1. Elevator — 2023-12-30 12:44:08

   …as a panoramist surveyor and inventor. Born on 12 June 1785 into the Quaker family of a grocer in Kingston upon Hull [[Yorkshire]]. Hornor (or Horner 12/6/1785–14/3/1844) learned surveying and engineering from his brother-in-law. He conjured up a…

2. Carbonated water — 2023-10-09 23:52:55

   …ey 1767 === ~- [[CategoryFood]]: [[1700s]] {{toc}} Joseph Priestley (1733 – 1804) born in Birstall, near Batley in [[Yorkshire]] was the first to artificially **carbonate water** 1767. Often called **Soda water**. == Oxygen 1774 == In 1767, En…

3. Internal Combustion Engine — 2023-10-09 23:51:33

   …"Herbert_Akroyd_Stuart.jpg" Who="Herbert Akroyd Stuart" width="300" birth_date="28 January 1864" birth_place="Halifax [[Yorkshire]]" death_date="19 February 1927" death_place="Halifax" }} {{Toc}} The Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine was the first successf…

4. Stainless Steel — 2023-10-09 23:42:45

   …or" Image="HarryBrearley.jpg" Who="Harry Brearley" width="400" birth_date="18 February 1871" birth_place="Sheffield, [[Yorkshire]]" death_date="14 July 1948" death_place="Torquay" }} === Harry Brearley 1913 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]: [[Domestic]]:…

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

   …e Prince single lens camera" width="300" }} ::cr:: Louis Le Prince was born in Metz, France in 1841 and came to Leeds [[Yorkshire]] in 1866 at the invitation of John Whitley. Le Prince became fascinated with the cinematic innovations like Eadwear…

6. Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36

   …ryInventions]]: [[CategoryTransport]] === Percy Shaw - 1934 === Percy Shaw (1890 - 1976) was born in Halifax in West [[Yorkshire]] in 1890, the son of Jimmy Shaw, a dyer’s labourer, who worked at a local mill. When he was 14, he worked as a road …

7. Portland Cement — 2023-10-08 00:16:46

   …tober 1824. {{Toc}} Joseph Aspdin (or Aspden) (1778 - 1855) was a bricklayer living in the Hunslet district of Leeds, [[Yorkshire]]. In his kitchen the inventor heated a mixture of finely ground limestone and clay in his stove and ground the mixtu…

8. Toilet — 2023-09-08 09:57:11

   …ph Bramah 1778 === >>{{image url="Bramah.jpg" title="Joseph Bramah" }}>> (1748 - December 9, 1814), born Stainborough, Yorkshire, England. [[Hydraulics|Joseph Bramah]] invented a hinged valve or 'crank valve' in 1778. This sealed the bottom of the …
   … === Thomas Crapper 1880 === >>{{image url="Crapper.jpg" title="Thomas Crapper" width="180" }}>> Born 1836 Waterside, Yorkshire, England. During the 1880s Thomas Crapper invented the siphonic system for emptying the cistern. This avoided the probl…

9. KitKat — 2022-05-03 17:00:51

   … in [[England]] in 1935 and was renamed #%KitKat#% in 1937. The best selling chocolate bar in the world began life in [[Yorkshire]]. This product was developed as a four-finger wafer crisp, launched in London in September 1935 as **'Rowntree’s Ch…

10. Adjustable Spanner — 2021-08-10 08:22:45

    …ner1843Detail.jpg" class="left" title="Clyburn Spanner 1843 detail" width="400" }}Richard Clyburn (1796-1852) born in [[Yorkshire]] was a Consulting Engineer in the Agricultural and Textile industries in Gloucester. He made high precision tools fro…
    … he was the Engineering Manager and partner in the Uley in [[Gloucestershire]] Iron Works with George Lister, also from Yorkshire. Clyburn's spanner design with open end jaws was pioneering.{{Image url="ClyburnSpannerNo3.jpg" class="right" title="C…

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

    …d's first '''nature reserve'''. == Walton Hall == '''Waterton''' (1782 - 1865) was born at Walton Hall, Wakefield, [[Yorkshire]], [[England]]. He was educated at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire. Waterton was an early opponent of '''pollution''…

12. Guillotine — 2021-08-09 22:22:29

    …lass="right" title="Halifax Gibbet" width="400" }} The first use of a guillotine for execution by decapitation was in [[Yorkshire]] [[England]] with the **'Halifax Gibbet'** around 1280. == The Halifax Gibbet == The Halifax Gibbet was a menacing w…

13. Australia — 2021-08-08 18:36:08

    …00s]] {{Databox width="" Image="Captain-Cook.jpg" title="Captain Cook" birth_date="7 November 1728" Place="Marton in [[Yorkshire]]" death_date="14 February 1779" }} Captain James Cook was a remarkable navigator born in [[Yorkshire]]. He discovere…

14. Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49

    …4 == {{Databox Image="George_Cayley.jpg" title="George Cayley" Born="1773" Died="1857" }} Cayley from Scarborough [[Yorkshire ]] was an early aviation pioneer who experimented with gliders. In 1799 he set in place the concept of the modern aerop…

15. Electric Toaster — 2020-12-01 01:05:39

    …"left" width="300" title="Colonel Crompton" }} **Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton** was born at Sion Hill, near Thirsk in [[Yorkshire]] , [[England]] on 31 May 1845 , one of five children. His passion for engineering began early. In his autobiography, R…
    …cences, Crompton tells of a trip to London 's Great Exhibition of 1851. His schooling started at Sharow, near Ripon in Yorkshire, along with 19 other boys, aged between 7 and 15. One of his fellow pupils there was Charles Dodgson, better known as *…

16. Hydraulics — 2020-08-17 13:24:35

    …on="Inventor" Image="JosephBramah.jpg" Who="Joseph Bramah" width="300" birth_date="13 April 1748" birth_place="Barnsley Yorkshire" death_date="9 December 1814" death_place="London" }} === Joseph Bramah 1795 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]::[[1700s]] {{…
    …ph Bramah was granted a patent for his **hydraulic press** in 1795. Joseph Bramah was born in Stainborough, Barnsley [[Yorkshire]], [[England]] in 1748. {{Image url="BramahPress.jpg" class="left" title="Bramah Press" width="" }} == Bramah Press …

17. Linoleum — 2020-08-17 08:43:03

    …ge="Frederick-Walton.png" class="right" title="Frederick Walton" width="" birth_date="13 March 1834" caption="Halifax, Yorkshire" death_date="16 May 1928" }} {{toc}} **Linoleum**, also called Lino, is a versatile hard wearing floor covering. Despit…
    … many new types of flooring on the market, lino is still popular today. == Inspiration == Walton was born in Halifax [[Yorkshire]]. In 1855, Walton noticed a rubbery, flexible skin of solidified linseed oil had formed on a can of oil-based paint. …

18. Speedfit — 2017-05-11 00:37:50

    …974, John Guest invented the ‘Super Speedfit’ tube and pipe connector concept. John Guest was born in Doncaster [[Yorkshire]], [[England]] in 1927. John Guest Ltd. is a family-owned company that was founded in 1961. Now operating in UK, Euro…

19. Oxygen — 2016-06-20 16:22:51

    …Oxygen :: [[CategoryScience]] == Oxygen == === Joseph Priestley 1774 === In [[Yorkshire]] August 1774 he isolated a new "air". {{redirect page="Carbonated water"}}…

20. Yorkshire — 2016-01-02 21:28:50

    …Yorkshire :: [[England]] {{Category}} Inventions made up in Yorkshire…

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