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

   …="SodaDrink.jpg" class="right" title="Soda Drink" width="250" }} Priestley’s paper would however capture the eye of a young German watchmaker in Geneva, **Switzerland**, who would ultimately bring Priestly’s science to the masses. His name …

2. Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36

   …ourer, who worked at a local mill. When he was 14, he worked as a road mender. {{{toc}}} Shaw was inventive, even at a young age, and his catseye idea for lighting the way along roads in the dark was pure inspiration. == Inspiration == When th…

3. Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35

   …nt,and Alice nee Bennett, the daughter of a City watchmaker, Sir Sydney's elder brother, Theodore, was a biologist, his younger brother, Douglas, an eminent bookbinder; while Douglas's son Sydney Maurice ("Sandy"), two years Christopher's senior…

4. Anaesthetic — 2023-10-04 16:27:18

   …s capable of destroying physical pain, it may probably be used with advantage during surgical operations. ^^ === James Young Simpson 1847 === {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="SimpsonJamesYoung.jpg" Who="Simpson James Young" width="200" birth…

5. Telephone — 2023-09-23 15:57:07

   …e a professor at Boston University. It was at this time that he met Mabel Hubbard, one of his students who was 10 years younger than he. Mabel had become deaf at the age of four due to scarlet fever. Five years later they were married. At the we…

6. YMCA — 2022-05-17 05:19:39

   … Sports == Because of the popularity of the YMCA there was a need to develop activities and games that would amuse the young men but were not aggressive and physical like football and rugby. So the YMCA can claim two other inventions, '''**Ne…

7. Charlie Chaplin — 2021-08-20 11:11:51

   … support for his children causing Chaplin to be sent to the workhouse at the age of seven. {{image url="Charles_Chaplin_young.jpg" class="right" title="A young Charlie" width="240" }} Chaplin spent his childhood going in and out of the workhous…
   …tle in 1954 and sung by Nat King Cole. For Limelight, Chaplin composed "Terry's Theme", which was popularised by Jimmy Young as "Eternally" (1952). "**This Is My Song**", performed by Petula Clark (1967), reached number one on the UK charts. C…

8. Intraocular Lens — 2021-08-20 10:40:24

   …g" class="right" title="Harold Ridley Plaque" width="" }} == Search for an Answer == During WWII **Gordon Cleaver**, a young Battle of Britain pilot, had neglected to wear his eye protection. Gun fire shattered his cockpit canopy, and splinters…
   … of perspex had destroyed one eye and severely damaged the other. Ridley was a member of the surgical team treating young pilots at Moorfields, and noticed the fact that, although the patient's better eye was peppered with fragments of **per…

9. Scouts — 2021-08-14 20:35:19

   …ops, the first real British triumph in the **Boer War**. When he returned to England, he discovered that many boys and young men were avidly reading his book '**Aids to Scouting**'. This book was intended as a military training manual, teaching…

10. Modern Olympics — 2021-08-14 20:26:14

    …ns.^^ == Wealthy Ally == ---- >>{{image url="London1948.jpg" title="London Olympics" width="200"}}>> In 1889 a wealthy young Frenchman named **Baron de Coubertain** visited England on a fact finding mission aimed at instigating physical educati…

11. Dinosaur — 2021-08-12 20:42:55

    …round the world, these prehistoric reptiles did not receive their famous name until 1842. == Dinosaur is born == As a young man Owen recognised the fossils found at the Jurassic coast shared a number of distinctive features. He said they were …

12. Cowboy — 2021-08-09 21:03:46

    …first reference of the word 'cowboy' is in Medieval Ireland/England. A cowboy was literally //boys tending cattle//, a young male cow herder. === England 1620 === The word cowboy never entered U.S. parlance until the great cattle drovers were…

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

    …ht" width="200" }} Mushet was an English metallurgist, born April 8, 1811, in Coleford, [[Gloucestershire]]. He was the youngest son of Agnes Wilson and David Mushet, an ironmaster. Robert spent his formative years studying metallurgy with his f…

14. Sunday School — 2021-08-08 18:39:06

    …" birth_date="14/9/1736" birth_place="Gloucester" death_date="5/4/1811" death_place="" }} {{toc}} Robert Raikes ("the Younger") (14 September 1736 – 5 April 1811) was a philanthropist born in Gloucester [[England]] who promoted the concept o…

15. Vaccination — 2021-08-07 23:07:23

    …cer or heart disease in the twentieth century but with the difference that the majority of its victims were infants and young children. **In 1980, as a result of Jenner's discovery, the World Health Assembly officially declared "the world and it…

16. Petroleum — 2020-12-03 01:07:44

    …at it might be produced artificially. After many experiments Young found that by slow distillation he could obtain a number of useful liquids from it, one of which he named paraffin. ==…
    …0.jpg" class="left-right" title="Shale oil refinery circa 1850" width="" }} He took out a patent dated 17 October 1850. Young entered into partnership under the title of **E.W. Binney & Co. at Bathgate** in West Lothian and **E. Meldrum & Co** a…
    …e completed in **1851** and became the first truly **commercial oil-works and oil refinery in the world.** In **1852** Young took out a **US patent** for the production of paraffin oil by distillation of coal. == Worldwide Demand == Many entre…
    …preneurs sought to emulate Young's success and, for a short period, supplies of torbanite (boghead coal) were dispatched to destinations throughout the …

17. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47

    …ed curves, made of ice, was constructed next to the road in 1902. The sport started as a leisure activity for the rich young daredevils of Europe who gathered for fun on the alpine slopes. It was added to the Winter Olympics as a four-man event…

18. Bungee Jumping — 2020-08-17 13:17:46

    …ngs == David Attenborough and a BBC film crew brought back footage of the "land divers" of Pentecost Island in Vanuatu, young men who jumped from tall wooden platforms with vines tied to their ankles as a test of their courage and passage into m…

19. Obstetrical Forceps — 2020-06-28 13:29:13

    …ve trade. The forceps were only taken out of it's carved box during a birth. {{Databox caption="Eldest son of Peter the younger" Image="PeterChamberlen.png" Who="Peter Chamberlen the third" width="" born="1601" birth_place="" died="1683" death_p…

20. Meccano — 2017-05-14 01:23:25

    … On advice, he patented his invention in January 1901 as "**Improvements in Toy or Educational Devices for Children and Young People**", but not without first having to borrow five pounds from his employer, David Elliot, to cover the costs. His…

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