- Fingerprints — 2021-08-14 20:06:49
…e Indian Civil Service, he began to use thumbprints on documents as a security measure to prevent the repudiation of signatures in 1858. {{image url="herschel_prints.jpg" class="left" title="Sir William Herschel finger prints" width="300" }}::c::…
- Nature Reserve — 2021-08-09 22:30:53
…Nature Reserve :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="Waterton.jpg" Who="Charles Waterton" width="280" birth_date="3 June 1782…
…built a nine-foot-high wall around three miles of his estate at '''Walton Hall''', turning it into the world's first '''nature reserve'''. == Walton Hall == '''Waterton''' (1782 - 1865) was born at Walton Hall, Wakefield, [[Yorkshire]], [[Eng…
…on Hall" }} == The Bird Box == He also invented the '''bird nesting box'''. Walton Hall is now open to the public as a nature trail. {{Image url="Nestbox.jpg" width="100" title="Waterton invented the nesting box" }} ||{{Image url="Kingfisher…