- Police — 2022-05-20 08:52:50
…. Each carried a lantern and long stave. == The world's first modern police force 1829 == Robert Peel introduced the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829 and set up an organised police force for London, with 17 divisions, each with 4 inspectors and 144 c…
- Vitamins — 2021-08-16 09:52:16
…cholarship to St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, from which he qualified in 1896. He held a resident appointment at the Metropolitan Hospital, and then spent several years in general practice in **Coventry** before entering the **Malayan Medical Servic…
- Fingerprints — 2021-08-14 20:06:49
…hod to record them with printing ink. He established their first classification. In 1886, he offered the concept to the Metropolitan Police in London, but it was dismissed at that time. {{image url="fingerprint.jpg" class="right" title="fingerprint" wi…
…), was accepted in England and Wales when the first United Kingdom Fingerprint Bureau was founded in Scotland Yard, the Metropolitan Police headquarters, London, in 1901.… - Underground Railway — 2019-10-23 19:35:16
…o" class="right" width="300" }} === London 1863 === ~-[[CategoryTransport]] The world's first underground railway, the Metropolitan Railway, opened {{Datediff from="10/1/1863"}} years ago on the 10th of January 1863. Known as the **'Tube'**, it is now…
… part of the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines. The first trains had gas-lit wooden carriages and were hauled by steam locomotives. /* event_date="10 January 18…
… built. The chief engineer was **John Fowler**, the leading railway engineer of the day. He did not come cheap and his Metropolitan Railway salary of £137,700 would be worth around £10 million today. In its first year it carried more than nine mill…