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FAX — 2023-10-09 23:52:19
…atabox caption="Inventor" Image="Alexander_Bain.jpg" Who="Alexander Bain" width="" birth_date="12/10/1810" birth_place="Watten, Caithness, Scotland" death_date="2/1/1877" death_place="Scotland" }} === Alexander Bain 1843 === ~-[[Technology]]: […
Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36
…gine that made it much more fuel efficient. Watt's leap was to separate the condensing phase of the vacuum engine into a separate chamber, while keeping the piston and …
…cylinder at the temperature of the steam. Gainsborough believed that Watt had used his ideas for the invention, but there is no proof of this. ::c:: == Enter James Watt == {{Image url="Watt.jp…
…g" class="right" width="" title="James Watt" }} Watt, together with his business partner **Matthew Boulton**, developed these patents into the Watt steam engine in Birmingh…
…am, England. The increased efficiency of the **Boulton & Watt** engine finally led to the general acceptance and use of steam power in industry. Additionally, unlike the Newcomen en…
Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51
…target three times, and were never able to attack. == Aircraft detection and location == On February 12, 1935, Watson-Watt sent a memo of his proposed system to the Air Ministry, entitled Detection and location of aircraft by radio methods. T…
…he concept clearly had amazing potential and Watson-Watt was promptly asked for a demonstration. This was ready by February 26, and consisted of two receiving antennas locate…
…ss="left" title="Radar Plaque" width="" }}::c:: Such was the secrecy that only three people witnessed the test, Watson-Watt, his assistant Arnold Wilkins, and a single member of the committee, A.P. Rowe. The demonstration was a success: on sev…
…ding Edward George Bowen (born Swansea, [[Wales]]) to start further research at Orfordness. On** April 2, 1935** Watson-Watt was granted a patent for radar. By June they were detecting aircraft at 17 miles, which was enough to stop all work on …
Rotating Boat Lift — 2022-05-03 17:19:08
…eet wide, and can hold up to four 66 feet long canal boats. The boatlift is so finely balanced it takes just 22.5 kilowatts (30.2 hp) to power ten hydraulic motors, which consume just 1.5 kilowatt-hours per half-turn, roughly the same as boil…
Chocolate Bar — 2021-08-09 22:11:02
…m.jpeg" class="left" title="Fry's Chocolate Cream" }} >>{{amazon type="book" items="1492275085" }}>> ::cl:: Fry used a Watts steam engine to help grind the cocoa beans to a much finer powder than had previously been achieved. The machine could…

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