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  1. Vacuum Flask — 2023-10-09 23:46:28
    …tabox caption="Inventor" Image="James-dewar.jpg" Who="James" width="300" birth_date="20 September 1842" birth_place="Kincardine" death_date="27 March 1923" death_place="London" }} [[CategoryInventions]]: [[Domestic]] === James Dewar 1904 === …
    …nted by the Scottish physicist James Dewar (1842-1923) was also a brilliant experimental physicist. He was born at Kincardine-on-Forth [[Scotland]] on September 20, 1842 and was educated at Edinburgh University. {{{toc}}} In 1875 he became p…
  2. Computer — 2023-10-09 23:40:16
    …age Difference Engine" width="400" }} It was intended to be able to perform any arithmetical calculation using punched cards that would deliver the instructions, as well as a memory unit to store numbers and many other fundamental components o…
  3. PIN — 2023-09-23 15:56:10
    …sidiary of Smiths Industries Ltd. Goodfellow designed a software system that could accept a machine-readable encrypted card, identifying the individual, and providing them with their money on demand. UK Patent No. 1,197,183 dated of May 2 196…
    …o.3,905,461. == Automated Teller Machine == The PIN, or Personal Identification Number is a short code entered by the cardholder into a cash dispenser that, if found to correspond with the specific encryption on the card, will activate the ma…
    …ash withdraw at a Chubb ATM" width="320" }} The Martins Bank Auto Cashier was the first cash dispenser to use a plastic card in conjunction with a PIN. The competitor, the BARCLAYCASH machine, was designed by De La Rue.…
  4. iPod — 2023-09-23 15:52:55
    …pacity would improve. ::c:: {{image url="Ipod.jpg" width="200" class="left" }} His sketches at the time showed a credit-card-sized player with a rectangular screen and a central menu button to scroll through a selection of music tracks – very…
  5. ATM — 2023-09-23 12:02:41
    …epherd-Barron was the managing director of **De La Rue Instruments**. A division of De La Rue the banknote and credit card printing firm who produced more than 140 currencies, as well as stock certificates for the New York Stock Exchange.. J…
    …merican Banking Association, but received a lukewarm response and only one sale. ::c:: == The Process == Plastic bank cards with magnetic strips had still to be invented, Shepherd-Barron's early machines used special cheques called "Barclayca…
    … trail-blazed the industry to improve the technology and De La Rue's machine was soon surpassed with the advent of bank cards with magnetic strips and [[PIN]] codes. In 2004 for his services to the industry, and his work on ATMs in particular,…
  6. Worcestershire Sauce — 2023-09-18 19:06:46
    … brew to the cellar. There, the sauce lay forgotten until the pair stumbled upon it two years later. Before they discarded their concoction for good, they took one last taste. Much to their surprise, it had matured like a fine wine - with …
    …is added **Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce** to that glorious combination of vodka and tomato juice. When **Caesar Cardini** created his **"Caesar Salad"** Worcestershire Sauce gave it that kick with a hint of anchovy. [[http://www.leaper…
  7. Plastic — 2022-09-01 08:57:23
    …n industry has replaced many recyclable materials with plastic. This is especially so with single use items that are discarded and not reused blotting the oceans and countryside. Things made of Plastic ""<marquee> Bottles Buckets Boxes Cups …
  8. Jigsaw Puzzle — 2021-08-09 21:24:39
    …gan to be known as ‘**jigsaw puzzles**’ when manufacturers started producing cheaper puzzles for children made from cardboard. Jigsaw puzzles are still very popular {{datediff from="1766"}} years later providing an educational challenge an…
  9. Sandwich — 2021-08-08 20:40:14
    …dwich**. He apparently had the meat put on slices of bread so he wouldn’t get his fingers greasy while he was playing cards. == A man is an Island == Montagu was Lord of the Admiralty and Captain Cook named the **Sandwich Islands** (now Ha…
  10. Rubber Band — 2020-06-28 12:40:44
    …clothing in place. Golf balls to catapults and what would the postman use to hold all those letters together before discarding outside your front door?…
  11. Christmas Traditions — 2019-12-27 02:21:30
    …hristmas }} =={{Image url="Xmastree.jpg" class="right" width="400" }} ||{{{toc}}}|| == {{colour c="red" text="Christmas cards" }} == ||{{Image url="Xmascard.jpg" width="200" title="Christmas Card" }}||The custom of sending Christmas cards start…
    …ed in Britain in 1840 when the first 'Penny Post' public postal deliveries began. Over a billion Christmas cards are now sent every year in the United Kingdom, many of them sold in aid of charities.|| [[Tradition]] === {{colour c=…

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