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Stockings — 2023-12-30 23:58:55
…ckings :: {{draft}} {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="WilliamLee.jpg" Who="William Lee" width="300" born="1563" birth_place="Calverton" died="1614" death_place="" }} === William Lee 1589 === [[Society]]:[[1500s]] William Lee invented the first…
Airport — 2023-10-11 15:23:36
… == [[https://www.solentsky.org/exhibitions| Solent Sky Museum]] [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/hampshire/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8711000/8711292.stm|BBC Southampton]]…
Split the Atom — 2023-10-10 00:05:57
… width="" title="Cockcroft Rutherford and Walton" }}|| ||{{Databox who="John Cockcroft" birth_date="27 May 1897" birth_place="Todmorden" death_date="18 Sep 1967" death_place="Cambridge" }}||{{Databox who="Ernest Walton" birth_date="06 Oct 1903…
…" birth_place="Dungarvan, [[Ireland]]" death_date="25 Jun 1995" death_place="Belfast, Ireland" }}|| The first laboratory controlled splitting of the atom happened in **1932** when John Cockcrof…
Carbonated water — 2023-10-09 23:52:55
…tabox caption="Inventor" Image="Joseph_Priestley.jpg" width="300" title="Joseph Priestley" birth_date="24/3/1733" birth_place="" death_date="06/2/1804" death_place="" }} === Joseph Priestley 1767 === ~- [[CategoryFood]]: [[1700s]] {{toc}} Josep…
FAX — 2023-10-09 23:52:19
… :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Alexander_Bain.jpg" Who="Alexander Bain" width="" birth_date="12/10/1810" birth_place="Watten, Caithness, Scotland" death_date="2/1/1877" death_place="Scotland" }} === Alexander Bain 1843 === ~-[[Technolog…
Internal Combustion Engine — 2023-10-09 23:51:33
…"Inventor" Image="Herbert_Akroyd_Stuart.jpg" Who="Herbert Akroyd Stuart" width="300" birth_date="28 January 1864" birth_place="Halifax [[Yorkshire]]" death_date="19 February 1927" death_place="Halifax" }} {{Toc}} The Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine w…
Vacuum Flask — 2023-10-09 23:46:28
…sk :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="James-dewar.jpg" Who="James" width="300" birth_date="20 September 1842" birth_place="Kincardine" death_date="27 March 1923" death_place="London" }} [[CategoryInventions]]: [[Domestic]] === James Dewar …
…gunpowder was that it gave away the location of the gunman with a smoke signal. Cordite is a smokeless propellant to replace gunpowder as a military propellant. Cordite was used for large weapons, such as tank guns, artillery and naval guns. It…
Glastonbury Festival — 2023-10-09 23:45:46
…{{Databox caption="Creator" Image="MichaelEavis.jpg" title="Michael Eavis" width="" birth_date="17 October 1935" birth_place="Pilton" death_date="now" death_place="" }} {{amazon type="menu" items="Rock Festival " }} == Glastonbury Festival == …
Modern Farming — 2023-10-09 23:44:30
…rn Farming :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Jtull.jpg" width="" title="Jethro Tull " birth_date="30/3/1674" birth_place="" death_date="21/2/1741" death_place="" }} === Jethro Tull 1701 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]: [[CategoryIndustry]]: [[…
Lever Brothers — 2023-10-09 23:43:45
…{{Databox caption="Creator" Image="WilliamLever.jpg" Who="William Lever" width="" birth_date="19 September 1851" birth_place=" Bolton, [[Lancashire]]" death_date="7 May 1925" death_place="" }} === Lever Brothers 1885 === ~-[[Domestic]]: [[Cate…
Stainless Steel — 2023-10-09 23:42:45
…abox caption="Inventor" Image="HarryBrearley.jpg" Who="Harry Brearley" width="400" birth_date="18 February 1871" birth_place="Sheffield, [[Yorkshire]]" death_date="14 July 1948" death_place="Torquay" }} === Harry Brearley 1913 === ~-[[CategoryI…
Phototherapy — 2023-10-09 23:41:51
…{Databox caption="Discoverer" Image="Richard-Cremer.jpg" Who="Richard Cremer" width="400" birth_date="Jan 4 1925" birth_place="Blean" death_date="Jan 25, 2014" death_place="Carshalton" }} === Richard Cremer 1956 === ~-[[CategoryScience]]: [[Medi…
…="Sister Ward" width="300" }} A short while after this incident a tube of blood from an infant with severe jaundice was placed on a windowsill before being taken to the lab for analysis. After sitting in the sun, the sample measurements were be…
Cinematography — 2023-10-09 23:41:17
…abox caption="Inventor" Image="Louis_Le_Prince.jpg" Who="Louis Le Prince" width="330" birth_date="28 August 1841" birth_place="Metz, France" death_date="16 September 1890" death_place="?" }} === Louis Le Prince - 1888 === ~- [[Technology]]: [[En…
Computer — 2023-10-09 23:40:16
…{{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Babbage.jpg" Who="Charles Babbage" width="300" birth_date="26 December 1791" birth_place="London" death_date="18 October 1871" death_place="London" }} == Computer == ~-[[CategoryInventions]]: [[Technology]]…
Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36
…Cat Eyes :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Percyshaw.jpg" Who="Percy Shaw" width="" birth_date="15 Apr 1890" birth_place="Halifax" death_date="01 Sep 1976" death_place="Boothtown" }} [[CategoryInventions]]: [[CategoryTransport]] === Percy …
…="thumb" width="100" class="right" title="Self clean action" }} Shaw’s eventual design consisted of four glass beads placed in two pairs facing in opposite directions, embedded within a flexible '''rubber moulding''' which was mounted on a ''…
Webcam — 2023-10-09 11:44:50
…ion="Inventor" Image="QuentinStaffordFraser.jpg" Who="Quentin Stafford Fraser" width="350" birth_date="18/5/1967" birth_place="Dunstable" death_date="now" death_place="" }} === Quentin Stafford-Fraser - 1991 === The first webcam was developed b…
Mayday — 2023-10-08 00:53:45
…ator" image="FrederickStanleyMockford.png" Who="Frederick Stanley Mockford" width="300" birth_date="Dec 08 1897" birth_place="Holly Lodge, Seaford" death_date="Mar 01 1962" death_place="Chelmsford" }} === Frederick Stanley Mockford 1923 === ~…
Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36
…en engines operated so slowly that the valves were manually opened and closed by 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 rop…
Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51
…{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Robertwatsonwatt.jpg" Who="Robert Watson-Watt" width="" birth_date="13/4/1892" birth_place="Brechin" death_date="5/12/1973" death_place="Scotland" }} === Robert Watson-Watt 1935 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]: [[…
Portland Cement — 2023-10-08 00:16:46
… {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Joseph-Aspdin.jpg" Who="Joseph Aspdin" width="300" birth_date="25 Dec 1778" birth_place="Leeds" death_date="20 Mar 1855" death_place="Wakefield" }} === Joseph Aspdin 1824 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]: [[C…
Pedestrian Crossing — 2023-10-07 11:08:59
…{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="John_Peake_Knight.jpg" Who="John Peake Knight" width="" birth_date="13/1/1828" birth_place="Nottingham" death_date="23/7/1886" death_place="London" }} == John Peake Knight - 1868 == The first pedestrian crossin…
Air Traffic Control — 2023-10-07 10:51:35
…er" width="450" }} London Croydon Airport was Britain's first major international gateway airport. And it is the birthplace of Air Traffic Control and the world's first Air Traffic Control Tower. {{TOC}} Croydon Airport grew out of Beddington…
Electronic Computer — 2023-10-07 10:38:05
…er :: {{Databox Image="Thomas_Flowers.jpg" width="280" Who="Thomas 'Tommy' Flowers" Birth_date="22 December 1905" Birthplace="London" Death_date="28 October 1998" }} === Tommy Flowers 1943 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]: [[Technology]]: [[1900s]…
Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35
…Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Cockerell.jpg" Who="Christopher Cockerell" width="300" birth_date="4 June 1910" birth_place="Cambridge" death_date="1 June 1999" death_place="Hythe" }} === Christopher Cockerell 1956 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]…
Anaesthetic — 2023-10-04 16:27:18
…c :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="HumphryDavy.jpg" Who="Humphry Davy" width="270" birth_date="17 Dec 1778" birth_place="Penzance, Cornwall" death_date="29 May 1829" death_place="Geneva, Switzerland" }} === Humphry Davy 1799 === [[Medical]…
…abox caption="Inventor" Image="SimpsonJamesYoung.jpg" Who="Simpson James Young" width="200" birth_date="7/6/1811" birth_place="Bathgate, [[Scotland]]" death_date="6/5/1870" death_place="Edinburgh" }} Chloroform was first synthesized around 1830.…
Aluminium — 2023-10-04 16:04:17
…: {{Databox caption="Discoverer" Image="HumphryDavy.jpg" Who="Humphry Davy" width="300" birth_date="17 Dec 1778" birth_place="Penzance, Cornwall" death_date="29 May 1829" death_place="Geneva, Switzerland" }} === Humphry Davy 1808 === ~-[[Categ…
SMS — 2023-10-04 10:30:06
…Databox caption="Inventor" Image="NeilPapworth.jpg" Who="Neil Papworth" width="400" birth_date="28 December 1969" birth_place="Reading" death_date="now" death_place="" }} === Neil Papworth 1992 === [[Communication]]:[[1900s]] Neil Papworth sent…
Bob Hope — 2023-09-26 16:57:28
…Bob Hope :: {{Databox Image="BobHope.jpg" Who="Bob Hope" width="" birth_date="29 May 1903" birth_place="Eltham, London" death_date="July 27, 2003" death_place="California" }} [[Entertainment]]== Bob Hope 1903 == Comedian…
English Bible — 2023-09-25 23:57:13
…]]:[[1500s]] {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="WilliamTyndale.jpg" Who="William Tyndale" width="300" born="1494" birth_place="Stinchcombe" death_date="6/10/1536" death_place="Netherlands" }} Tyndale’s New Testament was the first to be printed…
WorldWideWeb — 2023-09-23 15:57:32
… {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Bernerslee.jpg" width="280" title="Tim Berners-Lee" birth_date="8 Jun 1955" birth_place="London" death_date="now" death_place="" }} === Tim Berners-Lee 1990 === ~-[[Communication]]:[[Technology]]:[[1900s]] …
Vacuum Tube — 2023-09-23 15:57:19
…ption="Inventor" Image="JohnAmbroseFleming.jpg" width="250" title="John Ambrose Fleming" birth_date="29/11/1849" birth_place="Lancaster" death_date="18/4/1945" death_place="Sidmouth" }} === John Ambrose Fleming 1904 === [[Technology]]:[[1900s…
Telephone — 2023-09-23 15:57:07
…atabox caption="Inventor" Image="AlexBell.jpg" width="" title="Alexander Graham Bell" birth_date="March 3, 1847" birth_place="Edinburgh" death_date="2 Aug 1922" death_place="" }} === Alexander Graham Bell 1876 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]:[[Te…
Telegraph — 2023-09-23 15:56:52
…box caption="Inventor" Image="FrancisRonalds.jpg" Who="Francis Ronalds" width="220" birth_date="21 February 1788" birth_place="London" death_date="8 August 1873" death_place="Battle" }} === Francis Ronalds 1816 === {{Toc}} /* event_date="1816" …
…ox caption="Inventor" Image="CharlesWheatstone.jpg" Who="Charles Wheatstone" width="280" birth_date="06 Feb 1802" birth_place="Gloucester" death_date="19 Oct 1875" death_place="Paris" Inventions="Concertina, Symphonium, Stereoscopy"}} Charles …
Stereo — 2023-09-23 15:56:38
…x caption="Inventor" Image="Alan_Dower_Blumlein.jpg" Who="Alan Dower Blumlein" width="250" birth_date="29/6/1903" birth_place="Hampstead" death_date="7/6/1942" death_place="Welsh Bicknor" }} **Alan Dower Blumlein** born in [[London]], [[England]…
PIN — 2023-09-23 15:56:10
…mber == ~-[[Technology]] {{Databox Image="JamesGoodfellow.jpg" title="James Goodfellow" width="350" Born="1937" Birth_place="Paisley [[Scotland ]]" death_date="now" }} The Personal Identification Number was invented by Goodfellow in 1966 to s…
…s needed a cash dispenser or ATM, to provide a weekend service. Martins bank had asked Chubb to produce a machine to be placed outside the bank that would allow customers to get cash when it was shut. The task was taken up by Kelvin Hughes, a …
Lithium-ion Battery — 2023-09-23 15:53:22
…ntor" Image="MichaelStanleyWhittingham.jpg" Who="Michael Stanley Whittingham" width="250" birth_date="22/12/1941" birth_place="Nottingham" death_date="now" death_place="" }} === Michael Stanley Whittingham 1970 === [[CategoryScience]]:[[Technolo…
LCD — 2023-09-23 15:53:09
…Databox caption="Inventor" Image="george_gray.jpg" title="George Gray" width="260" birth_date="4 September 1926" birth_place="Denny Scotland" death_date="12 May 2013" death_place="" }} == Liquid Crystal Display == ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[Tec…
iPod — 2023-09-23 15:52:55
…900s]] {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Kane.jpg" title="Kane Kramer" width="280" birth_date="April 23, 1956" birth_place="" death_date="now" death_place="" }} Mr Kramer b.1956 of Hitchin, [[Hertfordshire]], invented and built the device in …
Electric Motor — 2023-09-23 15:52:02
…box caption="Inventor" Image="WilliamSturgeon.jpg" width="350" title="William Sturgeon" birth_date="22 May 1783" birth_place="Whittington" death_date="4 December 1850" death_place="Prestwich" }} === William Sturgeon 1832 === ~-[[CategoryInve…
…ting battery that consisted of a single cell cylinder of cast iron into which a cylinder of amalgamated rolled zinc was placed. Discs located between the cast iron cell and the cylinder of zinc prevented contact by the different metals. Dilute s…
Electric Generator — 2023-09-23 12:04:37
…abox caption="Inventor" Image="Michael_faraday.png" width="250" title="Michael Faraday" birth_date="22 Sep 1791" birth_place="" death_date="25 Aug 1867" death_place="" }} ==== Michael Faraday 1831 ==== ~-[[CategoryInventions]]:[[Technology Tec…
…sh physicist and chemist Hans Christian Ørsted observed the phenomenon of electromagnetism when an electrical wire was placed near a compass. Michael Faraday built two devices to produce what he called electromagnetic rotation: that is a contin…
Digital Photography — 2023-09-23 12:04:21
…: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Michael_Tompsett.jpg" Who="Michael Tompsett" width="" birth_date="1/6/1939" birth_place="[[Surrey]], [[England]]" death_date="now" death_place="" }} === Michael Tompsett 1972 === ~-[[Technology]]:[[1900s]] …
Bouncing bomb — 2023-09-23 12:03:28
…x caption="Innovator" Image="Barnes_Wallis.jpg" width="" who="Sir Barnes Neville Wallis" birth_date="26/9/1887" birth_place="Ripley [[Derbyshire]] [[England]]" death_date="30/10/1979" death_place="Effingham Surrey " }} [[CategoryInventions]]:…
ATM — 2023-09-23 12:02:41
…tion="Inventor" Image="John-Shepherd-Barron.jpg" Who="John Shepherd Barron" width="400" birth_date="23 June 1925" birth_place="Shillong, India" death_date="15 May 2010" death_place="Inverness, Scotland" }} === John Shepherd-Barron 1967 === ~-[[…
…ly machines used special cheques called "Barclaycash" that were chemically coded with impregnated carbon-14. Customers placed the cheque into a drawer, the machine detected and matched the cheque against a number code entered before paying out …
Toilet — 2023-09-08 09:57:11
…ears. {{Databox Image="HarringtonJohn.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 …
…were in a wooden case, the toilet did smell. The 'U-bend', or the water-sealed trap, was invented in 1782. This could replace the outlet valve. Because it could not jam, it did not need an overflow. === Josiah George Jennings 1852 === Born on …
Mousetrap — 2023-08-31 23:02:31
…umed on 17 May 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" }…
Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21
…atabox caption="Inventor" Image="ThomasParker.jpg" Who="Thomas Parker" width="330" birth_date="22 December 1843" birth_place="Coalbrookdale [[Shropshire]]" death_date="5 December 1915" death_place="Ironbridge" }} === Thomas Parker 1884 === ~-…
Hose clamp — 2023-04-06 17:55:49
…{draft}} {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="JubileeClip" Who="Commander Lumley Robinson" width="350" born="1877" birth_place="Leeds" death_date=" 20 August 1939" death_place="Jersey" }} === Lumley Robinson 1921 === [[1900s]] [[CategoryIndustry]…
Olivia Newton John — 2023-04-06 17:15:33
…atabox width="" Image="Olivia+Newton-John.jpg" Who="Olivia Newton John" width="" birth_date="September 26th 1948" birth_place="Cambridge" death_date="8/8/2022" death_place="California" }} [[Music]] == Olivia Newton-John == Olivia Newton-John is…
Pay Toilet — 2022-09-27 07:23:49
…00s]] {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="John_Nevil_Maskelyne.jpg" width="200" title="" birth_date=" 22/12/1839" birth_place="Cheltenham" death_date="18/5/1917" death_place="London" }} {{toc}} Maskelyne was an English stage magician. He invente…
Custard — 2022-09-19 23:50:44
…stard :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="AlfredBird.jpg" Who="Alfred Bird" width="250" birth_date="25/8/1811" birth_place="Nympsfield" death_date="15 December 1878" death_place="" }} === Alfred Bird 1837 === ~-[[CategoryFood]]:[[1800s]] A…
Plastic — 2022-09-01 08:57:23
…ox caption="Inventor" Image="Alexparkes.jpg" width="300" title="Alexander Parkes" birth_date="December 29, 1813" birth_place="Birmingham" death_date="29 Jun 1890" death_place="" }} === Alexander Parkes 1856 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]:[[Cate…
…vention has grown into a modern environmental monster. Plastics can take decades to decompose and modern industry has replaced many recyclable materials with plastic. This is especially so with single use items that are discarded and not reused …
Lava Lamp — 2022-08-29 08:39:00
…ox caption="Inventor" Image="EdwardCravenWalker.jpg" Who="Edward Craven Walker" width="400" birth_date="4/7/1918" birth_place="Singapore" death_date="15/8/2000" death_place="Ringwood" }} === Edward Craven-Walker 1963 === ~-[[Entertainment]]::[[A…
Police — 2022-05-20 08:52:50
… caption="Creator" Image="Sir_robert_peel_3.jpg" title="Sir Robert Peel" width="300" birth_date="5 February 1788" birth_place="" death_date="2 July 1850" death_place="" }} ==Police == ~-[[Society]]:[[1800s]] {{{toc}}} === Robert Peel 1829 === S…
…look over walls, a pair of '''handcuffs''' and a '''wooden rattle''' to raise the alarm. By the 1880s this rattle was replaced by a '''whistle'''. {{Image url="PoliceBox.jpg" class="right" title="Police Box" width="200" }} Blue was chosen becau…
Cambridge Cream — 2022-05-20 08:48:45
…ts highest temperature. Sprinkle the remaining sugar over the top of the cream, coating the surface evenly and thickly. Place under the grill as close to the heat as possible and allow the sugar to caramelise to a deep brown. Be careful not to b…
YMCA — 2022-05-17 05:19:39
…atabox caption="Creator" Image="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]]…
…rked __10 to 12 hours a day, six days a week__. George wanted to help these poor young men who often lived at their workplace and were easy prey to pickpockets, thugs, beggars and drunks. {{ Image url="Ymca.jpg" width="100" class="left" }} He …
Crufts — 2022-05-03 17:14:00
…{Databox caption="Creator" Image="CharlesCruft.jpg" " title="Charles Cruft" width="390" birth_date="28 Jun 1852" birth_place="" death_date="10 Sep 1938" death_place="Highbury" }} [[Livestock]]:[[1800s]] == Crufts Dog Show == Crufts dog show i…
Pneumatic Tyre — 2022-05-03 16:45:33
…re :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="JohnDunlop.jpg" title="John Dunlop" width="" birth_date="05 Feb 1840" birth_place="Dreghorn" death_date="23 Oct 1921" death_place="Dublin" }} [[CategoryTransport]]:[[1800s]] === John Boyd Dunlop 1888 …
Loudspeaker — 2021-11-07 21:26:37
…aption="Inventor" Image="Oliver_Joseph_Lodge.jpg" Who="Oliver Joseph Lodge" width="350" birth_date="12 June 1851" birth_place="Penkhull, [[Staffordshire]]" death_date="22 August 1940" death_place="Wiltshire" }} === Oliver Lodge 1898 === ~-[[Cate…
Microphone — 2021-11-07 21:26:04
…atabox caption="Inventor" Image="DavidEdwardHughes.jpg" Who="David Edward Hughes" width="" birth_date="16/5/1831" birth_place="Corwen" death_date="22/1/1900" death_place="London" }} === David Edward Hughes 1878 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[Comm…
Television — 2021-11-06 16:35:18
…]]:[[1900s]] {{Databox width="350" Image="John_logie_baird.jpg" Who="John Logie Baird" Birth_date="13 Aug 1888" Birth_place="Helensburgh" Death_date="14 Jun 1946" Death_place="Bexhill-on-Sea" }} Baird was a Scottish engineer, most famous for…
Richard Burton — 2021-08-29 20:21:34
…{{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 Burton 1925 == ~-[[…
Trouser Press — 2021-08-26 11:11:31
…{{draft}} {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="PeterCorby.jpg" Who="Peter Corby" width="" birth_date="July 8 1924" birth_place="Leamington Spa" death_date="5/8/2021" death_place="" }} === Peter Corby 1930 === [[Domestic]]:[[Society]]:[[1900s]] Th…
Hip Replacement — 2021-08-20 11:18:03
…cedures in the world. Each year 35,000 hips are replaced in England and Wales on the NHS, and close to 300,000 THAs performed per year in the United States.…
Heroin — 2021-08-20 11:14:28
… :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="CharlesWright.jpg" Who="Charles Wright" width="400" birth_date="7/9/1844" birth_place="Southend" death_date="25/6/1894" death_place="" }} === Charles Romley Alder Wright 1874 === ~-[[Medical]]:[[1800s]] C…
…wn side effects. Wright felt it was not right to pursue another drug with unwanted effects like the drug he wanted to replace, morphine. So he shelved the drug. == Bayer == These side effects did not deter Heinrich Dreser, a German chemist at …
Charlie Chaplin — 2021-08-20 11:11:51
…[[Entertainment]]:[[1800s]] {{Databox image="CharlieChaplin.jpg" title="Charlie Chaplin" birth_date="16/4/1889" birth_place="Walworth [[London]]" death_date="25/12/1977" }} {{{toc}}} === Walworth London England 1889 === Sir Charles Spencer C…
Workmate — 2021-08-20 11:10:56
…: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Ronhickman.jpg" Who="Ron Hickman" width="100%" birth_date="21 October 1932" birth_place="Greytown, S.Africa" death_date="17 February 2011" death_place="Jersey" }} === Ron Hickman 1961 === ~-[[CategoryInvent…
MRI Scan — 2021-08-20 11:04:59
…n :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="PeterMansfield.jpg" Who="Peter Mansfield" width="" birth_date="9/9/1933" birth_place="Lambeth, [[London]]" death_date="8/2/2017" death_place="" }} === Peter Mansfield 1973 === ~-[[Medical]]:[[1900s]] Man…
Paralympic Games — 2021-08-20 10:59:53
… {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="Sir_gutt.jpg " Who="Sir Ludwig Guttmann " width="" birth_date=" 3 July 1899 " birth_place=" Tost, Prussia " death_date=" 18 March 1980 " death_place=" Aylesbury " }} === Sir Ludwig Guttmann 1948 === ~-[[Categ…
…ial policy of the International Olympic Committee and the **IPC** following a June 19, 2001 agreement. The Games take place three weeks after the closing of the Olympics, in the same host city and using the same facilities. Cities bidding to h…
Cary Grant — 2021-08-20 10:57:47
…Cary Grant :: {{Databox caption="Actor" Image="CaryGrant.jpg" width="" title="Cary Grant" birth_date="18/1/1904" birth_place="" death_date="29/11/1986" death_place="" }} == Archibald Alexander Leach == ~-[[Entertainment]]:[[1900s]] Hollywood a…
Four-minute Mile — 2021-08-20 10:55:12
…ile :: {{Databox width="" Image="Bannister-Sir-Roger.jpg" Who="Sir Roger Bannister " birth_date="March 23, 1929" birth_place="Harrow" death_date="3 March 2018" death_place="" }} == Four-minute Mile == ~-[[CategorySport]]:[[1900s]] The first pe…
Miss World — 2021-08-20 10:50:22
… World :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="EricMorley.jpg" Who="Eric Morley" width="300" birth_date="26/9/1918" birth_place="Holborn, London" death_date="9/11/2000" death_place="London" }} === Eric Morley 1951 === ~-[[Entertainment]]:[[1900s]…
James Bond — 2021-08-20 10:49:07
… :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="Sirianfleming.jpg" Who="Ian Fleming" width="300" birth_date="28 May 1908" birth_place="London" death_date="12 Aug 1964" death_place="Canterbury" }} === Sir Ian Fleming 1952 === ~-[[Literature]]:[[Entertai…
Beatles — 2021-08-20 10:46:43
…story. The 'real' people of the US had their say and the 'establishment' had to concede. In 1964 they held the top five places on the Billboard Hot 100, a feat that has never been repeated. /* event_date="9 February 1964" Beatles appear on The …
… Albums: 132. ~- Most Albums in the US Top 200 simultaneously: 11. ~- Most recorded song , 'Yesterday'. ~- All top five places on the US Single Charts 1964.…
Guinness Book of World Records — 2021-08-20 10:45:53
…Records :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="HughBeaver.jpg" Who="Hugh Beaver" width="" birth_date="4 May 1890" birth_place="Johannesburg, South Africa" death_date="16 January 1967" death_place="London" }} === Hugh Beaver - 1954 === ~-[[Lite…
Atomic Clock — 2021-08-20 10:45:05
…k :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="LouisEssen.jpg" Who="Louis Essen" width="" birth_date="6 September 1908" birth_place="Nottingham" death_date="24 August 1997" death_place="" }} === Louis Essen and Jack Parry 1955 === ~-[[CategoryScience…
Ray Milland — 2021-08-20 10:42:20
…raft}} {{Databox caption="Actor" Image="RayMilland.jpg" Who="Ray Milland" width="400" birth_date="3 January 1907" birth_place="Neath" death_date="10 March 1986" death_place="Torrance, California" }} === Ray Milland 1907 === ~-[[Entertainment]]:[…
Antibiotics — 2021-08-20 10:41:08
…abox caption="Discoverer" Image="Alexander_Fleming.jpg" Who="Alexander Fleming" width="" birth_date="06 Aug 1881" birth_place="" death_date="11 Mar 1955" death_place="" }} === Alexander Fleming 1928 === ~-[[CategoryScience]]:[[Medical]]:[[1900s…
Intraocular Lens — 2021-08-20 10:40:24
…s :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="HaroldRidley.jpg" width="" title="Harold Ridley" birth_date="10/7/1906" birth_place="Kibwoth" death_date="25/4/2001" death_place="Salisbury" width="300" }} === Harold Ridley 1950 === ~-[[Medical]]:[[190…
…e was nothing better other than removing the lens and wearing heavy spectacles. Attempts made in the 19th century to replace the lens within the eye with a glass lens failed disastrously. As glass, which is very inert, caused reactions it was d…
…om the International Council of Ophthalmologists. At the end of the 1980s he himself had the lenses in both his eyes replaced. "I am the only man to have invented his own operation," he reflected. {{tag ids="Eye Cataracts Intraocular Lens Surg…
IVF — 2021-08-16 10:02:09
…le="IVF pioneers Steptoe and Edwards" }}|| ||{{Databox who="Patrick Christopher Steptoe" birth_date="9 June 1913" birth_place="Oxford" width="200" death_date="21 March 1988" death_place="Canterbury" }}||{{Databox who="Robert Geoffrey Edwards" bi…
…rth_date="27 September 1925" birth_place="Batley" death_date="10 April 2013" death_place="England" }}|| == In Vitro Fertilisation == ~-[[CategoryScience]]:[[Medical]]:[[1900s]] === Steptoe, Edwards and Purd…
Roundabout — 2021-08-16 09:58:53
… == Roundabout Pro's == A true roundabout is as near to maintenance free as you can get. No traffic light bulbs to replace or traffic chaos when there is a power cut. New research in America has shown that where a roundabout has been install…
Stan Laurel — 2021-08-14 21:08:01
…s]] {{Databox caption="Entertainer" Image="StanLaurel.jpg" width="300" title="Stan Laurel" birth_date="16/6/1890" birth_place="" death_date="23/2/1965" death_place="" }} Stan was the English half of the comedy duo **Laurel and Hardy**. === Ulv…
DNA — 2021-08-14 21:04:12
…ns 1953 === {{Datetext text=" 'Rosalind Elsie Franklin' was born on " event_date="25th July, 1920" }} at 5 Pembridge Place, Kensington, London, [[England]] and died of cancer on the 16th April,1958. {{Datetext text=" 'Maurice Hugh Frederick…
Reflecting Telescope — 2021-08-14 20:51:21
…e different colours were refracted. This meant that the components of white light were brought to a focus at different places and the image of a star would then appear to be surrounded by a spectrum of colours. This effect is called **chromatic…
…ewtonsOriginalReflector.jpg" class="left" title="Newtons Original Reflector" width="400" }} Newton's solution was to replace the lenses with mirrors. == Modern Reflector == {{Image url="ModernReflectorTelescope.jpg" class="right" title="Mode…
Automatic Kettle — 2021-08-14 20:44:42
…}} Later on, manufacturers introduced a variety of fail-safe methods to prevent this from happening. some kettles had replaceable fuses, whilst others had spring-loaded ejectors. {{image url="K2a.jpg" class="left" title="K2a" width="200" }} …
…on == {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Peter_Hobbs.jpg" Who="Peter Hobbs" width="250" birth_date="May 3 1916" birth_place="Wells Kent" death_date="11 April 2008" }} Peter Wallace Hobbs was born on May 3 1916 at Langton Green, near Tunbridg…
Agatha Christie — 2021-08-14 20:41:37
… Christie :: {{Databox Image="Agatha_Christie.jpg" title="Agatha Christie" width="300" birth_date="15 Sep 1890" birth_place="Torquay" death_date="12 Jan 1976" death_place="Winterbrook House in Wallingford" }} == Dame Agatha Christie == ~-[[En…
Scouts — 2021-08-14 20:35:19
…x caption="Creator" Image="Badenpowell.jpg" Who="Lord Robert Baden-Powell" width="" birth_date="22 February 1857" birth_place="London" death_date="8 January 1941" death_place="Kenya" }} === Lord Robert Baden-Powell 1907 === ~-[[Society]]:[[19…
…er 5 million in the **USA** alone, truly amazing. == Top Seller == The book '''Scouting for Boys''' is now in fourth place in the all time best sellers list, behind the Bible, the Koran and Mao-Tse-Tung's Little Red Book selling around **150 …
Public Park — 2021-08-14 20:30:20
…{Databox caption="Creator" Image="Paxton_joseph.jpg" Who="Joseph Paxton" width="320" birth_date="August 3, 1803" birth_place="Bedfordshire" death_date="June 8, 1865" death_place="Sydenham" }} === Joseph Paxton 1847 === ~-[[Society]]:[[1800s]] …
Modern Olympics — 2021-08-14 20:26:14
…atabox 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 === …
Ice Cream Cone — 2021-08-14 20:22:38
…on="Creator" Image="AgnesBerthaMarshall.jpg" Who="Agnes Bertha Marshall" width="300" birth_date="24 August 1855" birth_place=" Walthamstow [[London]]" death_date="29 July 1905" death_place="Pinner" }} === Agnes Marshall in 1888 === ~-[[Categor…
…ter == Ahead of her Time == Agnes began to selling her hand-held, edible ice cream cone and they would soon go on to replace the unhygienic glass 'licks' that ice cream street vendors used at the time. She also gave public lectures on cooking,…
Clouds — 2021-08-14 20:16:00
…yScience]]:[[1800s]] {{Databox Image="LukeHoward.jpg" class="right" title="Luke Howard" birth_date="28/11/1772" birth_place="[[London]], [[England]]" death_date="21/3/1864" width="" }} Luke Howard named the three principal categories of cloud…
Bovril — 2021-08-14 20:09:04
…Bovril :: {{Databox width="" Image="John_Lawson_Johnston.jpg" Who="John Lawson Johnston" birth_date="28/9/1839" birth_place="Roslin, Midlothian" death_date="24/11/1900" death_place="Cannes" }} == Bovril == ~-[[CategoryFood]]:[[1800s]] Bovril,…
Fingerprints — 2021-08-14 20:06:49
…tion="Inventor" Image="William_James_Herschel.jpg" Who="William James Herschel" width="" birth_date="09 Jan 1833" birth_place="Slough" death_date="24 Oct 1917" death_place="" }} == Forensic Fingerprints == ~-[[CategoryScience]]:[[1800s]] {{toc…
Photography — 2021-08-14 19:57:18
…or" Image="William-Henry-Fox-Talbot.jpg" width="" title="William Henry Fox Talbot" birth_date="11 February 1800" birth_place="Melbury, Dorset" death_date="17 September 1877" death_place="" }} === Henry Fox Talbot 1835 === ~-[[CategoryScience]]…
Football — 2021-08-14 19:52:33
…tball :: {{Databox Image="EbenezerMorley.jpg" 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 === ~-[[CategorySp…
…ded in [[England]]. == The meeting == {{Image url="FA_Freemasons1863.jpg" class="right" title="Freemasons pub. Great place for a meeting." width="400" }}It was realised that the game needed a set of rules, so being British there's no better p…
Saline Drip — 2021-08-12 20:46:29
…Saline Drip :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="ThomasLatta.jpg" Who="Thomas Latta" width="330" born="1796" birth_place="Edinburgh" death_date="19/10/1833" death_place="" }} === Thomas Latta 1832 === [[Medical]]:[[1800s]] Thomas Aitchison …
… June 1832 and this life saving solution began to gain merit. {{Image url="Catheter.jpg" class="right" title="Catheter placed into a vein connected to a saline drip" width="300" }} == Still Relevant == The saline drip principle is one of the …
Christmas Cracker — 2021-08-12 20:39:19
… Cracker :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="TomSmith.jpg" Who="Tom Smith" width="300" birth_date="18/10/1823" birth_place="London" death_date="13/3/1869" death_place="" }} === Tom Smith 1860 === ~-[[Tradition]]:[[1800s]] Tom Smith was a har…
Antiseptic — 2021-08-12 20:38:14
… {{Databox caption="Pioneer" Image="joseph-lister.jpg" Who="Joseph Lister" width="250" birth_date="5 April 1827" birth_place="West Ham" death_date="10 February 1912" death_place="" }} === Joseph Lister 1867 === ~-[[CategoryScience]]::[[Medical…
Hypodermic Syringe — 2021-08-12 20:33:54
…="Hypodermic syringe" image="Alexander_Wood.jpg" Width="350" Who="Alexander Wood" birth_date="10 December 1817" birth_place="Fife, Scotland" death_date="26 February 1884" }} In 1853, Wood (1817 – 1884) born in [[Scotland]] invented the fir…
Steel — 2021-08-12 20:31:45
…:: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="HenryBessemer.jpg" Who="Henry Bessemer" width="" birth_date="19 Jan 1813" birth_place="Charlton, [[Hertfordshire]]" death_date="15 Mar 1898" death_place="London" }} == Henry Bessemer 1856 == ~-[[CategoryI…
Horlicks — 2021-08-12 20:30:08
…x caption="Inventor" Image="WilliamHorlick.jpg" Who=" William Horlick " width="280" birth_date="23 February 1846" birth_place="Ruardean" death_date="25 September 1936" death_place="Racine, Wisconsin" }} === William & James Horlick 1873 === ~-[…
Rubber — 2021-08-12 20:24:10
…Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Hancockrubber.jpg" width="350" title="Thomas Hancock" birth_date="08 May 1786" birth_place="Marlborough" death_date="26 Mar 1865" death_place="London" }} === Thomas Hancock 1843 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[18…
Colgate — 2021-08-11 11:43:11
…atabox caption="Inventor" Image="WilliamColgate.jpg" Who="William Colgate" width="" birth_date="January 25, 1783" birth_place="Hollingbourne" death_date="March 25, 1857" death_place="New York, US" }} === William Colgate 1806 === ~-[[Domestic]]:…
Sewing Machine — 2021-08-11 11:41:32
…d a forked rod carried the thread through the hole, where it would be hooked underneath and moved to the next stitching place. The cycle would then be repeated, so locking the stitch. /* By the time of this discovery others, like Singer, had be…
Blood transfusion — 2021-08-10 08:28:02
…box caption="Inventor" Image="JamesBlundell.jpg" Who="James Blundell " width="350" birth_date="27 December 1790" birth_place="Holborn" death_date="15 January 1878" death_place="London" }} === James Blundell 1818 === ~-[[Medical]]:[[1800s]] Dr…
Adjustable Spanner — 2021-08-10 08:22:45
…1843. This versatile tool can be adjusted to fit a variety of nuts and bolts and allows a single adjustable wrench to replace an entire set of fixed spanners. == Thrupp Mill == {{Image url="ClyburnSpanner1843Detail.jpg" class="left" title="Clyb…
Lawn Mower — 2021-08-10 08:19:36
…{Databox caption="Inventor" image="Head.jpg" width="220" Who="Edwin Beard Budding" birth_date="25 August 1796" birth_place="Eastington" death_date="Sep 1846" death_place="" }} === Edwin Beard Budding 1830 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]:[[Catego…
Match — 2021-08-09 22:35:30
… :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="JohnWalker.jpg" title="John Walker" width="300" birth_date="29 May 1781" birth_place="Stockton-on-Tees" death_date="1 May 1859" death_place="" }} === John Walker 1826 === ~-[[Domestic]]:[[CategoryScienc…
Nature Reserve — 2021-08-09 22:30:53
… :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="Waterton.jpg" Who="Charles Waterton" width="280" birth_date="3 June 1782" birth_place="Walton Hall, Wakefield" death_date="27 May 1865" death_place="" }} === Charles Waterton 1820 === ~- [[Society]]:[[18…
Kaleidoscope — 2021-08-09 22:20:04
… {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="David-Brewster.jpg" Who="David Brewster" width="360" birth_date="11/12/1781" birth_place=" Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland " death_date="10/2/1868" death_place=" Allerby, Melrose, Roxburghshire " }} === Si…
Zoo — 2021-08-09 22:18:40
…x width="" Image="ThomasStamfordRaffles.jpg" Who="Thomas Stamford Raffles" width="300" birth_date="6 July 1781" birth_place="Ship Ann, Jamaica" death_date="5 July 1826" death_place="London" }} == London Zoo == ~-[[Society]]:[[1800s]] [[London]…
USA anthem — 2021-08-09 22:14:22
…ption="Composer" Image="JohnStaffordSmith.jpg" Who="John Stafford Smith" width="300" birth_date="March 30, 1750" birth_place="Gloucester" death_date="September 21, 1836" death_place="London" }} === John Stafford Smith 1770 === ~-[[Music]]:[[S…
…embourg national anthem == **To Anacreon in Heaven** was also the national anthem of Luxembourg until the anthem was replaced by Ons Heemecht in 1895.…
Chocolate Bar — 2021-08-09 22:11:02
…1800s]] {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="Josephfry.jpg" width="300" title="Joseph Fry" birth_date=" 21/4/1777" birth_place="[[London]], [[England]]" death_date="28/8/1861" death_place="" }} The process of turning cocao into a tablet or bar …
Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27
…Light Bulb :: {{Databox image="JSwan.jpg" width="300" birth_date="31/10/1828" birth_place="Bishopwearmouth" death_date="27/5/1914" }} === Joseph Wilson Swan 1878 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]::[[Domestic]]::[[…
Tarmac — 2021-08-09 21:38:37
…ort]] {{Databox Image="EdgarPurnellHooley.jpg" width="300" title="Edgar Purnell Hooley" birth_date="5/6/1860" birth_place="Swansea [[Wales]]" death_date="26/1/1942" death_place="Oxford England" Invented="Tarmac" }} {{Toc}} === Edgar Purnel…
…clude making the stones stick. This was fine in the days of horse drawn vehicles, but when cars started to become commonplace the surface became dusty and inadequate, the jagged material meant tyres often punctured. And when it rained, many roa…
Fire Extinguisher — 2021-08-09 21:05:28
…"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 1813 === ~-[[Category…
Industrial Revolution — 2021-08-08 21:48:46
…Databox caption="Inventor" Image="A-Darby.jpg" width="300" title="Abraham Darby the Elder" birth_date="14/4/1678" birth_place="Sedgley" death_date="08/3/1717" death_place="" }} In 1708 Abraham Darby came to **Coalbrookdale** to repair a furnace…
…ridge Gorge in [[Shropshire]], refining techniques for producing wrought iron from pig iron and producing the iron to replace the more expensive brass cylinders used in Thomas Newcomen's steam engines. == Abraham Darby III (1750 – 1791) == {{…
… he built the **largest cast iron structure** ever seen. This **world first iron bridge** is over the river Severn at a place now called Ironbridge. This bridge is still standing and can be visited to this day. Abraham Darby III took over the f…
Sandwich — 2021-08-08 20:40:14
…s]] {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="John_Montagu.jpg" width="300" title="John Montagu" birth_date="13/11/1718" birth_place="" death_date="30/4/1792" death_place="" }} {{toc}} The sandwich, is the most popular world-wide fast food. The word…
…ory == {{Image url="Sarnie.jpg" class="right" width="150" }} It may surprise some to learn that Sandwich is actually a place. The 'wich' in Sandwich is from the Anglo-Saxon word for a port. Later old English 'wic' from Latin ''vicus'', which al…
…so gives us the word vicinity. >>{{amazon items="English Place-names" }}>> The word sandwich has since taken on many uses. When something or someone is stuck between two other object…
Sparkling Wine — 2021-08-08 20:32:53
…aption="Inventor" Image="Christopher_Merret.jpg" Who="Christopher Merret" width="" birth_date="16 February 1614" birth_place="Winchcombe" death_date="19 August 1695" death_place="" }} === Christopher Merret 1662 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]:[…
Refrigeration — 2021-08-08 18:50:45
… {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="WilliamCullen.jpg" width="" title="William Cullen" birth_date="15 Apr 1710" birth_place="Hamilton" death_date=" 5 Feb 1790" death_place="Edinburgh" }} === William Cullen 1748 === ~-[[CategoryScience]]:[[1700…
Plywood — 2021-08-08 18:44:16
…atabox caption="Inventor" Image="samuelbentham.jpg" Who="Samuel Bentham" width="350" birth_date="11 January 1757" birth_place="[[London]] England" death_date="31 May 1831" death_place="London England" Education="Self educated" }} === Samuel Ben…
Sunday School — 2021-08-08 18:39:06
…{{Databox caption="Creator" Image="RobertRaikes.jpg" title="Robert Raikes" width="300" birth_date="14/9/1736" birth_place="Gloucester" death_date="5/4/1811" death_place="" }} {{toc}} Robert Raikes ("the Younger") (14 September 1736 – 5 Ap…
Australia — 2021-08-08 18:36:08
…ook 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 born in [[Yo…
Vaccination — 2021-08-07 23:07:23
… {{Databox caption="Pioneer" Image="EdwardJenner.jpg" width="350" title="Edward Jenner" birth_date="17 May 1749" birth_place="Berkeley" death_date="26 January 1823" death_place="Berkeley" }} Jenner was an **English doctor**, the pioneer of sma…
Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
…Databox width="260" caption="Pioneer" Image="StringFellow.jpg" title="John Stringfellow" birth_date="6 December 1799" Place="Sheffield" death_date="13 December 1883" }} {{toc}} The '''first''' aircraft to fly under its own power was flown b…
…} Cayley from Scarborough [[Yorkshire ]] was an early aviation pioneer who experimented with gliders. In 1799 he set in place the concept of the modern aeroplane as a fixed-wing flying machine. {{Image url="Airfoil.gif" class="left" title="Airfo…
Toothbrush — 2021-01-28 15:14:07
…rved a small brush handle from bone. He drilled holes into the bone handle and inserted boar bristles that were held in place by wire. Addis starting mass-producing his contraption after leaving prison in Whitechapel, east [[London]], [[England]…
DNA Forensics — 2021-01-22 08:47:52
…{{Databox caption="Discoverer" Image="alec-jeffreys.jpg" width="300" title="Alec Jeffreys" birth_date="9/1/1950" birth_place="Oxford" death_date="now" }} === Alec Jeffreys 1984 === ~-[[CategoryScience]]:[[1900s]] {{{toc}}} Professor Sir Alec …
Float Glass — 2020-12-08 00:24:27
…ption="Inventor" Image="AlastairPilkington.jpg" Who="Alastair Pilkington" width="300" birth_date="7 January 1920" birth_place="Calcutta, India" death_date="5 May 1995" death_place="London" }} === Alastair Pilkington 1953 === ~-[[CategoryIndust…
Petroleum — 2020-12-03 01:07:44
…um :: {{Databox caption="Discoveror" Image="JamesYoung.jpg" Who="James Young" width="" birth_date="13 July 1811" birth_place="Glasgow" death_date="13 May 1883" death_place="Wemyss Bay" }} === James Young 1850 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[Categ…
Mensa — 2020-12-03 00:59:15
… :: {{Databox caption="Founder" Image="LancelotWare.jpg" Who="Lancelot Ware" width="300" birth_date="5 June 1915" birth_place="Mitcham, Surrey" death_date="15 August 2000" death_place="" }} === Roland Berrill, Lance Ware - 1946 === ~-[[Society]…
…**IQ**. ::c:: {{Databox caption="Founder" Image="RolandBerrill.jpg" Who="Roland Berrill" width="300" born="1897" birth_place="Sydney" died="1962" death_place="Eastbourne" }} == MENSA == Mensa is the oldest society for people with a high IQ (I…
Electric Toaster — 2020-12-01 01:05:39
…abox caption="Inventor" Image="Alan_MacMasters.jpg" Who="Alan MacMasters" width="300" birth_date="20 March 1865" birth_place="Edinburgh" death_date="25 December 1927" death_place="France" }} === Alan MacMasters 1893 === ~-[[Domestic]]:[[1800s]…
Banoffi Pie — 2020-12-01 00:13:56
…n no one claimed the prize, Mackenzie proudly erected a plaque at the restaurant's entrance proclaiming it, **"The Birthplace of one of the World's Favourite Puddings."** This is the original Banoffi Pie recipe as it first appeared in the book…
Pencil — 2020-11-30 16:27:31
… sheep. They called it //plaumbago// (lead ore). == Eureka == Soon it was discovered this graphite made an excellent replacement for lead that was used for writing. A cottage industry grew up sawing and shaping the graphite into rods and wrappi…
Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52
…ventor from [[Cornwall]], England. On 21 February **1804** the **world's first locomotive-hauled railway journey** took place as Trevithick's steam locomotive hauled a train along the tramway of the Penydarren Ironworks, in Merthyr Tydfil, [[Wal…
Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
… was recorded in the year 1550, by the pupils of Royal Grammar School, Guildford. The first recorded cricket match took place at Coxheath in Kent, England in 1646. This match also produced the first record of betting on cricket. The world's firs…
…riends, but the new sport was definitely launched there at a party given in 1873 by the Duke of Beaufort at his country place, "Badminton" in Gloucestershire. During that time, the game had no name, but it was referred to as "The Game of Badmint…
Underwater Tunnel — 2020-10-11 23:44:16
…caption="Inventor" Image="MarcIsambardBrunel.jpg" Who="Marc Isambard Brunel" width="280" birth_date="25 Apr 1769" birth_place="Hacqueville, France" death_date="12 Dec 1849" death_place="London" }} === Thames Tunnel 1843 === ~- [[CategoryIndustry…
…al mines and the tunnel excavation began. During the building work in 1826 the assistant engineer fell ill and was replaced by Brunels son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. {{Tag ids="Tunnel Under Water River Brunel shaft wonder"}} ::c:: == Links …
Vacuum cleaner — 2020-10-11 23:24:10
… Place, an imposing ashlar faced terrace, between Theresa Street and Alma Place. The terrace which dates from 1836 is now numbered 73-91 Bristol Road (Linden Tree pub row of houses) and is on the eas…
Cricket — 2020-08-26 21:18:47
…orded in the year **1550**, by the pupils of Royal Grammar School, Guildford. The first //recorded// cricket match took place at Coxheath in [[Kent]], [[England]] in **1646**. This match also produced the first record of betting on cricket. ===…
Shakespeare — 2020-08-21 08:52:48
…2 King Henry VI Part 3 King Henry VIII King John Richard II Richard III || ""</center>"" {{Image url="shakespeare_birthplace.jpg" class="right" title="shakespeare birthplace" width="400" }} === Pushing English === Shakespeare **invented** ove…
Eraser — 2020-08-18 10:06:20
…Eraser :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Head.jpg" Who="Edward Nairne" width="300" born="1726" birth_place="Sandwich [[Kent]]" death_date="1/9/1806" death_place="" }} === Edward Nairne 1770 === ~-[[Domestic]]:[[1700s]] Nairn…
Stem Cells — 2020-08-17 17:30:21
…Stem Cells :: {{Databox Image="MartinEvans.jpg" title="Martin Evans" width="" birth_date="01 Jan 1941" birth_place="Stroud" death_date="now" death_place="" }} === Sir Martin Evans 1981 === ~-[[CategoryScience]]::[[Medical]]:[[1900s]] …
Slavery Abolition — 2020-08-17 15:00:36
…aption="Pioneer" Image="WilliamWilberforce.jpg" Who="William Wilberforce" width="400" birth_date="24 August 1759" birth_place="Kingston upon Hull" death_date="29 July 1833" death_place="London" }} === William Wilberforce 1833 === ~-[[Society]]:…
Safari Park — 2020-08-17 14:54:27
…="Inventor" Image="HenryThynne.jpg" Who="Henry Thynne 6th Marquess of Bath" width="" birth_date="26 January 1905" birth_place="" death_date="30 June 1992" death_place="" }} === Longleat - 1966 === ~-[[Livestock]]:[[1900s]] Longleat in [[Wiltshir…
Hydraulics — 2020-08-17 13:24:35
… {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="JosephBramah.jpg" Who="Joseph Bramah" width="300" birth_date="13 April 1748" birth_place="Barnsley Yorkshire" death_date="9 December 1814" death_place="London" }} === Joseph Bramah 1795 === ~-[[CategoryIndus…
…ing his hydraulic cranes. They were exported all over the world. Armstrong invented the 'Hydraulic Accumulator' for places that didn't have existing water pressure. These were tall water towers 200 or 300 feet high to produce the necessary p…
Bungee Jumping — 2020-08-17 13:17:46
…Bungee Jumping :: {{Databox caption="Pioneer" Image="David-Kirke.png" Who="David Kirke" width="300" born="1945" birth_place="" death_date="now" death_place="" }} == Bungee Jumping 1979 == ~- [[CategorySport]]::[[1900s]] /* event_date="1 Apri…
Hydroelectric Power — 2020-08-17 09:05:43
… 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 === ~- [[Category…
…ower station.** The electricity was also used to power an arc lamp installed in the Gallery in 1878. The arc lamp was replaced in 1880 by [[Light_bulb| Joseph Swan's incandescent lamps]]. It was the first //'smart home'// with electric incandes…
Life Boat — 2020-08-17 09:00:19
…t :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="LionelLukin.jpg" Who="Lionel Lukin" width="300" birth_date="18 May 1742" birth_place="Great Dunmow, [[Essex]]" death_date="16 February 1834" death_place="Hythe, Kent" }} === Lionel Lukin 1785 === ~-[[Cat…
Stevenson Screen — 2020-08-17 08:38:43
…x caption="Inventor" Image="ThomasStevenson.jpg" Who="Sir Thomas Stevenson" width="300" birth_date="22 July 1818" birth_place="Edinburgh" death_date="8 May 1887" death_place="Edinburgh" }} === Sir Thomas Stevenson 1864 === ~-[[CategoryScience]]…
Bicycle — 2020-08-15 09:22:15
…le :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="john_kemp_starley.jpg" Who="" width="240" birth_date="24 December 1855" birth_place="Walthamstow" death_date="29 October 1901" death_place="" }} === John Kemp Starley 1885 === ~-[[CategoryTransport]]:[[…
Cyclonic Vacuum Cleaner — 2020-08-15 09:18:21
…eaner :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="James-Dyson.jpg" Who="James Dyson" width="350" birth_date="2/5/1947" birth_place="Norfolk" death_date="now" death_place="" }} === James Dyson 1982 === ~-[[Domestic]]:[[1900s]] James Dyson was born in…
Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25
…et Engine :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="FrankWhittle.jpg" title="" width="370" birth_date="1 June 1907" birth_place="Earlsdon, Coventry " death_date="9 August 1996" death_place="" }} === Sir Frank Whittle 1930 === ~-[[CategoryInventi…
…width="320" class="left" title="Whittle Arch in Coventry" }} A redevelopment of the Airfield where the first test took place near Brockworth has been named the 'Whittle Centre' it includes a pub called the **Whittle**. == Shrinking the World =…
Milk of Magnesia — 2020-08-09 19:55:03
…sia :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Sir_James_Murray.png" Who="Sir James Murray" width="300" Born="1788" birth_place="Culnady" Died="1871" death_place="Dublin" }} === Sir James Murray 1809 === ~-[[Medical]]::[[1800s]] James Murray bo…
Disc Brakes — 2020-08-09 19:54:18
…="Inventor" Image="FrederickLanchester.jpg" Who="Frederick Lanchester" width="350" birth_date=" 23 October 1868 " birth_place="Lewisham" death_date="8 march 1946" death_place="" }} === Frederick Lanchester 1902 === ~-[[CategoryTransport]]:[[Cat…
Cloning — 2020-08-06 15:26:49
…oning :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="IanWilmut.jpg" Who="Ian Wilmut" width="300" birth_date="7 July 1944" birth_place="Hampton Lucy, [[Warwickshire]]" death_date="now" death_place="" }} === Dolly the Sheep 1996 === ~-[[Medical]]::[[Cate…
…embryo cell and inserting it into a sheep ovum. After 433 failed attempts an embryo was successful. The embryo was then placed inside a female sheep that went through a normal pregnancy. {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="KeithCampbell.jpg" Who…
…="Keith Campbell" width="" birth_date="23 May 1954" birth_place="Birmingham" death_date="5 October 2012" death_place="Nottingham" }} == Birth of a Star == The cloning was done at the Roslin Institute, university of Edinburgh in [[Scot…
Plastic Surgery — 2020-08-06 08:24:01
… :: {{Databox caption="Pioneer" Image="HaroldGillies.jpg" Who="Harold Gillies" width="360" birth_date="17/7/1882" birth_place="Dunedin, NZ" death_date="10/9/1960" death_place="London" }} === Harold Gillies - 1917 === ~-[[Medical]]::[[1900s]] Gi…
Gravity — 2020-08-06 08:19:13
…ity :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="IsaacNewton.jpg" Who="Isaac Newton" width="300" birth_date="25/12/1642" birth_place="Woolsthorpe" death_date="20 MArch 1727" death_place="London" }} === Sir Isaac Newton 1687 === ~- [[CategoryScience]]…
Potato Crisp — 2020-08-06 08:17:45
…Crisp :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="WilliamKitchiner.jpg" Who="William Kitchiner" width="280" born="1775" birth_place="London" died="1827" death_place="London" }} === William Kitchiner 1822 === ~- [[CategoryFood]]::[[1800s]] William K…
Greenwich Meridian — 2020-08-06 08:03:21
…steed 1675 == {{Databox Image="John_Flamsteed.jpg" Who="John Flamsteed" width="300" birth_date="19 August 1646" birth_place="Denby, [[Derbyshire]]" death_date="31 December 1719" death_place="Surrey" }} In 1675 **King Charles II** appointed **…
Charles Darwin — 2020-08-06 07:52:58
…{{Databox caption="Naturalist" Image="Charles-Darwin.jpg" Who="Charles Darwin" width="" birth_date="12 Feb 1809" birth_place="Shrewsbury" death_date="19 April 1882" death_place="" }} ==Charles Robert Darwin== ~-[[CategoryScience]]::[[1800s]] …
Obstetrical Forceps — 2020-06-28 13:29:13
…ldest son of Peter the younger" Image="PeterChamberlen.png" Who="Peter Chamberlen the third" width="" born="1601" birth_place="" died="1683" death_place="" }} The evidence of the forceps existence is only found later from around 1634, but is kn…
Rubber Band — 2020-06-28 12:40:44
…Rubber Band :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="StephenPerry.jpg" Who="Stephen Perry" width="" birth_place="" death_place="" }} === Stephen Perry 1845 === ~-[[Domestic]]:[[CategoryIndustry]] Stephen Perry of Messers Perry an…
…rubber band has gone on to become one of the most versatile of inventions. From holding lids on to holding clothing in place. Golf balls to catapults and what would the postman use to hold all those letters together before discarding outside y…
Christmas Traditions — 2019-12-27 02:21:30
…in the hope that it will be filled with presents the next morning started about 400 years ago in Holland where children placed clogs next to the hearth. In Britain stockings were used instead of the clogs.|| == Yule Log == ||{{Image url="Yulelo…
Harry Potter — 2018-10-10 17:06:49
…r :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="Jk_rowling.jpg" Who="J.K. Rowling" width="300" birth_date="31 July 1965" birth_place="Chipping Sodbury" death_date="now" death_place="" }} ==== J.K. Rowling 1997 ==== ~-[[Literature]] {{toc}} Author of th…
Paternoster — 2018-09-18 13:06:34
…Paternoster :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Head.jpg" Who="Peter Ellis" width="200" born="1805" birth_place="Liverpool" died="1884" death_place="" }} === Peter Ellis - 1868 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]::[[CategoryTransport]] Pet…
Motor Racing Circuit — 2018-05-20 20:38:53
… == {{Databox width="" Image="HughLockeKing.jpg" Who="Hugh Locke King" width="300" birth_date=" 7 October 1848" birth_place="Chertsey" death_date="28 Jan 1926" death_place="" }} The world's first purpose-built motor racing circuit was built n…
Thriller — 2017-05-19 15:12:25
…{{Databox caption="Composer" Image="RodTemperton.jpg" width="" title="Rod Temperton" birth_date="9 October 1949" birth_place="" death_date="1 October 2016" death_place="London" }} {{toc}} **Rodney Lynn Temperton** (born 15 October 1947) compose…
Meccano — 2017-05-14 01:23:25
…Meccano :: {{Databox Image="Frank_hornby.png" Who="Frank Hornby" birth_date="15/5/1863" birth_place="Liverpool [[England]]" death_date="21/9/1936" Invented="Meccano" }} [[CategoryInventions]] == Meccano == Is one of the…
Grand Theft Auto — 2017-05-11 15:45:29
…nventor" Image="SamDanHouser.jpg" title="Sam & Dan Houser" Who="Sam Houser" width="300" birth_date=" 24 May 1971" birth_place="London" death_date="now" death_place="" Brother="Dan Houser" Born="1974" }} [[Entertainment ]] === Dan and Sam House…
Speedfit — 2017-05-11 00:37:50
…Speedfit :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="JohnGuest.jpg" Who="John Guest" width="" birth_date="6 June 1927" birth_place="Doncaster" death_date="10 July 2010" death_place="" }} === John Guest 1974 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]] In 1974, John…
Beatrix Potter — 2016-07-23 14:22:52
… 1866 - 1943 == {{Databox Image="Beatrix_Potter.jpg" Who="Beatrix Potter" width="350" birth_date="28 July 1866" birth_place="London" death_date="22 December 1943" death_place="Sawrey" }} {{toc}} Beatrix Potter is still one of the world's best…
Pound Sterling — 2016-05-31 15:19:41
… Coin" width="110" }} {{Image url="PoundCoin.jpg" class="left" title="Pound Coin" width="" }} It is still ranked in 4th place for trading. === King Offa 780 === The King of Mercia [[England]], in the latter half of the 8th Century, began the …
Whisky — 2016-05-26 10:22:03
…received permission to produce ‘water of life’ from King James IV, making **Lindores Abbey** the (unofficial) birthplace of Scotch whisky. But it was still a mainly monastic production and when King Henry VIII of England dissolved the mona…
Mary Poppins — 2016-05-05 17:16:51
… P. L. Travers 1933 === {{Databox width="300" Image="PLTravers.jpg" title="P. L. Travers" birth_date="9/8/1899" birth_place="Maryborough, Australia" death_date="23/4/1996" death_place="London, [[England]]" }} Mary Poppins is the lead characte…

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