1. Toilet — 2023-09-08 09:57:11

   …ap. He popularised public lavatories or 'Retiring Rooms' by installing the first flushing public toilets in the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851; over 827,000 people paid attendants one penny to use the 'Wash-rooms'. His installati…

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

   … of the 20th century. {{toc}} === Blenheim 1874 === Churchill was born 1874 in [[Oxfordshire]], [[England]] in Blenheim palace. He is another example of great British men who shunned education but had great qualities of leadership, was an inspir…

3. Public Park — 2021-08-14 20:30:20

   …exhib.jpg" class="right" title="The Great Exhibition 1851 " width="300" }} {{Image url="Crystal_Palace.jpg" alt="Crystal Palace designed by Paxton" width="320" }} …

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

   … triplane at an exhibition arranged by the '''Aeronautical Society of Great Britain''' (founded in 1866) at the Crystal Palace, London, in 1868. The plane was flown indoors from a wire unmanned at twenty miles per hour in front of the Prince of W…

5. Vacuum cleaner — 2020-10-11 23:24:10

   …ndra. The demonstration was successful and as a result vast vacuum-cleaning units were installed in both '''Buckingham Palace''' and '''Windsor Castle''' and the British Vacuum Cleaner Company earned the Royal Warrant of Appointment to His Majes…
   …s staked their claims. When a serious outbreak of '''Spotted Fever''' broke out among soldiers stationed at **Crystal Palace**, all conventional attempts to control the epidemic failed. Booth was called in, and '''23 tons''' of dust were remove…

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