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

   …r, William Kennedy Dickson, to work on new ideas for a cinematographic contraption. He was last known to be boarding a train on 16 September 1890 to visit his family. Le Prince's widow and son, Adolphe, felt aggrieved and wanted Louis recognis…

2. Telegraph — 2023-09-23 15:56:52

   …edles left or right to point to letters. This meant anyone could read the message being sent, no need for anyone to be trained in understanding codes, unlike the Morse system. === Morse === On learning of this first electrical telegraph succe…

3. Stereo — 2023-09-23 15:56:38

   …s were cut later the same year. His system for cinematic use was completed by 1935. Blumlein made short test films ( "Trains At Hayes Station", which lasts 5 minutes 11 seconds, and, "The Walking & Talking Film"), his original intent of having…

4. Pay Toilet — 2022-09-27 07:23:49

   …in to operate it, hence the euphemism to "**spend a penny**". Born in Cheltenham, [[Gloucestershire]], [[England]]. He trained as a watchmaker but later became interested in conjuring. Maskelyne became a member of **The Magic Circle** and, like…

5. Four-minute Mile — 2021-08-20 10:55:12

   …don. In 1951 and 1953, he won British championships in the mile run. Bannister researched the mechanics of running and trained using new scientific methods he had developed. On May 6, 1954, at the Iffley Road track in Oxford [[Oxfordshire]], t…

6. DNA — 2021-08-14 21:04:12

   … and B form data. In the audience was James Watson. {{image url="Dnafour.jpg" }} After the seminar Watson caught the train back to '''Cambridge University''' and, based on what he had heard and seen, he and Francis Crick built their first mod…

7. Scouts — 2021-08-14 20:35:19

   … that many boys and young men were avidly reading his book '**Aids to Scouting**'. This book was intended as a military training manual, teaching soldiers techniques such as observation, tracking. == Small beginings == {{Image src="Badenpowell2…
   …outh movements bought the book, and set themselves up as **Patrols of Scouts**, and quickly found themselves leaders to train them. It was soon realised that some form of organisation was required to support these Scouts. >>{{amazon type="book" …

8. Industrial Revolution — 2021-08-08 21:48:46

   … '''1856''' Mushet found an inexpensive way to make high quality steel by adding '''ferromanganese'''. == Better Steel Train Rails == '''Mushet''' was the first to make durable rails of steel rather than cast iron, providing the basis for the …
   … months, and occasionally every three." Six years later, in 1863, the rail seemed as perfect as ever, although some 700 trains had passed over it daily. {{Image url="Rail_Barrow_Steel_1896.jpg" title="Mushet steel rail" class="left" width="300" …

9. Bearings — 2021-08-08 20:30:19

   … greatest inventions the bearing is close behind. Vaughans bearings made carriage travel more comfortable lessened the strain on horse power and reduced maintenance. {{Image url="BallBearing.gif" class="left" title="Ball Bearing animation" widt…

10. Plywood — 2021-08-08 18:44:16

    … career == When he was 14, Bentham was apprenticed to a shipwright at Woolwich Dockyard, he later completed his 7-year training at the Naval Academy in Portsmouth. He developed a liking towards the constructional work of the navy. In 1780 he …

11. Vaccination — 2021-08-07 23:07:23

    …tershire]] on 17 May 1749, the son of the local vicar. At the age of 14, he was apprenticed to a local surgeon and then trained in London. In 1772, he returned to Berkeley and spent most the rest of his career as a doctor in his native town. ==…

12. Mensa — 2020-12-03 00:59:15

    …MENSA is founded. */ {{TOC}} {{Image url="Mensa_Logo.jpg" class="left" title="Mensa Logo" width="200" }} They met on a train in Surrey just after WWII had ended and they discussed the idea of forming a society for very intelligent people, the …

13. Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52

    …5. This expansion of track also brought down the cost of travel so that all but the poorest could afford to travel by train. In the stagecoach days, a ticket from London to Manchester and back would have cost '''£3 10s''' but by 1851 the trai…
    …n fare for this same journey was only '''5s''' for a far quicker and more comfortable journey. {{image url="TrainMallard.jpg" class="right" title="Mallard.World speed record for steam" width="400" }} Throughout the British Empire co…
    … canal: //The Stourbridge Lion// from Foster, Rastrick, and Co., and the //America// from Robert Stephenson and Co. The trains arrived in the United States by August 1829, at which time Allen became the first person to drive a locomotive in Amer…

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

    … Parsons Green Lane, in Fulham, South West London. He built his first machine in 1901. It was made for Osborne House, a training college for naval officers on the Isle of Wight. The machine was parked outside and the hoses were fed through the w…

15. Underground Railway — 2019-10-23 19:35:16

    …ng five years later. The two were eventually linked to create the Circle line. {{tag ids="Train Tube Underground Railway Metro Victorian "}} …

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