1. Elevator — 2023-12-30 12:44:08

   … {{Image url="AscendingRoom.jpg" class="right" title="Ascending Room" width="" }} In 1823 Thomas Hornor built the first powered elevator he called the **“Ascending Room”**. Hornor opened his London Colosseum, designed by Decimus Burton, to th…
   …e url="LondonColosseum.jpg" class="left" title="London Colosseum" width="500" }}::cl:: Inside the Colosseum was a steam-powered **"Ascending Room"** capable of elevating up to twelve persons and was raised by "secret machinery". The project prov…

2. Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36

   …et" }} In 1663, '''Edward Somerset''', 2nd Marquess of Worcester published designs for, and may have installed, a steam-powered engine for pumping water at Vauxhall House. ::c:: == Over to France == {{Image url="MorlandPortrait.jpg" width="" clas…
   …f Watts engine. With the piston movement converted to rotary movement, soon paper, flour, cotton and iron mills are all powered by Watt’s engines, driving the **Industrial Revolution**. The term '**watt**' in electricity is named after James Wa…

3. Marshall Amplification — 2023-10-07 09:45:58

   …ed. Soon musicians including **Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page **were using his equipment. These amps were powered by [[Vacuum_Tube| Vacuum tubes]] and produced a tone that some musicians still favour today. So the Marshall production…

4. Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21

   …ed the **'Locomotives on Highways Act'**. Better known as the 'Red Flag Act'. The act stipulated that all mechanically powered road vehicles must: ~- Have a crew of three operators. ~- Not exceed 4 mph on the open road and 2 mph in towns. ~- B…

5. Concorde — 2021-08-20 11:08:12

   …age url="Concorde.jpg" class="right" title="Concorde in flight" width="500" }} Concorde is the only successful turbojet-powered **supersonic** passenger jet airliner. With a maximum speed at over **twice the speed of sound** at Mach 2.04 or 1,354…

6. Lawn Mower — 2021-08-10 08:19:36

   …d further innovations to create a machine that could be worked by donkey or horse power, and sixty years before a steam-powered lawnmower was built. == Links == [[https://www.thebuddingfoundation.co.uk | The Budding Foundation. ]] [[https://www.m…

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

   …l obtained a monopoly on glass production in England 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…

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

   …ed and emigrated in 1849 to the United States, while Stringfellow continued to experiment with aviation. ::c:: == Steam powered flight == {{Image url="StringfellowModel.jpg" class="right" title="Model of Stringfellow aircraft in Chard" width="400"…
   … }}The model was powered by a tiny '''steam engine''' housed in the gondola below the wings. This engine, fired by a spirit lamp, had a cylinder…
   …jpg" class="left" width="300" title="Stringfellows model at the Great Exhibition" }} Stringfellow demonstrated a steam-powered triplane at an exhibition arranged by the '''Aeronautical Society of Great Britain''' (founded in 1866) at the Crystal …
   …s to say ^^"Somebody must do better than I before we succeed with aerial navigation."^^ [[http://www.chardmuseum.co.uk/Powered_Flight Chard Museum]] ::c:: == Percy Pilcher 1899 == {{Databox Image="PercyPilcher.jpg" title="Percy Pilcher" birth_dat…

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

   …cers on the Isle of Wight. The machine was parked outside and the hoses were fed through the windows. It was originally powered by an oil engine, the electric motor was added later. The first cleaner worked out rather expensive at around £350. T…

10. Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25

    …om various test parts and they called it the W.1X, which ran for the first time on '''December 14, 1940'''. This engine powered the Gloster E.28/39 for taxi testing when it took to the air for a short hop at Brockworth on '''April 7, 1941'''. == …

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