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Cinematography — 2023-10-09 23:41:17
…captured by arranging 12 cameras in a row to photograph a racehorse. In 1886 Louis created a 16-lens camera. On the 2nd November 1886, Le Prince applied for a US patent and on 16th November 1888, he received a British patent for his invention. ==…
Vacuum Tube — 2023-09-23 15:57:19
…nd]] invented the first **thermionic valve** or vacuum tube, or just **valve** as it was known. He received a patent on November 16, 1904. == What they do == {{Image url="Valvediode.png" class="right" title="Valve diode" width="200" }} Vacuum tube…
Toilet — 2023-09-08 09:57:11
…nJohn.jpg" title="Sir John Harrington " width="250" birth_date="4 August 1561" birth_place="Kelston " death_date="20 November 1612" death_place="Kelston " }} === Sir John Harrington 1596 === The first flush toilet or water-closet was invented …
…e outlet valve. Because it could not jam, it did not need an overflow. === Josiah George Jennings 1852 === Born on 10 November 1810 in Eling, England. In 1852, Jennings invented the wash-out design with a shallow pan emptying into an S-trap. He p…
Mousetrap — 2023-08-31 23:02:31
…ay 2021. It has by far the longest opening run of any play in history, with its 25,000th performance taking place on 18 November 2012. {{Image url="Mousetrap.jpg" class="left" title="Christie Mousetrap promotion print" width="200" }} == Best Pres…
Winston Churchill — 2023-08-27 16:11:42
…-[[Society]]:[[1800s]] {{Databox Image="WinstonChurchill.jpg" class="right" title="Winston Churchill" Birth_date="30 November 1874" Death_date="24 January 1965" Knighted="24 April 1953" width="" }} Winston Churchill is considered by many the **w…
National Trust — 2022-07-02 09:18:26
…m **Canon Rawnsley**, Ruskin and **Sir Robert Hunter** who was solicitor to the **Commons Preservation Society**. On 16 November **1893**, Hill, Hunter and Rawnsley agreed on the name **'National Trust'** to protect open spaces and endangered build…
YMCA — 2022-05-17 05:19:39
…Gwilliamsymca.jpg" Who="George Williams" width="350" birth_date="11 October 1821" birth_place="Dulverton" death_date="6 November 1905" death_place="London" }} === George Williams 1844 === ~-[[Society]]:[[1800s]] George Williams founded the '''**…
Richard Burton — 2021-08-29 20:21:34
…Richard Burton :: {{Databox caption="Actor" Image="richard-burton.jpg" Who="Richard Burton" width="" birth_date="10 November 1925" birth_place="Pontrhydyfen, Wales" death_date="5 August 1984" death_place="Céligny, Switzerland" }} == Richard B…
Guinness Book of World Records — 2021-08-20 10:45:53
…rench Riviera in 1958. Together they compiled what was to become the Guinness Book of Records. == Sad Departure == On November 27, 1975, editor Ross ""McWhirter"" was assassinated by two members of the Provisional IRA outside his North London hom…
DNA — 2021-08-14 21:04:12
…e, London''', to work on an x-ray picture of DNA taken by a graduate student Raymond Gosling, Wilkins assistant. In the November of 1951 Franklin gave a departmental seminar to bring the unit up to date on what she had achieved so far. In it she pr…
Clouds — 2021-08-14 20:16:00
…t" alt="Met Office guide to cloud types and pronunciations" title="Howard cloud names" width="300" }} ::cr:: Howard (28 November 1772 – 21 March 1864) was born in [[London]], [[England]] <<""<br/>Source: <a href="http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/lear…
Football — 2021-08-14 19:52:33
…pg" Who="Ebenezer Cobb Morley" width="250" birth_date="16 August 1831" birth_place="Kingston upon Hull" death_date="20 November 1924" death_place="London" }} === Ebenezer Morley 1863 === ~-[[CategorySport]]:[[Society]]:[[1800s]] The rules for the …
Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27
…ore durable filament, he decided to use cotton to produce "parchmentised thread" and obtained British Patent 4933 on 27 November 1880. /* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is commented out for reference only Edison patent was 4 No…
…ht. In **1880** Mosley St. in Newcastle had electric lighting and **Lord Armstrong's mansion** had electric lighting in November 1880. On December 28th **1881** Swan's electric lighting was used to light the stage of the Savoy Theatre. == Many Inv…
Fire Extinguisher — 2021-08-09 21:05:28
…:: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="George_William_Manby.jpg" Who="George William Manby" width="360" birth_date="28 November 1765" birth_place="Denver" death_date="18 November 1854" death_place="Great Yarmouth" }} === George William Manby 181…
…3 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[1800s]] Captain **George William Manby** was born 28 November 1765 in Denver, [[Norfolk]]. In **1813** Manby invented and patented the "**Extincteur**", the first portable pressuris…
Australia — 2021-08-08 18:36:08
…: === Captain Cook 1770 === ~-[[1700s]] {{Databox width="" Image="Captain-Cook.jpg" title="Captain Cook" birth_date="7 November 1728" Place="Marton in [[Yorkshire]]" death_date="14 February 1779" }} Captain James Cook was a remarkable navigator …
Patent Leather — 2021-01-31 22:10:03
…re.^^ == Then came colour == {{Image url="PatentLeatherBag.jpg" class="left" title="Patent Leather Bag" width="" }} In November 1799, inventor Edmund Prior, of Holborn, London, England, patented a method of painting and colouring leather. {{Image …
Eraser — 2020-08-18 10:06:20
…f you had the crumbs to hand. == Hymen Lipman 1858 == It took another few years for Hymen Lipman (March 20, 1817 – November 4, 1893), born to English parents, to have the idea of putting the eraser on the other end of a pencil. He patented his…
Hydroelectric Power — 2020-08-17 09:05:43
…ic Power :: {{Databox width="200" Image="WilliamArmstrong.jpg" class="right" title="William Armstrong" Birth_date="26 November 1810" birth_place="9 Pleasant Row, Shieldfield, Newcastle" Death_date="27 December 1900"}} === William Armstrong 1870…
Life Boat — 2020-08-17 09:00:19
…egoryTransport]]::[[Society]]::[[1700s]] Lionel Lukin designed the world’s first unsinkable boat and patented it on 2 November 1785. {{TOC}} Lukin was a coach-builder in Long Acre, London and his experiments on a Norwegian yawl led him to create…
Christmas Traditions — 2019-12-27 02:21:30
…ghts iolanthe" width="250" }}||The Savoy theatre presented Iolanthe with fairies adorned with Swan electric lights 25th November 1882.|| == Christmas Eve == ||{{Image url="ForSanta.jpg" width="200" title="Mince Pie" }}||In Britain children leave …
Tank — 2016-05-16 11:27:53
…tte. The first full scale use of around **460 tanks** was the Mark IV used en masse at the **Battle of Cambrai** in 20 November 1917. The rhomboidal shape was chosen to give as long a track run as possible to aid the crossing of the wide trenc…

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