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  1. Portland Cement — 2023-10-08 00:16:46
    …pdin called the product Portland cement because when set, it resembled '**Portland stone**', a limestone that is quarried on the Isle of Portland off the British Coast. Portland stone was then, and still is today, a prestigi…
    …ous building stone in use in [[England]] at the time. Many fine buildings and cathedrals use the fine stone. With this invention, Aspdin laid the foundation for today's portland cement industry. == Today == ||{{Image url="Cn-…
  2. Bob Hope — 2023-09-26 16:57:28
    …ndon]],** [[England]]**, on 29 May 1903. === London England 1903 === His father William Henry Hope was English and a stonemason from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, and his Welsh mother, Avis Townes, was a light opera singer from Barry. They ma…
  3. Telegraph — 2023-09-23 15:56:52
    … with sound led him to coin the terms 'telephone' and 'microphone'. == First Telegraph 1837 == {{Image url="CookeWheatstoneTelegraph.jpg" class="left" title="Cooke Wheatstone Telegraph" width="400" }}::cr:: In May 1837 the first commercial ele…
    …ctrical telegraph, the **Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph**, was co-developed and patented by William Fothergill Cooke and Charles Wheatstone. It was beautifully simpl…
    …ew York, S F B Morse, a painter and electrical experimenter, sailed to Liverpool in May 1838 to see how the Cooke Wheatstone Telegraph worked. Morse was wanting to patent his own simple telegraphic apparatus in Europe. He could see that this sy…
    …ove too expensive for the distances involved in the USA. ::c:: == Britain and Beyond == The success of the Cooke Wheatstone Telegraph led to the laying of the trans-atlantic cable to connect Canada with Britain.…
  4. LCD — 2023-09-23 15:53:09
    …t the Display == {{Image url="LCDweather.jpg" class="left" title="LCD Calendar and Weather display" width="200" }} John Stonehouse, who was the Minister of Technology, put out a challenge to find an alternative to the shadow mask colour TV tube.…
  5. Electric Motor — 2023-09-23 15:52:02
    …meter, a device for measuring current. Sturgeon died in poverty and is buried in an overlooked Prestwich grave, whose stone simply refers to him as "**The Electrician**".…
  6. Loch Ness Monster — 2022-05-03 17:06:34
    … Scottish history, dating back to around** A.D. 500**. When local Picts carved a strange aquatic creature into standing stones near Loch Ness. {{Image url="Loch-Ness.jpg" title="Loch Ness: 23 miles long and 750 feet deep" width="100%" height="…
  7. Charlie Chaplin — 2021-08-20 11:11:51
    …rno toured the USA in 1913 and his act was seen by film producer Mack Sennett who hired Chaplin for his film studio, Keystone. Charlie's tramp character, probably based on the experiences of his early life, eventually made him the highest paid a…
  8. Tarmac — 2021-08-09 21:38:37
    …"JohnLoudonMcAdam.jpg" class="right" title="John Loudon Mc Adam" width="" }} His Macadam method involved layers crushed stone decreasing in size to form a road surface. The technique did not include making the stones stick. This was fine in the…
    …nd no dust. By 1902 Hooley had patented the process of heating **tar**, adding **slag** to the mix and then breaking **stones** within the mixture to form a smooth road surface. {{Image url="NottinghamRadcliffeRoad.jpg" class="center" title="Fi…
  9. Salicylic acid — 2021-08-08 18:32:13
    …found that it did relieve his symptoms. {{Image url="WillowTree.jpg" class="right" title="Willow Tree" width="" }} == Stone wrote: == ~& "As this tree delights in a moist or wet soil, where agues chiefly abound, the general maxim that many na…
    … intention of Providence here, I must own, had some little weight with me". == A Letter == On April 25, 1763, Reverend Stone wrote to George Parker, second earl of Macclesfield, and president of the **Royal Society** in a letter read before the…
    …NSAIDs, that are still useful after {{Datediff from="25/4/1753" }} years in treating inflammatory pain and fevers. == Stones Trials == {{Image url="EdwardStonePlaque.jpg" class="left" title="Edward Stone Plaque" width="" }} He experimented by…
    … gathering and drying a pound of willow bark and creating a powder. Stone gave powdered willow bark over several years to about 50 people complaining of agues or fevers; it was successful and f…
  10. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
    …" class="right" width="120"}} The game of curling was invented in late medieval [[Scotland]], as evidenced by a curling stone inscribed with the date **1511**, uncovered along with another bearing the date **1551**, when an old pond was drained …
    …at **Dunblane**, Scotland. The first written reference to a contest using stones on ice coming from the records of Paisley Abbey, Renfrew, in February **1541**. One of the national games of Scotland…
  11. Life Boat — 2020-08-17 09:00:19
    …atched to Sharpe, in Bamburgh, and served for a number of years as the **first known purpose built Lifeboat**. == Gravestone == Lukin died in 1834 in Hythe, Kent. The following inscription was engraved on the reverse side of his tombstone: @@â…
  12. Harry Potter — 2018-10-10 17:06:49
    …ach year Harry Potter spends in school. ::cl:: == Global Phenomenon == {{Image url="Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosophers_Stone.jpg" class="right" title="Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone" width="150" }} Around **450 million** Harry Potter b…
  13. Stonehenge — 2018-01-26 21:52:34
    … Bronze Age ceremonial and mortuary practices resulting from around 2000 years of continuous use'//. {{Image url="HengeStone.jpg" class="left" title="Henge Stone size comparison" width="280" }} === Wessex 3100 BC === Stonehenge was built over s…
    …ge of the site at **6,500 years**. This pre-dates the Druids and European migration so the most likely //builders// of Stonehenge are Neolithic Britons from the Wessex area. == Size == The tallest upright stone at Stonehenge is 22 feet high (…
    …40-50 tons. That is higher than a 3 storey building and weighing more than a 6 African elephants. ::cl:: == Legacy == Stonehenge is one of the most impressive prehistoric megalithic monuments in the world on account of the sheer size of its me…
    …galiths, the sophistication of its concentric plan and architectural design, the shaping of the stones - uniquely using both Wiltshire Sarsen sandstone and Pembroke Bluestone - and the precision with which it was built. {…
  14. Theodolite — 2017-07-05 08:57:22
    … each end. ^^Tectonicon : briefly shewing the exact measuring and speedy reckoning all manner of land, squares, timber, stone, steeples, pillers, globes.^^ {{Image url="Digges_Tectonicon.jpg" class="left" title="Digges Tectonicon a 1634 edition…

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