1. Cinematography — 2023-10-09 23:41:17

   …]: [[1800s]] The first movie-film was shot in Leeds [[England]] on the 14 October 1888. Louis Le Prince filmed moving motion picture sequences he called **Roundhay Garden**, **Leeds Bridge**, and his son playing the accordion, using his single-…
   …ion of John Whitley. Le Prince became fascinated with the cinematic innovations like Eadweard Muybridge 'Racehorse in Motion' that was captured by arranging 12 cameras in a row to photograph a racehorse. In 1886 Louis created a 16-lens camera. …
   …mages/Roundhay-Garden-Scene.mp4"></video>"" The first movie footage //Roundhay Garden Scene// 1888. {{Tag ids="Cinema Motion Picture Camera Movie Film "}} …

2. Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36

   …y an attendant. An improvement was the replacement of manual operation of the valves with an operation derived from the motion of the engine itself, by lengths of rope known as potter cord (Legend has it that this was first done in 1713 by a boy,…

3. SMS — 2023-10-04 10:30:06

   … of txt spk (text speak), like LOL (laughing out loud) and emoticons :-) symbols made from keyboard characters to show emotions. This inspired the creation of emojis.…

4. Electric Motor — 2023-09-23 15:52:02

   …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 the motion is stopped when the poles repell. == And the Commutator == {{Image url="Will…

5. Electric Generator — 2023-09-23 12:04:37

   …ss. Michael Faraday built two devices to produce what he called electromagnetic rotation: that is a continuous circular motion from the circular magnetic force around a wire. Ten years later, in 1831, he began his great series of experiments in w…

6. Worcestershire Sauce — 2023-09-18 19:06:46

   …r that they took the premises next door to have the room to manufacture the large quantities required. One of their promotional activities was to arrange that all restaurants on **ocean liners** sailing to and from [[England]] carried Worcesters…

7. Mousetrap — 2023-08-31 23:02:31

   …th performance taking place on 18 November 2012. {{Image url="Mousetrap.jpg" class="left" title="Christie Mousetrap promotion print" width="200" }} == Best Present == Christie gave the rights for the play to her grandson Matthew Prichard as a …

8. Charlie Chaplin — 2021-08-20 11:11:51

   …and composer who is widely regarded as the greatest comic artist of the screen and one of the most important figures in motion-picture history. At the height of his fame he was the **most internationally recognized person** on the planet. ::c:: =…

9. James Bond — 2021-08-20 10:49:07

   …ovie franchise''' in history. Spanning 26 films over a 50 year period. {{Image url="Drnono.jpg" class="left" title="Promotion for Dr No. Sean Connery as James Bond" }} Sean Connery brought Ian Fleming's character '''James Bond''' to life in '''"…

10. Vibrator — 2021-08-14 19:48:28

    …33. == Hysteria == The "**pelvic massage**" was a common treatment of female hysteria (//overwhelming or unmanageable emotional excess in the womb//) in Great Britain during the Victorian Era. This manipulation was to cause "**hysterical paroxy…

11. Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49

    …minute 25 seconds, 26 seconds longer than the **Wright** brothers managed 4 years later in **1903**. [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22633d Watch a reconstruction of the Pilcher plane flying.]] == Richard Pearse 1903 == {{Image url="Richard…

12. Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52

    …er 1825 Stephenson completed the first locomotive for the new railway: originally named Active, it was soon renamed Locomotion. The S&DR opened on 27 September 1825. Driven by Stephenson, Locomotion hauled an 80-ton load of coal and flour nine mi…

13. Hydraulics — 2020-08-17 13:24:35

    …e next big step for hydraulics was provided by **[[Hydroelectric_Power| William George Armstrong]]** who in 1845 set in motion a scheme to provide piped water from distant reservoirs to the households of **Newcastle**. This worked well, so well …

14. Gravity — 2020-08-06 08:19:13

    …rd at some time during 1665 or 1666 that Newton conceived that the same force that acted on the apple also governed the motion of the Moon and planets. {{Image url="Apple_falling.gif" class="right" }} When he saw the apple fall, Newton began to t…
    …hink about a specific kind of motion—gravity. Newton understood that gravity was the force of attraction between two objects. He also understood that an o…
    …’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 explain how objects move when a force acts on them. Isaac published …

15. Harry Potter — 2018-10-10 17:06:49

    …r a town called **Dursley** (the Muggle family).{{Image url="Harry_Potter.jpg" class="left" title="Harry Potter film promotion" width="300" }} In 1974, the Rowling family moved to **Tutshill** in the Forest of Dean and across the Severn River f…

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