1. ATM — 2023-09-23 12:02:41

   …ldn't banks have a machine to dispense money? Later that year, he met with the chief general manager of Barclays Bank. Shepherd-Barron asked him for 90 seconds to pitch his idea for a cash machine. He said, 'Come and see me on Monday morning'. =…
   …response and only one sale. ::c:: == The Process == Plastic bank cards with magnetic strips had still to be invented, Shepherd-Barron's early machines used special cheques called "Barclaycash" that were chemically coded with impregnated carbon-14…
   … detected and matched the cheque against a number code entered before paying out a maximum of £10. == Recognition == Shepherd-Barron's machine trail-blazed the industry to improve the technology and De La Rue's machine was soon surpassed with th…

2. Pencil — 2020-11-30 16:27:31

   … == The pure graphite was discovered in the 1500s near Keswick after a violent storm that had up rooted several trees. Shepherds checking their livestock found a black material under these trees tangled in the roots. {{Image url="Graphite.jpg" c…

3. Beatrix Potter — 2016-07-23 14:22:52

   …eter Rabbit was a Belgian buck rabbit called Peter Piper that was //'bought at a very tender age, in the Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush, for the exorbitant sum of 4/6'//. He was to prove a sound investment. Peter lent his first name to one of the w…

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