1. FAX — 2023-10-09 23:52:19

   …uture looks a short one with computers now the favoured device for sending images. {{tag ids="FAX image facsimile transmission "}}…

2. Mayday — 2023-10-08 00:53:45

   …ford 1923. Pilots needed a clear panic call. Calling out 'SOS' over early radio communication was easily lost in transmission. Frederick was the senior radio officer at Croydon Airport in [[London]] and was given the task of finding a suitab…

3. SMS — 2023-10-04 10:30:06

   …er for Sema Group Telecoms. The Text he sent was "Merry Christmas" to Richard Jarvis, a director at Vodafone who had commissioned the technology. == Very Short == At first the messages had a 160-character limit. This led to the creation of txt…

4. Vacuum Tube — 2023-09-23 15:57:19

   …ght" title="Valve diode" width="200" }} Vacuum tubes or thermionic valves are based around the concept of //thermionic emission//. Using two electrodes enables diodes to be made that can rectify signals. ::c:: == New Dawn == {{Image url="Flemi…

5. Stereo — 2023-09-23 15:56:38

   … Bicknor" }} **Alan Dower Blumlein** born in [[London]], [[England]] invented //stereophonic sound// recording and transmission in 1931. {{toc}} == At the Talkies == Before Blumleins invention audio was captured in mono for cinema movies and t…
   … on the subject are dated 25 September 1931, and his patent had the title// "Improvements in and relating to Sound-transmission, Sound-recording and Sound-reproducing Systems".// The application was dated 14 December 1931, and was accepted on 1…
   …s at right angles to each other and 45 degrees to the vertical. - A stereo disc-cutting head. ::c:: >> //Binaural transmission had been demonstrated by Clement Ader. He used pairs of microphones in front of the Paris Opera stage in 1881, an…

6. Radio — 2023-09-23 15:56:24

   …ni" Invented="Radio" Birth_date="25/4/1874" death_date="20/7/1937" }} **Guglielmo Marconi** gave the first public transmission of wireless signals in England 1896. {{Toc}} The invention of communication by radio waves had a long history with m…
   …rk. Marconi also spoke fluent English. == 1896 == {{Image url="Marconi_plaque_London_1896.jpg" title="First radio transmission" class="right" width="200" }} Marconi gave his first public transmission of wireless signals at the now BT Centre in…
   …coni established The Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company which became the Marconi Company. On 17 December 1902, a transmission from the Marconi station in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, became the world's first radio message to cross the Atla…

7. Winston Churchill — 2023-08-27 16:11:42

   … to share Britain's technology with the USA in the hope that Roosevelt could be persuaded to join the war. The **Tizard Mission** as it was known, involved //giving// the USA **[[Jet_Engine|Jet]]**, **[[Radar]]**, **VT fuse**, the **Magnetron*…

8. Police — 2022-05-20 08:52:50

   …t Peel's NINE PRINCIPLES for the police == >>{{Image url="Police_helmet_Badge.jpg" width="200" }}>> ---- ~1) The basic mission for which the police exist is to prevent crime and disorder. ~1) The ability of the police to perform their duties i…

9. Loch Ness Monster — 2022-05-03 17:06:34

   …200" }} The earliest written reference to a monster in Loch Ness is a 7th-century biography of Saint Columba, the Irish missionary who introduced Christianity to Scotland. In **565**, according to the biographer, Columba was on his way to visit…

10. Television — 2021-11-06 16:35:18

    …ive transmission of the Epsom Derby in 1931. {{Image url="Baird_tv.jpg" class="right" title="John Logie Baird with his television" …

11. Paralympic Games — 2021-08-20 10:59:53

    …came known as the **Stoke Mandeville Games**. Guttman wanted to give World War II veterans with spinal cord injuries or missing limbs from war injuries a sense of purpose. In 1952 competitors from the Netherlands took part in the competition, g…

12. Miss World — 2021-08-20 10:50:22

    …om around the world. == First Winner == The winner was Kerstin 'Kiki' Håkansson from Stockholm, Sweden. {{Image url="MissWorld1951.jpg" class="left" title="Miss World1951" width="" }} ::c:: == Wide appeal == {{Image url="MissWorldGB.jpg" cl…
    …ass="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 …
    …eant is now broadcast in over 140 countries. Eric Morley died in 2000 and his wife Julia became the chairwoman of the Miss world organization. As the the biggest Miss world pageant show in the world it has earned **£250 million** for chari…

13. Vitamins — 2021-08-16 09:52:16

    …veral years in general practice in **Coventry** before entering the **Malayan Medical Service** in 1903. ::c:: == The Missing Nutrients == {{image url="Fletcher-1907-report.jpg" class="right" title="1907 report on Berberi" width="400" }} Doct…

14. Agatha Christie — 2021-08-14 20:41:37

    …g during World War I. She published her first book, //The Mysterious Affair at Styles//, in **1920**. **Poirot** and **Miss Marple** are Christie's most well-known detectives. Agatha was one of Britain's first stand-up surfers. Christie did …

15. Modern Olympics — 2021-08-14 20:26:14

    …pics" width="200"}}>> In 1889 a wealthy young Frenchman named **Baron de Coubertain** visited England on a fact finding mission aimed at instigating physical education in French schools. Brookes invited Coubertain to his annual games in Much We…

16. Fingerprints — 2021-08-14 20:06:49

    …blished 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" width="" }} Faulds wrote to [[Charles_…

17. Wellington Boot — 2021-08-09 21:58:54

    …llingtons'' and the name has stuck ever since. With the First World War being fought in the trenches the company was commissioned to produce millions of pairs as standard kit for ordinary soldiers, to prevent ‘trench foot’. == Leader == T…

18. Tarmac — 2021-08-09 21:38:37

    … == **John Loudon ""McAdam""** was born in Ayr, Scotland in 1756. He moved to Bristol, England in 1802 and became a Commissioner for Paving in 1806. In 1816 he was elected Surveyor-General of roads for the Turnpike Trust. ""McAdam"" constructe…

19. Marmite — 2021-04-03 10:38:16

    …e Marmite Food Company (later Marmite Ltd) was set up by the Gilmour family in Burton on Trent, [[Staffordshire]]. It's mission to produce a concentrated savoury spread from **beer!** /* Gilmours? Edwyn Ongar Essex? Press reader Contrary to…

20. Monty Python — 2020-08-06 07:48:50

    …y the Band of the Grenadier Guards' of John Philip Sousa's "The Liberty Bell". == So British == The show, which was commissioned by none other than David Attenborough, seemed so intrinsically British that no-one could imagine that it would be …

21. Meccano — 2017-05-14 01:23:25

    …rietor. The Meccano factory was relocated to West Derby Road in Liverpool, and in 1910 the famous "MECCANO" logo was commissioned. Meccano Ltd's turnover for the 1910 financial year was 12,000 pounds. == Rags to Riches == By the 1930s, Hornby…

22. Whisky — 2016-05-26 10:22:03

    …} 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 …

23. Salvation Army — 2016-01-07 15:19:48

    … [[England]] by Minister William Booth from Nottingham and wife Catherine. Originally called the 'East London Christian Mission'. In 1878 The Christian Mission was renamed The Salvation Army. William promoted himself to ‘General Booth’, he…

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