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Elevator — 2023-12-30 12:44:08
…port]]:[[1800s]] {{Image url="AscendingRoom.jpg" class="right" title="Ascending Room" width="" }} In 1823 Thomas Hornor built the first powered elevator he called the **“Ascending Room”**. Hornor opened his London Colosseum, designed by Deci…
…p an elaborate scheme to create a 360 degree panorama view of London on the inside of a dome of his Colosseum specially built in Regents Park resembling the Roman Pantheon. {{Image url="LondonColosseum.jpg" class="left" title="London Colosseum" …
…gleLift.jpg" class="left" title="Teagle Lift" width="450" }} Next came the “Teagle”, a steam driven lift, which was built by two architects in 1835. English architects Stutt and Frost built the Teagle to have a belt and a counterweight for s…
Internal Combustion Engine — 2023-10-09 23:51:33
…pg" class="left" title="Hornsby-Akroyd Engine" width="400" }} == Into mass Production == Akroyd-Stuart's engines were built from **26 June 1891** by Richard Hornsby and Sons, a large manufacturer of steam engines and agricultural equipment, as…
Lever Brothers — 2023-10-09 23:43:45
…ction soon reached 450 tons per week by 1888, within a decade it is on sale in **134 countries**. Larger premises were built on the Wirral Peninsula at what was to become **Port Sunlight** "[[Model_Village | Model Village]]" or, self-contained…
Computer — 2023-10-09 23:40:16
…ions, as well as a memory unit to store numbers and many other fundamental components of today's computers. == Finally Built == Based on Babbage's original plans, the London Science Museum constructed a working Difference Engine No. 2 from 1989…
Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36
…he next improvement in efficiency came in [[Cornwall]] with Richard Trevithick's use of high pressure steam. Trevithick built successful industrial high pressure single-acting engines known as Cornish engines. However with increased pressure cam…
Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51
…t of World War II 19 were ready to play a key part in the Battle of Britain, and by the end of the war over 50 had been built. The Germans were aware of the construction of Chain Home but were not sure of their purpose. They tested their theorie…
Telephone — 2023-09-23 15:57:07
…s="right" title="Bell Transmitter Receiver" width="600" }} Thomas Watson became an associate of Bell. He made parts and built models of Bell's inventions. One day while they were working Bell accidently heard the sound of a plucked reed * coming…
Telegraph — 2023-09-23 15:56:52
…* event_date="1816" The first working electrical telegraph system. */ The first working electrical telegraph system was built by English inventor Francis Ronalds in **1816** at 26 Upper Mall in Hammersmith, [[London]] . He laid eight miles of wi…
iPod — 2023-09-23 15:52:55
…3, 1956" birth_place="" death_date="now" death_place="" }} Mr Kramer b.1956 of Hitchin, [[Hertfordshire]], invented and built the device in 1979 – when he was just 23. {{{toc}}} His invention, called the IXI, stored only 3.5 minutes of music …
Electric Motor — 2023-09-23 15:52:02
…lace="Prestwich" }} === William Sturgeon 1832 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]:[[Technology]]:[[1800s]] In 1832 Sturgeon built the first practical **electric magnetic motor** and the **commutator**. {{{toc}}} == Early Life == {{Image url="Will…
Electric Generator — 2023-09-23 12:04:37
… Ørsted observed the phenomenon of electromagnetism when an electrical wire was placed near a compass. Michael Faraday built two devices to produce what he called electromagnetic rotation: that is a continuous circular motion from the circular …
Titanic — 2021-08-20 11:12:19
…c.jpg" class="right" title="Titanic" width="" }} {{toc}} === White Star Line 1912 === Perhaps the most famous ship ever built by the White Star Line shipping company of Liverpool England. Work on Titanic started on 31 March 1909, one of three s…
…ic was to be the biggest, fastest and most luxurious liner yet. == The Boast == She was touted as the safest ship ever built, 'unsinkable', so safe that only 20 lifeboats were installed. That was barely enough to accommodate half her 2,200 pas…
…sengers and crew. == The Splendour == The RMS Titanic was one of the most opulent liners to have ever been built and the largest steamship in the world. Titanic set sail from Southampton on her maiden voyage on Wednesday 10 April, 1…
MRI Scan — 2021-08-20 11:04:59
…st-mri-scanner-now-on-display/ http://www.economist.com/node/2246166 */ American doctor and scientist Raymond Damadian built a partial body MRI scanner in 1977, which he called the ‘Indomitable’. {{Tag ids="nuclear magnet scan radio image b…
Atomic Clock — 2021-08-20 10:45:05
…lace="" }} === Louis Essen and Jack Parry 1955 === ~-[[CategoryScience]]:[[1900s]] In 1955, Louis Essen and Jack Parry built the world's first caesium atomic clock at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, [[Middlesex]]. == From Quar…
Roundabout — 2021-08-16 09:58:53
…e url="SollershottCircus.jpg" class="right" title="Sollershott Circus" width="400" }} The first modern 'Roundabout' was built in Letchworth [[Hertfordshire]] in 1905 and called Sollershott Circus. {{Toc}} == Letchworth Garden City == {{Image ur…
DNA — 2021-08-14 21:04:12
…tson caught the train back to '''Cambridge University''' and, based on what he had heard and seen, he and Francis Crick built their first model of DNA. This was slightly unethical as they had a gentleman’s agreement that the team in London wou…
…ld work on DNA. Watson and Crick invited Franklin and Wilkins to view a DNA model that they had built. Franklin was furious and tore the triple helix model to shreds. Crick and Watson were banned from working on DNA. Mean…
Reflecting Telescope — 2021-08-14 20:51:21
…s was a huge reflecting telescope of **72 inches.** Up to this point the biggest reflectors were only 30 inches. It was built by **William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse** on his estate, Birr Castle, at Parsonstown in County Offaly, Ireland. With a…
CT Scan — 2021-08-14 20:48:42
… Scanner" width="" }} On 1 October 1971, CT scanning was used on a patient with a cerebral cyst. In 1975, Hounsfield built a whole-body scanner. ::c:: == Awards == ~-1979. Hounsfield and Cormack received the **Nobel Prize** in Physiology or …
Modern Olympics — 2021-08-14 20:26:14
…est. The Baron stayed in Brookes' own home and despite the 54 year age difference (Brookes was by then 81), the two men built up a great rapport, Brookes sharing the dream of an international Olympian movement with de Coubertain. ==Modern Olymp…
Horlicks — 2021-08-12 20:30:08
…der a year. In 1945 British Horlicks company bought the American Horlicks out. == Worldwide == In 1935 a factory was built in Australia and in 1960 a factory was built in the Indian Punjab to make Horlicks from buffalo milk. Horlicks spread t…
Sewing Machine — 2021-08-11 11:41:32
…chine. The original drawings were so complete he was able to rebuild it, and with slight amendments to the looper, he rebuilt Saints sewing machine, proving it did work. His replica is now exhibited in the Science Museum. == Modern Features == …
…to claim recompense on the grounds that the later patents were worthless but he got his revenge in a remarkable way. He built a replica of a Saint machine made from the drawings submitted with the patent. He proved it worked. He then booked spa…
Lawn Mower — 2021-08-10 08:19:36
…to create a machine that could be worked by donkey or horse power, and sixty years before a steam-powered lawnmower was built. == Links == [[https://www.thebuddingfoundation.co.uk | The Budding Foundation. ]] [[https://www.museumofgardening.co.…
Nature Reserve — 2021-08-09 22:30:53
…= Charles Waterton 1820 === ~- [[Society]]:[[1800s]] {{toc}} In the 1820s Waterton, an English naturalist and explorer, built a nine-foot-high wall around three miles of his estate at '''Walton Hall''', turning it into the world's first '''natur…
Pub — 2021-08-09 21:19:14
…at the first **Taverns** began to appear. Originally meant to provide food and refreshment for Roman soldiers they were built all over England. When the Romans finally withdrew from Britain they left behind the beginnings of the modern pub. In…
Industrial Revolution — 2021-08-08 21:48:46
… carried on his family's tradition of improving the art of smelting iron. To demonstrate the wonder of this material he built the **largest cast iron structure** ever seen. This **world first iron bridge** is over the river Severn at a place now…
…tracted more workers with various measures. In times of food shortage, he bought up farms to grow food for his workers, built housing for them, and offered higher wages than were paid in other local industry (such as mining or pottery). == Iron…
…[[Gloucestershire]], the first propeller-driven ocean-going iron ship, which was at the time also the largest ship ever built. {{Image url="SSGreatBritain.jpg" }} …
Plywood — 2021-08-08 18:44:16
…he was sent by the First Lord of the Admiralty to visit various ports and dockyards in Northern Europe and in Russia he built and equipped a flotilla of ships. == Patents == In 1791 he returned to England and took out his first patent for wood…
Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
… Steam Carriage"**. He received a **patent** on it in 1843 along with **John Stringfellow**. Stringfellow designed and built a model monoplane. It had a 10 feet wingspan with a wooden frame covered in silk. Its wing was 2 feet wide at its wides…
…Pilcher in flight]] [[http://www.pilcher-monument.co.uk Website dedicated to Pilcher]] In 2003 Pilchers triplane was rebuilt to test whether it would have flown. The rebuilt plane flew successfully for 1 minute 25 seconds, 26 seconds longer tha…
…ichardPearse.gif" class="left" title="Richard Pearse" width="280" }} As mentioned earlier, Richard Pearse single handed built a plane that he flew in New Zealand on the 31st March 1903. Many witnesses saw his plane stay airborne for many minutes…
Jet airliner — 2020-11-30 22:29:36
…"De-Havilland-Comet-DH106.jpg" class="right" title="De Havilland Comet DH106" width="400" }} The world's first purpose-built **jet airliner** was the **British de Havilland Comet** which first flew in 1949 and entered service in 1952. The **DH…
Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52
…lour nine miles (15 km) in two hours, reaching a speed of 24 miles per hour (39 km/h) on one stretch. The first purpose-built passenger car, dubbed Experiment, was attached, and carried dignitaries on the opening journey. It was the first time p…
…h Empire colonies like India, Australia, Africa and Canada leapt at the railway opportunities and railway networks were built with the knowledge and expertise Britain had gained. And in the USA, not wanting to be left out, Horatio Allen of the D…
Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
… tournaments, held in the grounds of Shrubland Hall.(demolished 1948) One of the first real or royal tennis courts was built in Bedford Street to the North of the town in 1846 and survives to this day as a private club. == Table Tennis 1880 ==…
Underwater Tunnel — 2020-10-11 23:44:16
…ndustry]]:[[1800s]] The Thames Tunnel was the first subaqueous tunnel constructed underneath a navigable river. It was built between 1825 and 1843 and designed by **Marc Isambard Brunel**. {{Image url="ThamesTunnelPlaque" class="left" title="…
…of engineering. Instead of digging a hole then building inside, Marc Brunel had the 50 foot wide and 42 foot high shaft built on top of a 25-ton iron hoop, at ground level. This structure was then sunk into the soft earth under its own weight! …
Vacuum cleaner — 2020-10-11 23:24:10
…mpany Ltd'''. to manufacture and market it. The Head Office was in Parsons Green Lane, in Fulham, South West London. He built his first machine in 1901. It was made for Osborne House, a training college for naval officers on the Isle of Wight. T…
Hydroelectric Power — 2020-08-17 09:05:43
…ss="right" alt="Cragside House" title="Cragside. First house lit by hydroelectricity." width="400" }} ::c:: == Cragside built in 1863 == <<{{amazon type="book" items="1904794491" }}<< Water from one of the estate's lakes was used to drive a Siem…
Life Boat — 2020-08-17 09:00:19
… The new boat was duly dispatched to Sharpe, in Bamburgh, and served for a number of years as the **first known purpose built Lifeboat**. == Gravestone == Lukin died in 1834 in Hythe, Kent. The following inscription was engraved on the reverse …
…side of his tombstone: @@“This LIONEL LUKIN Was the first who built a Life-boat, and was the original Inventor of that principle of safety, by which many lives and much property have been…
Bicycle — 2020-08-15 09:22:15
…icycle. {{Image url="ShergoldSafetyBicycle.jpg" class="right" title="Shergold Safety Bicycle" width="200" }} **1878**. Built to a safety pattern, //Shergold Safety// , and made by Thomas Shergold of Gloucester. **1879** – Henry J. Lawson //B…
Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25
…or E.28/39" }} Gloster's chief designer, George Carter, worked closely with Whittle to design a plane. The engine was built from various test parts and they called it the W.1X, which ran for the first time on '''December 14, 1940'''. This engi…
Underground Railway — 2019-10-23 19:35:16
…ect == Using Victorian ingenuity and technical engineering expertise an elaborate underground system of rail links were built. The chief engineer was **John Fowler**, the leading railway engineer of the day. He did not come cheap and his Metrop…
Motor Racing Circuit — 2018-05-20 20:38:53
…rth_date=" 7 October 1848" birth_place="Chertsey" death_date="28 Jan 1926" death_place="" }} The world's first purpose-built motor racing circuit was built near Weybridge in [[Surrey]], [[England]] in 1907. === Hugh Locke King 1907 === Hugh F…
…Zborowski** raced at Brooklands in cars that became known as '//Chitty Bang Bang//'. The aero-engined racing cars, were built with the help of engineer **Clive Gallop** in the 1920s. They inspired [[James_bond| Ian Fleming]] to write the childre…
Stonehenge — 2018-01-26 21:52:34
… {{image url="stonehenge.jpg" class="right" title="Stonehenge" width="600" }} {{toc}} The prehistoric megalith monument built in [[Wiltshire]], [[England]] dates from **3100 years B.C**. Along with Avebury, Stonehenge is one of the most famous g…
…="HengeStone.jpg" class="left" title="Henge Stone size comparison" width="280" }} === Wessex 3100 BC === Stonehenge was built over several construction phases spanning around 1,500 years. Construction on and around the monument puts the age of …
…he stones - uniquely using both Wiltshire Sarsen sandstone and Pembroke Bluestone - and the precision with which it was built. {{image url="StonehengeAbove.jpg" class="right" title="Aerial view" width="" }} The survival of Stonehenge is excepti…
English Language — 2018-01-26 21:45:55
… But survive it did and even bloomed into a whole new vocabulary. Because of the influence of many invaders English has built itself on a basis of the early Brits and incorporating many other languages. From Latin, Germanic, French, Celtic and …
Meccano — 2017-05-14 01:23:25
…s in his home workshop making toys for his sons in **1899** with pieces he cut from sheet metal. == Dad and Toys == He built models of bridges, trucks and cranes, although the pieces they were made from were not interchangeable. The breakthroug…
…Hornby realised that if he could make separate, interchangeable parts that could be bolted together, any model could be built from the same components. {{Image url="Bigben.jpg" title="Big Ben Elizabeth tower" width="300" class="right" }} The k…
…ns in the structural pieces that could be used to join them together with nuts and bolts. By the end of 1900 Hornby had built a set of parts he considered worth marketing. == Patent 1901 == On advice, he patented his invention in January 1901 …
Tank — 2016-05-16 11:27:53
…. == The Inspiration == {{Image url="Hornsby_Chain_Track_Tractor.jpg" class="right" title="Hornsby Chain Track Tractor built:1896" width="400" }} **Bramah Joseph Diplock** was an English inventor who invented and manufactured the pedrail wheel …

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