1. Lava Lamp — 2022-08-29 08:39:00

   …Lava Lamp :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="EdwardCravenWalker.jpg" Who="Edward Craven Walker" width="400" birth_date="4/7/1918" birth_place="Singapore" death_date="15/8/2000" death_place="Ringwood" }} === Edward …
   …Craven-Walker 1963 === ~-[[Entertainment]]::[[Arts]]::[[1900s]] Edward Craven-Walker invented his psychedelic Astro lamp in 1963. The idea came from an egg-timer he saw in a [[Dorset]] pub that was made …

2. Match — 2021-08-09 22:35:30

   …tle="Safety match" width="200" }} Walker was born in Stockton-on-Tees in 1781. He developed a keen interest in finding a means of creating fire easily. Several …
   …he wood. He discovered that if he let them dry, he could start a fire by striking the stick anywhere. {{Image url="JohnWalkerLights.jpg" class="left" title="John Walker Lights" width="200" }} Walker did not patent his **"Friction Light"** match…
   …o **strike a light** with. == Improvements == In 1829, Scots inventor Sir Isaac Holden invented an improved version of Walker's match. A version of Holden's match was patented by Samuel Jones, and these were sold as //lucifer// matches. …

3. Potato Crisp — 2020-08-06 08:17:45

   …class="right" title="Potato Crisps" width="300" }} ::c:: == From a simple recipe to a Billion Pound Industry == Today Walkers factory in Leicestershire is the largest in the world. It produces 11m packs of crisps every day from 800 tons of pota…

4. Meccano — 2017-05-14 01:23:25

   …mlinson. ||{{{toc}}}||{{amazon type="book" items="1410107922" }}|| On 15 January 1887 he married a schoolteacher Clara Walker Godefroy, they had two sons, Roland and Douglas, and a daughter, Patricia. Hornby began experimenting with ideas in hi…

5. Safety Match — 2016-06-23 01:04:56

   …Safety Match :: [[Domestic]], [[CategoryScience]] === John Walker 1826 === [[Durham]] [[England]] {{redirect page="Match"}}…

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