1. Split the Atom — 2023-10-10 00:05:57

   … }}|| The first laboratory controlled splitting of the atom happened in **1932** when John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton focused a proton beam onto lithium and bust its nucleus. The era of **nuclear physics** was born. It was the first nu…
   …rd's Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University, [[Cambridgeshire]], [[England]], Englishman Cockcroft and Irishman Walton used spare parts along with some wood and nails to build the world's first nuclear-particle accelerator in 1929. Ruther…
   …re than ten years before. He wanted more control over the particles used to penetrate nuclei. He directed Cockcroft and Walton to build a high voltage machine he called for "a million volts in a soapbox". == Cockcroft-Walton Generator == The Coc…
   …kcroft-Walton generator, a system of capacitors and thermionic rectifiers produced voltages around 600,000 volts. It wasn't a million…

2. Nature Reserve — 2021-08-09 22:30:53

   …d the trees in the park and polluted the lake. He was eventually successful in having the soapworks moved. {{Image url="WaltonHall.jpg" class="right" title="Walton Hall" }} == The Bird Box == He also invented the '''bird nesting box'''. Walton H…

3. Marmite — 2021-04-03 10:38:16

   …By putting their initials together and adding a Z they created Zalo. But Alfred had a wife and five children at nearby Walton-on-Trent and because money wasn't plentiful, he devoted much of his time to his family and failed to renew the Zalo pat…

4. Linoleum — 2020-08-17 08:43:03

   …um Manufacturing Company** and by 1869 the factory in Staines was exporting to Europe and the United States. Frederick Walton jnr went on to develop //Lincrusta// the first washable and durable wall covering.…

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