1. Modern Farming — 2023-10-09 23:44:30

   …rl="Tullseed.gif" class="right" title="Tull's improved seed drill" }} Early seed drills were very crude devices and not much more effective than sewing seeds by simply throwing them about. Some would germinate and some would fail. It was a very…
   …proposals and technologies. He wrote the book in **1731**. Jethro advocated the use of horses instead of heavy oxen for much of the farm work. …

2. Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36

   …ctor. His mother, Agnes Muirhead, was from a distinguished family and was well-educated. But the story of steam starts much earlier. ||{{{toc}}}||{{adsense}}|| {{image url="Steam_engine2.gif" class="right" title="engine" width="" }} == Early…
   …r of the Lunar Society, **patented** the first significant improvements to the Newcomen type vacuum engine that made it much more fuel efficient. Watt's leap was to separate the condensing phase of the vacuum engine into a separate chamber, whi…
   …uccessful industrial high pressure single-acting engines known as Cornish engines. However with increased pressure came much danger as engines and boilers were now likely to fail mechanically by a violent outwards explosion, and there were many…

3. Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51

   … produced a compact source of short-wave radio waves and allowed Fighter Command to detect incoming enemy planes from a much greater distance. == Microwaves == The invention of the **Magnetron** directly led to the invention of the **Microwave…
   … 1952 he was awarded **£50,000** by the British government for his contributions in the development of radar. He spent much of the post-war era in Canada, and later the USA where he received the //United States Medal for Merit// in 1946 , and …

4. Vacuum Tube — 2023-09-23 15:57:19

   … sorts from radio receivers to transmitters, radar sets, electronic warfare equipment, telecommunications repeaters and much more. {{Tag ids="Valve Electronic Tube Thermionic amplification "}} …

5. Telephone — 2023-09-23 15:57:07

   …"}} years ago on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, [[Scotland]]. {{toc}} Alexanders invention of the **telephone** was very much influenced by his parents. His mother, who was deaf, was a musician and a painter of portraits. {{Image url="BellCen…

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

   …ow. == Today == Because of his work the unit of capacitance is named after Michael Faraday. A **Farad** measures how much electric charge is accumulated on the capacitor. It's hard to imagine how we would cope today without Faraday's discove…
   …ries. Thousands of motors all around us make everyday chores so much easier. ||{{image url="Modern_Electric_Motor.jpg" class="right" width="150" }}||{{image url="Foodmixer.jpg" class="rig…

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

   …e pair stumbled upon it two years later. Before they discarded their concoction for good, they took one last taste. Much to their surprise, it had matured like a fine wine - with a savoury aromatic scent and a wonderfully unique taste. Lea …

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

   …31" }}>> His British Bulldog virtues pulled the country behind him. Of the Battle of Britain he said //**"Never was so much owed by so many to so few"**// a pivotal air battle against the German Luftwaffe. == VE Day == Britain faced its supr…

9. Custard — 2022-09-19 23:50:44

   …she adored custard. Alfred Bird set about trying to find a way of formulating an egg free custard for his wife. After much experimenting he found that cornflour powder would thicken to form a custard-like sauce when mixed with milk and heated…

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

    …caption="Creator" Image="Brookes.jpg" width="300" title="Dr William Penny Brookes" birth_date="13/8/1809" birth_place="Much Wenlock [[England]]" death_date="11/12/1895" death_place="Much Wenlock" }} ===Dr William Penny Brookes 1850 === ~-[[Ca…
    …ng mission aimed at instigating physical education in French schools. Brookes invited Coubertain to his annual games in Much Wenlock [[Shropshire]] and even closed the entire town to concentrate on impressing his guest. The Baron stayed in Broo…

11. Chocolate Bar — 2021-08-09 22:11:02

    …>>{{amazon type="book" items="1492275085" }}>> ::cl:: Fry used a Watts steam engine to help grind the cocoa beans to a much finer powder than had previously been achieved. The machine could not only grind more thoroughly but it could output gr…

12. Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27

    …an a lamp. === Swan Light === {{Image url="SwansEarlyBulb.jpg" class="left" 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 filame…
    …ter the patent, there were only 710 customers. The problem was that electricity and its support infrastructure cost too much and, of course, had to be installed. Ten more years later, after electricity costs had come down, there were 3 million…

13. Sparkling Wine — 2021-08-08 20:32:53

    …nd in the early 17th century and industrialised the process; his coal-powered factories in Newcastle upon Tyne produced much stronger bottles than were available in France. As a result the English could deliberately induce a secondary fermenta…

14. Vaccination — 2021-08-07 23:07:23

    …tion and the protection it provided won out, and vaccination soon became widespread. Jenner became famous and now spent much of his time researching and advising on developments in his vaccine. Jenner carried out research in a number of other a…

15. Cider — 2021-08-01 19:30:49

    …s back many centuries and although Britain is not the only country to make it, no other country consumes or produces as much. And the making of cider has remained popular for at least 1000 years. {{Image url="CiderApples.jpg" class="left" titl…
    …right" title="Cider being made the traditional way" width="" }} The love of turning apples into a summer tipple is very much a South & West Country industry. Many orchards around [[Gloucestershire]], [[Herefordshire]] and [[Somerset]] are used …

16. Marmite — 2021-04-03 10:38:16

    …Zalo. But Alfred had a wife and five children at nearby Walton-on-Trent and because money wasn't plentiful, he devoted much of his time to his family and failed to renew the Zalo patent. https://worldwide.espacenet.com OXFORD ALFRED JAMES …

17. Banoffi Pie — 2020-12-01 00:13:56

    …: == Very Popular == The pie was so popular it soon went global. Some supermarkets began selling it as an American pie much to the dismay of [[http://iandowding.co.uk/ Dowding]] and Mackenzie. This lead Nigel Mackenzie to offer a £10,000 priz…

18. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47

    …fficers and aristocracy stationed in India the game grew in complexity and in its parts. The game of snooker has pretty much stayed the same since == Bungee Jumping 1979 == {{Image url="Bungy_jump.jpg" class="right" width="120"}} Chris Baker o…
    …y shortening arrows and throwing them at the bottom of an empty wine barrel. Henry VIII enjoyed the game immensely. So much so, that he was given a beautifully ornate set by Anne Boleyn. The game remained popular throughout the British Empire …

19. Shakespeare — 2020-08-21 08:52:48

    …rs Cymbeline Love's Labour's Lost Measure for Measure Merchant of Venice Merry Wives of Windsor Midsummer Night's Dream Much Ado About Nothing Pericles, Prince of Tyre Taming of the Shrew Tempest Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Two Gentlemen…

20. Life Boat — 2020-08-17 09:00:19

    …Was the first who built a Life-boat, and was the original Inventor of that principle 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…

21. Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25

    …h on '''April 7, 1941'''. == In Honour == There is now a monument to Sir Frank Whittle in the town of Gloucester. 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.…

22. Obstetrical Forceps — 2020-06-28 13:29:13

    …ring the reign of King Charles I. With his brother they pioneered man-midwifery or the accoucheur. Midwifery was very much a female domain and it was frowned upon for a man to be present at the birth. == Family Secret == The family kept the…

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