1. Lever Brothers — 2023-10-09 23:43:45

   …ses were built on the Wirral Peninsula at what was to become **Port Sunlight** "[[Model_Village | Model Village]]" or, self-contained community company village for the working staff to live. {{Image url="SunlightVillage.jpg" class="right" tit…

2. Cinematography — 2023-10-09 23:41:17

   …anted Louis recognised as the inventor of cinematography. Edison, once again, used the American courts to establish himself as the sole inventor of cinematography. Adolphe Le Prince stood as a witness but was //not allowed to present his fat…

3. Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36

   …he world. ---- == Simple and Effective == {{Image url="Catseyeclean.jpg" title="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 directi…
   …ed safely beneath the road surface. {{image url="cats-eyes-night.jpg" class="right" title="night road" width="" }} == Self Cleaning == Aiming for minimal maintenance, Shaw even devised a way for his Catseyes to '''clean themselves'''. The cas…

4. Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36

   …ovement was the replacement of manual operation of the valves with an operation derived from the motion of the engine itself, by lengths of rope known as potter cord (Legend has it that this was first done in 1713 by a boy, '''Humphrey Potter''…

5. Telephone — 2023-09-23 15:57:07

   … studied tutorials. == Narrow Escape == When he was in his early 20's, his two brothers died of tuberculosis. Bell himself had the disease and his father moved the family to Canada looking for a better climate in which to live. Bell recovered…

6. iPod — 2023-09-23 15:52:55

   …In Court == {{image url="IXI.jpg" width="300" class="right"}} Apple used Mr Kramer’s patents and drawings to defend itself in the legal wrangle in 2007. A staggering 163 million iPods have been sold since the device was launched by Apple in …

7. Digital Photography — 2023-09-23 12:04:21

   …d a series of CCD cameras and produced the first pixel CCD colour image. ::cl:: == Recognition == {{Image url="TompsettSelfie.jpg" class="right" title="Tompsett Selfie" width="" }} In 2017 the four pioneers of digital photography were recognis…

8. Automatic watch — 2023-09-23 12:03:07

   …Automatic watch :: [[CategoryInventions]]:[[Technology]] == Self Winding Watch == {{image url="JohnHarwood.jpg" class="right" title="John Harwood" width="250" }} {{toc}} === John Harwo…
   …ch with a winding mechanism inside the watch. {{image url="john-harwood-movement-1929.jpg" class="left" title="Harwood self-winding watch" width="200" }} {{image url="john-harwood-watch-1929.jpg" class="right" title="Harwood watch face" widt…
   …h="200" }} == Self Winding Watch Company == The watches were first shown at the Basel Fair in 1926. He set up the Harwood Self Winding Wat…

9. Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21

   …for electric vehicles with Bersey producing taxis. With a top speed of 9-12 mph, Walter Bersey’s taxis were the first self-propelled vehicles for hire. Although the range was around 38 miles it did not need to recharged, instead the batteries…

10. Television — 2021-11-06 16:35:18

    …gling, in his London laboratory. Baird gave the first public demonstration of moving silhouette images by television at Selfridges department store in London in a three-week series of demonstrations beginning on March 25, 1925. On the 26th of J…

11. Workmate — 2021-08-20 11:10:56

    …workmate" }} == Sell the Idea == His idea was rejected by manufacturers for many years, so Hickman sold the benches himself to professional builders at trade shows, building up a client base of tradesmen. Slowly the demand increased. ::c::…

12. Intraocular Lens — 2021-08-20 10:40:24

    …n that they would **never seek to profit** from this invention, a mark of //real// medical professionals, //service not self//. == The First Implant == {{Image url="Intraocular-lens.jpg" class="left" title="Intraocular lens" width="250" }} Fr…
    …cal Society, and the **Gonin Medal **from 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 …

13. Agatha Christie — 2021-08-14 20:41:37

    …etectives. Agatha was one of Britain's first stand-up surfers. Christie did not have a formal education and taught herself to read. She wrote more than 70 detective novels as well as a record breaking [[Mousetrap | play]]. Christie died on Ja…

14. Modern Olympics — 2021-08-14 20:26:14

    …'t to be the last time Brookes would make contact with foreign philanthropists who shared some of his ideas. Brookes himself petitioned the Greek authorities to revive an international games but internal strife within the country led to the gov…

15. Vibrator — 2021-08-14 19:48:28

    … invention became increasingly popular as a way for doctors to provide "pelvic massage" Joseph tried to disassociate himself from the device's "mis-use". {{Image url="Vintage_vibrator.jpg" class="left" title="Vintage vibrator" width="200" }} …

16. Colgate — 2021-08-11 11:43:11

    …="300" }} Eventually relocating to New York City, he worked as a candle-maker, and in 1806 he went into business for himself, selling soap, candles, and starch. After several years of financial struggle, **William Colgate & Company ** prospered…

17. Guillotine — 2021-08-09 22:22:29

    …uld pull the rope. Amazingly, the executioner might have been the crowd of onlookers, a horse, or even the victim them self! But they were always cheered on by the crowd. The weight of the blade and the speed at which it fell would decapit…

18. Plywood — 2021-08-08 18:44:16

    …ate="11 January 1757" birth_place="[[London]] England" death_date="31 May 1831" death_place="London England" Education="Self educated" }} === Samuel Bentham 1797 === ~- [[CategoryIndustry]] :[[1700s]] In 1797 Bentham developed a process of la…

19. Toothbrush — 2021-01-28 15:14:07

    …in **1780.** Addis was a prisoner in jail in **1770** for inciting riots. He was a clever man, who wanted to keep himself presentable but did not like using the method at the time of rubbing a rag with soot and salt on the teeth. So by hand …

20. Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52

    …1781 near Newcastle-upon-Tyne [[Northumberland]], [[England]]. His father was an engineman at a coalmine. Stephenson himself worked at the mine and learned to read and write in his spare time. He gained a reputation for managing the primitive s…

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

    …llapsing. == Tunnel shafts == Work began in 1825 with the the building of the shafts down to the tunnel. This in it itself was a marvel of engineering. Instead of digging a hole then building inside, Marc Brunel had the 50 foot wide and 42 fo…

22. English Language — 2018-01-26 21:45:55

    …vive it did and even bloomed into a whole new vocabulary. Because of the influence of many invaders English has built itself on a basis of the early Brits and incorporating many other languages. From Latin, Germanic, French, Celtic and many mo…

23. Salvation Army — 2016-01-07 15:19:48

    …the 'East London Christian Mission'. In 1878 The Christian Mission was renamed The Salvation Army. William promoted himself to ‘General Booth’, he summed up the purpose of this body saying "We are a salvation people" and "We are a voluntee…

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