1. Internal Combustion Engine — 2023-10-09 23:51:33

   …-Akroyd Engine" width="400" }} == Into mass Production == Akroyd-Stuart's engines were built from **26 June 1891** by Richard Hornsby and Sons, a large manufacturer of steam engines and agricultural equipment, as the Hornsby Akroyd Patent Oil En…

2. Phototherapy — 2023-10-09 23:41:51

   …Phototherapy :: {{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]]: [[Medical]]: [[1900s]] Dr Cremer , with the help of Sister J Ward, discovered…

3. Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36

   …the process.) '''Humphrey Gainsborough''' produced a model condensing steam engine in the 1760s, which he showed to '''Richard Lovell Edgeworth''', a member of the Lunar Society. In **1769** '''James Watt''', another member of the Lunar Society, …
   …rl="WattSteamEngine.jpg" class="" title="Watt Steam Engine" width="500" }}@@ ::c:: == Then a Cornishman == {{Image url="Richard_Trevithick.jpg" class="left" width="125" title="Richard Trevithick 1771 - 1833 born in the village of Illogan"}} The …
   …next improvement in efficiency came in [[Cornwall]] with Richard Trevithick's use of high pressure steam. Trevithick built successful industrial high pressure single-acting engines kno…

4. SMS — 2023-10-04 10:30:06

   … on the 3 December 1992 while working as a developer for Sema Group Telecoms. The Text he sent was "Merry Christmas" to Richard Jarvis, a director at Vodafone who had commissioned the technology. == Very Short == At first the messages had a 160-c…

5. Mousetrap — 2023-08-31 23:02:31

   …rap promotion print" width="200" }} == Best Present == Christie gave the rights for the play to her grandson Matthew Prichard as a 9th birthday present, he wanted a pushbike, but he is probably grateful now. The contract terms of the play stipul…

6. Lasagne — 2022-05-20 08:38:58

   …Lasagne :: === Forme of Cury 1390 === [[CategoryFood]]:[[1300s]] {{Image url="King_Richard_II.jpg" class="right" title="King Richard II" width="" }} The English medieval cookbook, **The Forme of Cury**, in the …
   …British Museum has the first recipe for **Lasagne.** This cookbook, by the cooks of King Richard II’s household, is the first recorded recipe for a lasagna-based dish. **‘Cury’** is an Old English word for cui…

7. 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_pla…
   …ce="Céligny, Switzerland" }} == Richard Burton 1925 == ~-[[Entertainment]]:[[1900s]] Welsh stage and cinema actor. Richard Burton was born **Richard Walter Jenkins **in the village of Pontrhydyfen, Neath Port Talbot, [[Wales]]. === Pontrhydy…
   …fen Wales 1925 === His father was also named Richard Walter Jenkins. His mother, Edith Maude (née Thomas), died on 31 October 1927 at age 44 after giving birth to her **13…

8. Fingerprints — 2021-08-14 20:06:49

   …, in 1897. The 'Henry Classification System', co-devised by Haque and Bose ( working under their supervisor, Sir Edward Richard Henry), was accepted in England and Wales when the first United Kingdom Fingerprint Bureau was founded in Scotland Yard…

9. Dinosaur — 2021-08-12 20:42:55

   … and was the** first dinosaur skeleton ever discovered**. It was discovered by William Buckland in the 1824. However, **Richard Plot** had discovered this dinosaur's femur, which he called //"Scrotum humanum"//, in **1627**, nearly two centuries b…

10. Blood transfusion — 2021-08-10 08:28:02

    … successful whole blood transfusion to treat haemophilia. == Beginnings of Transfusion == In the 1660s, the physician Richard Lower gave a demonstration of blood transfusion between animals in front of his distinguished colleagues from the Royal…

11. Adjustable Spanner — 2021-08-10 08:22:45

    …Adjustable Spanner :: === Richard Clyburn 1842 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[1800s]] {{Image url="ClyburnSpanner1843.jpg" class="right" title="Original Cl…
    …yburn Spanner 1843 10½ʺ" width="500" }}{{TOC}} Richard Clyburn invented the adjustable spanner in 1842. He registered the design in September 1843. This versatile tool can be…
    …hrupp Mill == {{Image url="ClyburnSpanner1843Detail.jpg" class="left" title="Clyburn Spanner 1843 detail" width="400" }}Richard Clyburn (1796-1852) born in [[Yorkshire]] was a Consulting Engineer in the Agricultural and Textile industries in Glouc…

12. Lawn Mower — 2021-08-10 08:19:36

    …ed in 1843. An alternative //crest headed// adjustable spanner was developed by a work colleague **[[Adjustable_Spanner|Richard Clyburn]]** (Uley UK) in 1843. …

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

    …y as 'First powered flight' until the Wright brothers flight of 12 seconds was claimed as a first! ::cl:: {{Image url="RichardPearsePlane.png" class="left" title="Richard Pearse Plane" width="300" }} {{Image url="RichardPearsePlaque.jpg" class="r…
    …ight" title="Richard Pearse" width="400" }}::cr:: He made several successful flights that are catalogued on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…
    …Richard_Pearse|Wiki]]…

14. DNA Forensics — 2021-01-22 08:47:52

    …g **John Simms** as Alec Jeffreys, follows the first person convicted using DNA, Colin Pitchfork in September 1987, and Richard Buckland the first person to be exonerated using DNA. {{Tag ids="DNA fingerprint forensics genetics"}} …

15. Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52

    …ategoryTransport]] coal out of the mines, into the national grids we see today all over the world. {{{toc}}} ::c:: === Richard Trevithick 1804 === {{image url="Richard_Trevithick.jpg" class="right" title="Richard Trevithick" width="250" }} /* eve…

16. Underwater Tunnel — 2020-10-11 23:44:16

    … Dodd (c. 1756-1822) was the first person to try but water leaks foiled the attempt. - 1805, Robert Vazie (b.1758) and Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) tried but water ingress and poor ground conditions led to the works being abandoned. == Advance…

17. Shakespeare — 2020-08-21 08:52:48

    …g Henry IV Part 2 King Henry V King Henry VI Part 1 King Henry VI Part 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" …

18. Tank — 2016-05-16 11:27:53

    …invented and manufactured the pedrail wheel in 1903 and the pedrail chaintrack, a type of caterpillar track, in 1910. **Richard Hornsby & Sons** was an [[Internal_Combustion_Engine | engine]] manufacturer. Hornsby's chief engineer , **David Rober…

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