vacuum, carbon filament incandescent lamp. However, the lack of…
Can — 2021-08-09 21:53:19
… patented the use of tin-coated iron "**Food Can**" or canning. The patent (No 3372) was granted on August 25, 1810 by King George III. /* event_date="25 August 1810" The tin food can is invented */ **Peter Durand** a merchant of Hoxton Squa…
Tarmac — 2021-08-09 21:38:37
…acadam method involved layers crushed stone decreasing in size to form a road surface. The technique did not include making the stones stick. This was fine in the days of horse drawn vehicles, but when cars started to become commonplace the su…
…s an improvement on methods used by **Thomas Telford** and Trésaguet. == Hooley is inspired == In 1901 Hooley was walking in Denby in [[Derbyshire]] when he noticed a smooth stretch of road close to an ironworks. He asked locals what had ha…
…tting and no dust. By 1902 Hooley had patented the process of heating **tar**, adding **slag** to the mix and then breaking **stones** within the mixture to form a smooth road surface. {{Image url="NottinghamRadcliffeRoad.jpg" class="center" t…
Shire Horse — 2021-08-09 21:35:31
…0" }} {{toc}} The Shire Horse is a powerful Draught Horse used in farming and military for pulling heavy loads. === Packington 1760 === ~-[[1700s]] The origin of the Shire Horse dates back to a cold blooded heavy horse first mentioned in arou…
…d 1066 probably brought into England after the Norman Conquest. From this developed the "English Great Horse". The **Packington Blind Horse Stallion** is recognised as the father of the Shire Breed. He came from Packington near **Ashby de la Zo…
…the Shire Horse Society. The early years of the Society encouraged the export of Shires and in 1888 issued a record breaking 1,400 pedigree export certificates. Shires were in strong demand in the USA, Canada, Australia, South America, Germany …
Chicken Tikka Masala — 2021-08-09 21:27:48
…ontended by a few chefs. During the Raj Indian chefs cooked for British officers and soldiers who found the style of cooking lacked a sauce. They argue Chicken Tikka Masala originated in British India where a spicy Indian dish was toned down …
Jigsaw Puzzle — 2021-08-09 21:24:39
… was a cartographer and engraver by profession. He served as an apprentice to Thomas Jefferys, the Royal Geographer to King George III. == Educational Toy == {{Image url="John-Spilsbury-map-puzzle.jpg" class="left" title="John Spilsbury map p…
Pub — 2021-08-09 21:19:14
…erns. A way for Innkeepers to show their loyalty it is perhaps no surprise that so many pubs bear names such as ‘The Kings Arms’ ‘Royal Oak’ or ‘Queens Head’. The Royal Oak is the English oak tree within which King Charles II of E…
Industrial Revolution — 2021-08-08 21:48:46
…aily. {{Image url="Rail_Barrow_Steel_1896.jpg" title="Mushet steel rail" class="left" width="300" }} ::c:: == Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 – 1859) == {{Image url="IKBrunel.jpg" class="right" width="200" }} Brunel was a British engineer born…
Sparkling Wine — 2021-08-08 20:32:53
…ot strong enough to contain the high pressures generated, and so exploding bottles were an occupational hazard of winemaking. Sir Robert Mansell obtained a monopoly on glass production in England in the early 17th century and industrialised the…
Plywood — 2021-08-08 18:44:16
…t need 1500 pulleys all made by hand. His block making machines developed with Marc Isambard Brunel saved the Admiralty thousands of pounds. Some of these machines were still…
Sunday School — 2021-08-08 18:39:06
…of the Lord. Several individuals had started the principal of //educating// on a Sunday. Raikes was aware of **William King**, who had set up a Sunday school in nearby Dursley. Raikes saw an oppurtunity to change the outcome for these childre…
Cider — 2021-08-01 19:30:49
… Kent already enjoying fermented apple but it was probably not called cyder at this point. ::c:: {{image url="Cider_Making.jpg" class="right" title="Cider being made the traditional way" width="" }} The love of turning apples into a summer ti…
Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
…he **Wright brothers** aviation engineer and inventor Henson, born in Nottingham England, Henson worked in Chard lace-making business. In 1842 he designed a large passenger-carrying steam-powered monoplane, with a wing span of **150 feet**, w…
Marmite — 2021-04-03 10:38:16
… company and pay him £150 for the recipe, plus the use of the name HP, Garton jumped at the chance. Moore had been looking around for some time for a sauce to manufacture and market. He liked both the taste and the name of Garton's HP Sauce, …
Float Glass — 2020-12-08 00:24:27
…ly be made by a costly and wasteful plate process that the Pilkington Brothers had also innovated. Because there was glass-to-roller contact, surfaces were marked. The glass then had to …
…be ground and polished to produce the parallel surfaces of optical perfection to the finished product. == Pilkingtons process == Pilkingtons new process works by floating a piece of glass that has been rolled flat onto a bath of molt…
…o the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in 1962, then the the rest of the world. Today, around 260 float plants use the Pilkington method. ::c:: == Sky's the Limit == {{Image url="Shard-tower-in-london.jpg" class="right" title="Shard tower, Londo…
…Pauls Cathedral." width="400" }} Because of this process huge towering glass buildings are now possible, lamentably. Pilkington P.L.C. became the largest flat glass company in the world. Alastair Pilkington was honoured with a knighthood in 19…
Banoffi Pie — 2020-12-01 00:13:56
…es in the condensed milk. ~- Immerse the cans unopened in a deep pan of boiling water. ~- Cover and boil for 3 hours making sure that the pan does not boil dry. ~- Remove the tin from the water and allow to cool completely before opening. ~- I…
Golf — 2020-11-30 16:29:33
…e either to ban it or to condemn those playing it. The first documented mention is in Edinburgh on 6th March 1457, when King James II banned ‘ye golf’, in an attempt to encourage archery practice, which was being neglected. Golf in its ear…
Pencil — 2020-11-30 16:27:31
…graphite was discovered in the 1500s near Keswick after a violent storm that had up rooted several trees. Shepherds checking their livestock found a black material under these trees tangled in the roots. {{Image url="Graphite.jpg" class="left…
…" title="Pure Graphite" width="250" }} Looking like coal they tried using it for fuel, but it did not burn. But it did mark their hands and so they used it for marki…
Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
…eafter spread to other countries, particularly in Europe and the British empire. At this time British soldiers were taking the game around the world and in Canada, where frozen fields were more common than grass, it made its way onto ice and …
…ly lead a movement which resulted in the British Hockey Association being formed which included amongst its rules a striking circle for hitting goals. Changes in rules and play quickly developed from this beginning and by 1889 the pyramid syste…
Underwater Tunnel — 2020-10-11 23:44:16
…on began. During the building work in 1826 the assistant engineer fell ill and was replaced by Brunels son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. {{Tag ids="Tunnel Under Water River Brunel shaft wonder"}} ::c:: == Links == [[http://www.brunel-museum.…
Vacuum cleaner — 2020-10-11 23:24:10
…oth''' asked the '''American inventor''' why he did not use suction instead of blowing. The angry inventor said that sucking dust was impossible, but Booth could not let go of his idea. On returning home he decided to test his idea by placing a…
… wet cloth over a cushioned chair and sucking on it hard. When he turned over the cloth, it was filthy from the dust that had been trapped in it. In his own words, h…
…en Alexandra. The demonstration was successful and as a result vast vacuum-cleaning units were installed in both '''Buckingham Palace''' and '''Windsor Castle''' and the British Vacuum Cleaner Company earned the Royal Warrant of Appointment to…
Shakespeare — 2020-08-21 08:52:48
…ter>"" |=| **Tragedies** |=| **Comedies **|=| **Histories** || || Antony and Cleopatra Coriolanus Hamlet Julius Caesar King Lear Macbeth Othello Romeo and Juliet Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus || All's Well That Ends Well As You Like It Com…
…Prince of Tyre Taming of the Shrew Tempest Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Two Gentlemen of Verona Winter's Tale || King Henry IV Part 1 King Henry IV Part 2 King Henry V King Henry VI Part 1 King Henry VI Part 2 King Henry VI Part 3 King H…
…enry VIII King John Richard II Richard III || ""</center>"" {{Image url="shakespeare_birthplace.jpg" class="right" title="shakespeare…
Stem Cells — 2020-08-17 17:30:21
…r embryo-derived, then "EK," as initials for Evans-Kaufman.^^ /* http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/564324_3 */ == Seeking the Pluripotent Cells == Kaufman left but Evans carried this work forward and isolated the embryonic stem cell of the…
Slavery Abolition — 2020-08-17 15:00:36
…"Pioneer" Image="WilliamWilberforce.jpg" Who="William Wilberforce" width="400" birth_date="24 August 1759" birth_place="Kingston upon Hull" death_date="29 July 1833" death_place="London" }} === William Wilberforce 1833 === ~-[[Society]]:[[1800…
Safari Park — 2020-08-17 14:54:27
…he idea to the 6th marquess of introducing game to roam the Longleat estate. The game being lions many came from the making of the film 'Born Free'. The concept of visitors “caged” in their cars, while the lions roam free, eventually gain…
Pop Rivet — 2020-08-17 14:41:51
…bour Saving == Before Wylie invention of blind rivets, securing a rivet required access to both sides of the assembly making it a very labour intensive, time consuming task. The "Pop" rivet freed up workers and increased production. This was pa…
Hydraulics — 2020-08-17 13:24:35
…g. {{Image url="ArmstrongCrane.jpg" class="left" title="Armstrong Crane" width="" }} The crane was a great success, making Newcastle one of the busiest ports, so Armstrong set up business producing his hydraulic cranes. They were exported all…
TV Black and White Kiss — 2020-08-17 09:07:45
…mbitions for her only son and is mortified when he starts seeing Terry - not because she's white but because she's a working class Cockney. [[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/537722/index.html| BFI]] == Live Broadcast == The drama was per…
Life Boat — 2020-08-17 09:00:19
…nciple of safety, by which many lives and much property have been preserved from Shipwreck; and he obtained for it the King's patent in the year 1785.”@@ Such was the success of lifeboats that On 28 February 1823 the RNLI was formed. {{Imag…
Reinforced Concrete — 2020-08-17 08:53:02
…try]]:[[1800s]] William Boutland Wilkinson born 2 January 1819-1902 in Newcastle [[Northumberland]]. Wilkinson was looking for way of a fireproofing technique in the construction of buildings. He experimented with embedded strips of iron in c…
Cyclonic Vacuum Cleaner — 2020-08-15 09:18:21
…[Vacuum_Cleaner| vacuum cleaner]] was constantly losing suction. He noticed how dust quickly clogged the dust bag blocking the airflow, so that suction dropped rapidly. He thought he could improve this and set to work to solve this problem. F…
… wondered if he could apply this to a domestic vacuum cleaner. == Patents and Japan == James Dyson spent two years looking for someone to license his Dual Cyclone™ product. Dyson had to turn to Japan where he began to work with a company o…
Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25
…y 1930. {{toc}} By the end of the war, Whittle's efforts resulted in engines that would transform world transport shrinking the globe like never before. {{Image url="Motorized-jet-engine.jpg" class="left" width="200" title="Whittle Jet engine…
…ter. Not much of a likeness to the great man, I guess it would be called artistic. He is standing on a his invention looking skyward. {{Image url="WhittleArches.jpg" width="320" class="left" title="Whittle Arch in Coventry" }} A redevelopment…
… test took place near Brockworth has been named the 'Whittle Centre' it includes a pub called the **Whittle**. == Shrinking the World == ~& The jet engine remains the single greatest revolution in aviation since the Wright brothers flight in …
Milk of Magnesia — 2020-08-09 19:55:03
… came to be known as **Milk of Magnesia**. {{Toc}} The antacid effect of Magnesium had been known for some time but making a palatable oral liquid had proved difficult. {{Image url="FluidMagnesia.jpg" class="left" title="Fluid Magnesia" width…
Cloning — 2020-08-06 15:26:49
…ryScience]]::[[1900s]] Dolly was the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell. Dolly was formed by taking a cell from the udder of her biological mother. She was cloned by Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell. {{toc}} {{image url="D…
… class="left" title="Baaaah" caption="Dolly first cloned mammal" width="" }} == Patience == The sheep was created by taking an embryo cell and inserting it into a sheep ovum. After 433 failed attempts an embryo was successful. The embryo was t…
Gravity — 2020-08-06 08:19:13
…That is why the apple fell down instead of up, and why people don’t float in the air. Isaac Newton explained the workings of the universe through mathematics. He formulated laws of motion and gravitation. These laws are math formulas that e…
Potato Crisp — 2020-08-06 08:17:45
…cles and improving **telescopes**. He wrote books on all his interests in plain enthusiastic English. But it was in cooking he made his name giving him a TV chef appeal of his day. **The Cooks Oracle** covered all aspects of managing the dome…
Greenwich Meridian — 2020-08-06 08:03:21
…e="19 August 1646" birth_place="Denby, [[Derbyshire]]" death_date="31 December 1719" death_place="Surrey" }} In 1675 **King Charles II** appointed **John Flamsteed** as the first Astronomer Royal of the new Royal Observatory in Greenwich. The…
Monty Python — 2020-08-06 07:48:50
…erry, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman and Terry Gillam. Monty Python’s Flying Circus, it's full title, was a ground breaking surreal comedy [[Television]] sketch show of 45 episodes broadcast by the BBC between 1969 and 1974. The show had a c…
Obstetrical Forceps — 2020-06-28 13:29:13
…ens had migrated to England in 1569 to escape the religious violence in France. From his roots as a barber-surgeon working in London, he became the Royal obstetrician-surgeon during the reign of King Charles I. With his brother they pioneere…
Christmas Traditions — 2019-12-27 02:21:30
…first 'Penny Post' public postal deliveries began. Over a billion Christmas cards are now sent every year in the United Kingdom, many of them sold in aid of charities.|| [[Tradition]] === {{colour c="red" Christmas decorations }} === ||{{Image…
… The custom of kissing beneath a sprig of mistletoe is derived from an ancient pagan [[tradition]].|| == Christmas Stocking == ||{{Image url="Christmas_stocking.jpg" width="200" title="Stocking" }}||The custom of hanging a stocking on the hea…
… the next morning started about 400 years ago in Holland where children placed clogs next to the hearth. In Britain stockings were used instead of the clogs.|| == Yule Log == ||{{Image url="Yulelog.jpg" title="left" width="200" title="Yule Log…
Harry Potter — 2018-10-10 17:06:49
…one" width="150" }} Around **450 million** Harry Potter books had been sold in 73 different 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 las…
Motor Racing Circuit — 2018-05-20 20:38:53
…Motor Racing Circuit :: [[Sport]] == Brooklands 1907 == {{Databox width="" Image="HughLockeKing.jpg" Who="Hugh Locke King" width="300" birth_date=" 7 October 1848" birth_place="Chertsey" death_date="28 Jan 1926" death_place="" }} The world…
…s first purpose-built motor racing circuit was built near Weybridge in [[Surrey]], [[England]] in 1907. === Hugh Locke King 1907 === Hugh Fortescue Locke King decided, while taking a European tour, that Britain should have its own motor testi…
English Language — 2018-01-26 21:45:55
…f a hundred miles or so! Now speakers from opposite sides of the globe can communicate with each other. == English speaking countries == As a main language are shown in bold. "" <ul> <li>Antigua </li><li>Australia</st…
…ga (with Tongan) </li><li>Trinidad and Tobago </li><li>Tuvalu </li><li>Uganda </li><li>United Kingdom and its dependences </li><li>United States of America and its dependencies </li><li>Vanatu…
Emergency Telephone Number — 2017-07-06 10:16:06
…t anyone of the fire. Prior to 999 people called their local police station to raise the alarm. Then dialling 0 and asking the operator for police, fire or ambulance was the recommended method from 1927. The **General Post Office** (GPO), wh…
…ause the phones of the day had a dial interface, it was decided to make the numbers difficult to dial accidentally by making them involve long sequences, but also easy find by the **blind**, in the **dark** or in **thick smoke**. It was suggest…
Banksy — 2017-06-19 21:04:17
… is a street artist from Bristol [[Gloucestershire ]] [[England]]. His stenciled artwork is characterized by clever striking images, often combined with slogans. His work often involves political themes, satirically critiquing war, capitalism, …
…s with a bleak, Banksy-style alternative to a sugar coated 'Disney style' day out. The main attraction was a dismal-looking castle surrounded by a dirty pond, Cinderella’s carriage, crashed and surrounded by paparazzi. Echoing Princess Diana…
Meccano — 2017-05-14 01:23:25
…d two sons, Roland and Douglas, and a daughter, Patricia. Hornby began experimenting with ideas in his home workshop making toys for his sons in **1899** with pieces he cut from sheet metal. == Dad and Toys == He built models of bridges, truc…
Jimi Hendrix Experience — 2016-06-02 09:48:10
… of **Chas Chandler** in September 1966. === London 1966 === <<{{amazonad}}<< Chas became his manager and formed a backing band in the style of "**Cream**" with bassist **Noel Redding** and drummer **Mitch Mitchell** of jazz group "Georgie Fa…
Pound Sterling — 2016-05-31 15:19:41
…Pound Sterling :: == Pound sterling == {{Image url="KingOffa.jpg" class="right" title="King Offa" width="250" }} The pound sterling is the **world's oldest currency** still in use and has been in continuous use…
… since its inception by King Offa **{{datediff from="0780"}} years ago**. {{Image url="OffaCoin.jpg" class="left" title="Offa Coin" width="110" }} {…
…Image url="PoundCoin.jpg" class="left" title="Pound Coin" width="" }} It is still ranked in 4th place for trading. === King Offa 780 === The King of Mercia [[England]], in the latter half of the 8th Century, began the minting of the earliest…
Whisky — 2016-05-26 10:22:03
…WhiskyJohnCor.jpg" class="right" title="Friar John Cor" width="" }} James IV of Scotland (r. 1488–1513) had a great liking for Scotch whisky and in **1494 Friar John Cor** received permission to produce ‘water of life’ from King James IV,…
… making **Lindores Abbey** the (unofficial) birthplace of Scotch whisky. But it was still a mainly monastic production and whe…
…n King Henry VIII of England dissolved the monasteries in 1541 production was forced underground and overnight. It was this p…
Buckinghamshire — 2016-01-11 15:00:35
…Buckinghamshire :: [[England]] {{Category}} Inventions made up in Buckinghamshire…

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