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Elevator — 2023-12-30 12:44:08
…he project proved so expensive that his backer, Rowland Stephenson MP, had to flee to America in 1828, Hornor fled soon after settling in New York around 1829 where Elisha Otis lived. He died in penury (extreme poverty) in 1844. The Colosseum w…
…as demolished in 1874 after being visited by over 1 million people! == Teagle == {{Image url="TeagleLift.jpg" class="left" title="Teagle Lift" wid…
Carbonated water — 2023-10-09 23:52:55
…Switzerland**, who would ultimately bring Priestly’s science to the masses. His name was **Johann Jacob Schweppe**. After further experimentation, Schweppe was able to simplify carbonation through the application of two common compounds – …
…sodium bicarbonate and tartaric acid. == Back to Blighty == After his initial success in Switzerland, Schweppe moved his company to [[England]] in **1792** where he set up his first mas…
Internal Combustion Engine — 2023-10-09 23:51:33
…They would provide electricity for lighting the **Taj Mahal**, the Rock of Gibraltar, the **Statue of Liberty** (chosen after Hornsby won the oil engine prize at the Chicago World's Fair of 1893), many lighthouses, and for powering Marconi's fir…
Glastonbury Festival — 2023-10-09 23:45:46
…ichael Eavis 1970 === Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis was born in Pilton, [[Somerset]] [[England]] on 17 October 1935. After his father died in 1954, Eavis inherited the family farm of 150 acres with 60 cows, so he became dairy farmer. <<{{am…
… and culture. **Glastonbury Fayre**, as it was then, cost **£1** (one pound) with free milk included was held the day after [[Jimi_Hendrix_Experience| Jimi Hendrix]] died. Headline act was **Tyrannosaurus Rex** (T.Rex) who stepped in for the…
Phototherapy — 2023-10-09 23:41:51
…s not taken very seriously. {{Image url="SisterWard.png" class="left" title="Sister Ward" width="300" }} A short while after this incident a tube of blood from an infant with severe jaundice was placed on a windowsill before being taken to the …
…lab for analysis. After sitting in the sun, the sample measurements were below 14 mg/100 mL so a fresh blood sample was taken and analysed whi…
Cinematography — 2023-10-09 23:41:17
…ied for a US patent and on 16th November 1888, he received a British patent for his invention. == Mysterious death == After being granted the patents Louis Le Prince mysteriously vanished. This meant Le Prince was never able to perform a plann…
Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36
…ansport** staged a competition in 1937 to find a robust road reflector. Percy Shaw won the competition with the Catseye after rival models either broke during the trial or were deemed to be ineffective. == Wartime Solution == Nonetheless '''Re…
…re perilous because of the government-imposed blackouts to thwart German bombers. The company accelerated its expansion after the the war and eventually occupied a 20 acre site in Boothtown. At its peak it employed 130 people to manufacture over…
Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36
…re all powered by Watt’s engines, driving the **Industrial Revolution**. The term '**watt**' in electricity is named after James Watt to describe the power produced. And he coined the term **horsepower** when describing his engines saying tha…
Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51
…ing to intercept a bomber by radar direction. The tests were a massive failure, with the fighter only seeing the bomber after it had passed its target. == Improvements == {{Image url="Radar.jpg" class="right" }} The problem was not the radar, …
…re he received the //United States Medal for Merit// in 1946 , and he published //Three Steps to Victory// in 1958. == After the war == He established a practice as a consulting engineer, in the 1950s moved to Canada, and later to the USA. He …
Air Traffic Control — 2023-10-07 10:51:35
…Beddington Aerodrome. This opened in 1915 as a base from which planes attempted to defend London from German Zeppelins. After the war two aerodromes were combined to become Croydon Aerodrome and opened on 29 March 1920. == ATC == Air Traffic Co…
Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35
…ive designer of marbled papers. Despite an interest in the arts, Christopher read Engineering at Peterhouse, Cambridge. After Cambridge he worked for the Radio Research company until 1935 and then for the Marconi Wireless Telegraph company from …
… convinced Cockerell that boats could be made to float on a cushion of air, thus reducing the effect of the water drag. After many trials he successfully designed a craft which proved his ideas were correct. He was not surprised. The modified pu…
… immediately put on the secret list. Nothing happened and Cockerell became increasingly agitated. Eventually, in 1958, after declassification, the National Research Development Council (NRDC) funded the design and construction of SRN1 - the wor…
Marshall Amplification — 2023-10-07 09:45:58
…e took on 18-year-old electronics apprentice, Dudley Craven, resulting in the foundation of **Marshall Amplification.** After many prototypes the classic //JTM 45// amp was released. Soon musicians including **Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Ji…
Telephone — 2023-09-23 15:57:07
…phones in the U.S. for the next 19 years. The unit used to measure the intensity of a sound, the **'decibel'** is named after Alexander Graham Bell. == Back in Britain == {{Image url="AlexBellTelephone.jpg" class="left" title="Early Bell Teleph…
Telegraph — 2023-09-23 15:56:52
…145411770" }}>> The device was a modern wonder at the time. He attempted to interest the Admiralty in this device but after the Napoleonic wars there was little enthusiasm. ::cl:: === Charles Wheatstone === {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image=…
iPod — 2023-09-23 15:52:55
…ilar to the iPod. == Patent == He took out a worldwide patent and set up a company to develop the idea. But in 1988, after a boardroom split, he was unable to raise the £60,000 needed to renew patents across 120 countries and the technology …
Electric Motor — 2023-09-23 15:52:02
…rrent from a single battery was sent. == Motor == {{image url="Modern_Electric_Motor.jpg" class="right" width="250" }} After [[Electric_Generator| Faraday]] had demonstrated his homopolar motor in 1821, physicists were excited to make the elect…
Electric Generator — 2023-09-23 12:04:37
…he way for the modern electrical era we live in now. == Today == Because of his work the unit of capacitance is named after Michael Faraday. A **Farad** measures how much electric charge is accumulated on the capacitor. It's hard to imagine h…
Digital Photography — 2023-09-23 12:04:21
…ses worldwide. == Overseas == Tompsett moved to Bell Laboratories USA in 1969 to develop solid-state cameras. Shortly after joining, Boyle and Smith, also at Bell Labs, came up with the Charge-Coupled Device, CCD, concept to digitally store se…
Mousetrap — 2023-08-31 23:02:31
…s.// == Top Author == Agatha Christie is also the worlds **most translated** author and the second best fiction author after William [[Shakespeare]]. {{Tag ids="Longest running author play "}} …
Olivia Newton John — 2023-04-06 17:15:33
…lia when she was 5 but her mother encouraged her to pursue her singing career in Britain. ::c:: == Back in Britain == After struggling for several years she broke through with a Bob Dylan song **If Not For You** in 1971. In 1974, Newton-John r…
Custard — 2022-09-19 23:50:44
…t but she adored custard. Alfred Bird set about trying to find a way of formulating an egg free custard for his wife. After much experimenting he found that cornflour powder would thicken to form a custard-like sauce when mixed with milk and h…
Plastic — 2022-09-01 08:57:23
…ine'''. Parkesine was based on cellulose nitrate and was the first plastic. Parkes observed that the solid residue left after the evaporation of the solvent of photographic collodion was a “hard, horny elastic and waterproof substance.” In 1…
Police — 2022-05-20 08:52:50
…l="Constables.JPG" width="200" title="Early 'Peelers' " }}>> They became known as ''''Peelers'''' and ''''Bobbies'''' after their founder, and wore a dark blue '''long coat''' and a '''tall hat''' which they could use to stand on to look over …
Crufts — 2022-05-03 17:14:00
…rl="CruftsWinner.jpg" class="left" title="Crufts Winner" width="" }} ::c:: === Charles Cruft 1886 === Crufts was named after its founder, Charles Alfred Cruft, who worked as general manager for a dog biscuit manufacturer. Charles was born in …
KitKat — 2022-05-03 17:00:51
…wntree’s Chocolate Crisp**'. It was re-named two years later as KitKat Chocolate Crisp then shortened to just KitKat after the Second World War. The origin of the name KitKat is uncertain but it’s thought the famous KitKat Club of the 1920s…
…It was changed to a blue wrapper in 1945, when it was produced with a plain chocolate covering due to shortages of milk after the war. It reverted back to red in 1947 when the standard milk chocolate KitKat was reintroduced. == Record Breaker =…
Richard Burton — 2021-08-29 20:21:34
… father was also named Richard Walter Jenkins. His mother, Edith Maude (née Thomas), died on 31 October 1927 at age 44 after giving birth to her **13th** child. He went on to star in over 70 Hollywood movies and is another great actor who neve…
Workmate — 2021-08-20 11:10:56
…c]]:[[1900s]] {{toc}} **Ron Hickman** invented the massively popular Black & Decker '''Workmate®''' workbench in 1961 after a home DIY disaster. He had sawn a chair in half while struggling to hold an item on top of the chair. He decided to ma…
…idea. {{Image url="Lotus-elan.jpg" width="400" class="right" title="Classic Lotus Elan designed by Ron Hickman" }} But after he began manufacturing the Workmate® workbench. It was an instant hit. Black & Decker saw the potential and took on e…
Paralympic Games — 2021-08-20 10:59:53
…International Olympic Committee and the **IPC** following a June 19, 2001 agreement. The Games take place three weeks after the closing of the Olympics, in the same host city and using the same facilities. Cities bidding to host the Olympic Ga…
James Bond — 2021-08-20 10:49:07
…t an industrious pupil but excelled at athletics. {{Image url="007.jpg" class="left" title="Movie logo" width="150" }} After leaving Eton, Ian Fleming spent some time in the Austrian Tyrol at Kitzbühel and went on to study in Munich and Geneva…
Guinness Book of World Records — 2021-08-20 10:45:53
…est game bird in Europe? {{Image url="NickRossMcWhirter.jpg" class="left" title="Nick & Ross McWhirter" width="500" }} After a fruitless search for a reference for such facts, he had the idea that Guiness could provide a 'record' book for settl…
Antibiotics — 2021-08-20 10:41:08
…a that had been worn down or killed by mold growing on the same plate or petri dish. Fleming said: "When I woke up just after dawn on September 28, 1928, I certainly didn't plan to revolutionise all medicine by discovering the **world's first an…
Intraocular Lens — 2021-08-20 10:40:24
…yeball, these splinters were apparently inert, and caused no adverse reactions in the sensitive tissues of the eye. == After the War == Ridley began to work with John Pike, an optical scientist from Rayner, a lens company, in Hove, [[Sussex]].…
Vitamins — 2021-08-16 09:52:16
…== Naming == However, it wasn't until 1912 that Polish scientist Cashmir Funk named those special nutrients "vitamines" after "vita" meaning life and "amine" from the vitamin thiamine. Later on the word was shortened to "vitamin." <<{{amazonad}}…
Stan Laurel — 2021-08-14 21:08:01
…und the same time he adopted the stage surname of Laurel. Laurel was offered $75 per week to star in two-reel comedies. After the making of his first film, //Nuts in May//, Universal offered him a contract. {{Image url="StanLaurelBplaque.jpg" c…
DNA — 2021-08-14 21:04:12
…ed so far. In it she presented the A and B form data. In the audience was James Watson. {{image url="Dnafour.jpg" }} After the seminar Watson caught the train back to '''Cambridge University''' and, based on what he had heard and seen, he and…
Agatha Christie — 2021-08-14 20:41:37
…976. == Top Author == Agatha Christie is also the worlds **most translated** author and the second best fiction author after William [[Shakespeare]]. {{tag ids="Torquay 1890 Writer Mystery Poirot Marple"}} …
Scouts — 2021-08-14 20:35:19
…ted artist and actor. {{{toc}}} == War Hero == '''Baden-Powell''' (1857-1941) returned to [[England]] a national hero, after defending the town of **Mafeking** for seven months from the besieging Boer troops, the first real British triumph in t…
…ed to write a version of Aids to Scouting aimed at teenage boys, '''**Scouting for Boys**''' was published in **1908** after a trial camp 1 to 8 August 1907 on **Brownsea Island**, Poole Harbour, [[Dorset]], where B-P. tried out his ideas on f…
Ice Cream Cone — 2021-08-14 20:22:38
…>>{{amazon type="book" items="B0010PANVU" }}>> Marshall's cookery book included a recipe for **"Cornets with Cream"**. After making the ice cream and freezing she then explains how to make the cones using: {{Image url="IceCreamCone.jpg" class=…
Photography — 2021-08-14 19:57:18
…ous chemicals he was able to capture images with long exposures. But by accident, he discovered that there was an image after a very short exposure. Although it could not be seen, he found he could chemically speed up the process to develop a u…
Saline Drip — 2021-08-12 20:46:29
…liam Brooke O'Shaughnessy. The cholera epidemic, which led to severe dehydration, was killing huge numbers of people. After administering the saline rectally had not improved the patients, on 23 May 1832 he wrote to the Central Board of Health…
Christmas Cracker — 2021-08-12 20:39:19
…as cracker" width="" }} He tried adding trinkets or small toys to inspire the product sales with limited success. Then after throwing a log onto a fire it gave out a loud crackle that gave him the idea of making his bon-bon pop as it was pulled…
Antiseptic — 2021-08-12 20:38:14
…les, running from March through July 1867. He instructed surgeons to wear clean gloves and wash their hands before and after operations with 5% carbolic acid solutions. Instruments were also washed in the same solution and assistants sprayed th…
…e url="Listerine.jpg" class="right" title="Listerine Antiseptic" width="" }} In 1879, **Listerine** mouthwash was named after him for his tireless work. This is now popular in many parts of the world. Microorganisms named in his honour: pathoge…
Procter Gamble — 2021-08-12 20:35:23
…Procter Gamble :: === Procter & Gamble 1837 === ~-[[Domestic]]:[[1800s]] Procter and Gamble met each other after emigrating to America. The two men opened their Procter & Gamble store on 12 April 1837. == William Procter == {{Image…
…wife emigrated to the United States. While traveling down the Ohio River, Mrs. Procter became ill and died a few months after their arrival in Cincinnati. ::c:: == James Gamble == {{Image url="JamesGamble.jpg" class="right" title="James Gamble"…
Horlicks — 2021-08-12 20:30:08
…ia. It is ""GlaxoSmithKline's"" top selling product in Malaysia. In 1930 Horlicks even had an Antarctic mountain named after it. == Links == [[http://www.deanweb.info/history5.html | Horlick history]]…
Colgate — 2021-08-11 11:43:11
…rk City, he worked as a candle-maker, and in 1806 he went into business for himself, selling soap, candles, and starch. After several years of financial struggle, **William Colgate & Company ** prospered in the 1820s selling Windsor toilet soaps…
… and Pearl starch. Thirteen years after his death in 1857, the company began selling toothpaste, and in 1893 it introduced toothpaste in a tube.…
Lawn Mower — 2021-08-10 08:19:36
…ted in **1830** by Edwin Beard Budding, an engineer from Stroud, [[Gloucestershire]], [[England]]. Budding was inspired after seeing a machine in a local cloth mill which used a cutting cylinder (or bladed reel) mounted on a bench to trim cloth …
…to make a smooth finish after weaving. ::cr:: >>{{image url="EdwardBuddingPlaque.jpg" title="Budding Plaque" width="300" }}>> Budding realised that…
Match — 2021-08-09 22:35:30
…"Congreve_matchbox.jpg" class="right" title="Congreve matchbox" width="" }} He called his matches “**Congreves**” after the Congreve’s rocket invented in 1808. The price of a box of 50 matches was one shilling. Included with each box wa…
Wellington Boot — 2021-08-09 21:58:54
…e of Wellington original Boots" width="200" }} Arthur Wellesley was born in Dublin [[Ireland]] of Anglo-Irish descent. After his great victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in **1815**, Wellington became a British hero and a somewhat …
Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27
…lb. (...) In fact, Edison and his team did not find a commercially workable filament (bamboo) until more than 6 months after Edison filed the patent application Link to US espionage: http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/155942 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~…
Shire Horse — 2021-08-09 21:35:31
…f the Shire Horse dates back to a cold blooded heavy horse first mentioned in around 1066 probably brought into England after the Norman Conquest. From this developed the "English Great Horse". The **Packington Blind Horse Stallion** is recognis…
Jigsaw Puzzle — 2021-08-09 21:24:39
…oint the puzzles were all hand made on solid wood and were too expensive to be considered a toy. It took over 100 years after they were invented - that these ‘dissections’ began to be known as ‘**jigsaw puzzles**’ when manufacturers star…
Sandwich — 2021-08-08 20:40:14
…= A man is an Island == Montagu was Lord of the Admiralty and Captain Cook named the **Sandwich Islands** (now Hawaii) after him, as well as **Montague Island** off the south east coast of Australia, the **South Sandwich Islands** in the Southe…
Australia — 2021-08-08 18:36:08
…f" class="left" title="captain cook first voyage" width="600" }} ::c:: == Terra Australis == The continent was named after //Terra Australis//, Latin for South Land, had appeared on maps before its discovery. The North-West area was first si…
Salicylic acid — 2021-08-08 18:32:13
…l structure of aspirin, and the development of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, aka NSAIDs, that are still useful after {{Datediff from="25/4/1753" }} years in treating inflammatory pain and fevers. == Stones Trials == {{Image url="Edwar…
Vaccination — 2021-08-07 23:07:23
…ur, he demonstrated an anatomical adaptation for it—the baby cuckoo has a depression in its back which is not present after 12 days of life, in which it cups eggs and other chicks to push them out of the nest. It had been assumed that the ad…
Patent Leather — 2021-01-31 22:10:03
…treatment of leather used for shoes was patented in 1793 by a gentleman from Birmingham [[Warwickshire]], [[England]]. After being granted the patent, Hand’s method was discussed, in a British publication called "The Bee"in 1793. ^^A gentlem…
Toothbrush — 2021-01-28 15:14:07
…e bone handle and inserted boar bristles that were held in place by wire. Addis starting mass-producing his contraption after leaving prison in Whitechapel, east [[London]], [[England]]. == Production == His business boomed having to move premi…
Petroleum — 2020-12-03 01:07:44
…ehow originated from the action of heat on the coal seam and from this thought that 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…
Mensa — 2020-12-03 00:59:15
…{{TOC}} {{Image url="Mensa_Logo.jpg" class="left" title="Mensa Logo" width="200" }} They met on a train in Surrey just after WWII had ended and they discussed the idea of forming a society for very intelligent people, the only qualification fo…
Pencil — 2020-11-30 16:27:31
…n Cumberland now [[Cumbria]], [[England]]. == Discovery == The pure graphite was discovered in the 1500s near Keswick after a violent storm that had up rooted several trees. Shepherds checking their livestock found a black material under these…
Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52
…tockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) began. The original plan was to use horses to draw coal carts on metal rails, but after company director Edward Pease met Stephenson he agreed to change the plans. Work began in 1822, and in September 1825 S…
Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
…''', and was made by four members of the Dangerous Sports Club. The jumpers, led by David Kirke, were arrested shortly after, but continued with jumps in the US from the Golden Gate and Royal Gorge bridges. == Bobsleigh 1890 == {{Image url="Bo…
Cricket — 2020-08-26 21:18:47
…United States in the year 1844. == Cricket Today == Cricket has moved from a quaint English village green on a Sunday afternoon to big glitzy stadiums commanding huge monies in the likes of the Indian Premier League. {{Image url="CricketIPL…
Safari Park — 2020-08-17 14:54:27
…eople visited the lions of Longleat, in an estimated 106,000 cars and 1,950 coaches in the first year. Just nine weeks after the park had opened, the first lion cubs were born at Longleat. == Wild Idea == Jimmy Chipperfield, of Chipperfield's…
Hydraulics — 2020-08-17 13:24:35
…ffective and compact a machine could be until the Bramah Press. The hydraulic press is still known as the Bramah Press after its inventor. {{amazon items="Joseph Bramah, Hydraulics"}} ::c:: == Hydraulic Crane == {{Image url="WilliamArmstrong.j…
Bungee Jumping — 2020-08-17 13:17:46
…itle="Clifton suspension bridge first bungy jump" width="400" }} The jumpers, led by David Kirke, were arrested shortly after, but continued with jumps in the US from the Golden Gate and Royal Gorge bridges. {{Image url="BristolBungee.jpg" class…
Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25
…= Patent problem == Whittle's jet engine patent lapsed in 1935, he could not afford the renewal fee of '''£5'''. Soon after this he was approached by two ex-RAF men, Rolf Dudley-Williams and J. Tinling, who wanted to expand the development of …
Cloning — 2020-08-06 15:26:49
… mammal" width="" }} == Patience == The sheep was created by taking an embryo cell and inserting it into a sheep ovum. After 433 failed attempts an embryo was successful. The embryo was then placed inside a female sheep that went through a norm…
Gravity — 2020-08-06 08:19:13
…e was sent to Cambridge University to study. ||{{{toc}}}||{{adsense}}|| Isaac (1642 - 1727) was born just a short time after the death of Galileo, one of the greatest scientists of all time. Galileo had proved that the planets revolve around th…
Rubber Band — 2020-06-28 12:40:44
…ented the rubber band in England on March 17, 1845. Also known as an elastic band the idea was touted by Thomas Hancock after he patented vulcanized [[Rubber]]. {{Image url="RubberBands.jpg" class="left" title="Rubber Bands" width="400" }} == …
Christmas Traditions — 2019-12-27 02:21:30
… changed along the way. Now it is a very rich steamed pudding crammed with fruit a hint of Brandy and served with cream after being flambe'd.|| === Christmas Cake === ||{{Image url="Christmas_cake.jpg" title="thumb" width="200" title="christma…
Emergency Telephone Number — 2017-07-06 10:16:06
…e="Old Bakelite dial up phone with emergency number 999 on the label" width="300" }} The 999 call system was introduced after a two year inquiry, following the deaths of five women in a fire at Wimpole Street in London in 1935. Neighbours were u…
Banksy — 2017-06-19 21:04:17
…lovers.jpg" class="right" title="Banksy mobile lovers" width="300" }} === Bristol 1974 === His work is now very sought after commanding huge sums of money. Causing squabbles over who owns the images when they mysteriously appear on buildings. …
Grand Theft Auto — 2017-05-11 15:45:29
…lion units in its first 24 hours, and generated revenue of £511.8 million. It reached £624.45 million ($1b) in sales after just three days on September 20 2013. It is the fastest selling entertainment product in history. {{Image url="Grand…
Salvation Army — 2016-01-07 15:19:48
… purpose of this body saying "We are a salvation people" and "We are a volunteer army". The Salvation Army was modeled after the military, with its own hymns, often with words set to popular tunes. The Army visited and sung in the pubs, as they…

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