1. FAX — 2023-10-09 23:52:19

   …idth="450" }} == Improvements == Frederick Bakewell went on to improve the concept with his "Image Telegraph" which he demonstrated at the 1851 World's Fair in London. Many improvements came along and eventually the FAX machine became standard offic…

2. Computer — 2023-10-09 23:40:16

   …e Engine**', a machine which could perform mathematical calculations. A six-wheeled model was initially constructed and demonstrated to a number of audiences. He then developed plans for a bigger, better, machine - Difference Engine 2. He also worked o…

3. Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36

   …''Thomas Savery''' (the "fire-engine", 1698) but it was '''Thomas Newcomen''' and his "atmospheric-engine" of 1712 that demonstrated the first operational and practical industrial engine. Together, Newcomen and Savery developed a beam engine that worke…

4. Stereo — 2023-09-23 15:56:38

   … to each other and 45 degrees to the vertical. - A stereo disc-cutting head. ::c:: >> //Binaural transmission had been demonstrated by Clement Ader. He used pairs of microphones in front of the Paris Opera stage in 1881, and the wealthy few could u…

5. Electric Motor — 2023-09-23 15:52:02

   …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 electric motor a useful, stronger device. Over the nex…
   … In 1832 he was appointed to the lecturing staff of the Adelaide Gallery of Practical Science in London, where he first demonstrated the DC electric motor incorporating a commutator. == Improved Battery == The Volta cell had certain inherent weakness…

6. Microphone — 2021-11-07 21:26:04

   …k even today. {{Image url="Hughes_carbon_microphone.png" class="right" title="Hughes carbon microphone" width="" }} He demonstrated his apparatus to the Royal Society by magnifying the sound of insects scratching through a sound box and there were man…

7. Television — 2021-11-06 16:35:18

   …n 1931. {{Image url="Baird_tv.jpg" class="right" title="John Logie Baird with his television" }} == Big screen == He demonstrated a theatre television system, with a screen two feet by five feet, in 1930 at the London Coliseum, Berlin, Paris, and St…

8. Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27

   …4" }} === Joseph Wilson Swan 1878 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]::[[Domestic]]::[[1800s]] {{{toc}}} Sir Joseph Wilson Swan demonstrated and patented the first practical electric lamp in 1878. Swan was born in **1828** at Pallion Hall in Bishopwearmouth (…
   … long-lasting electric light. He found that a carbon paper filament worked well, but burned up quickly. In **1878**, he demonstrated his new electric lamps in **Newcastle**, England. Swan pursued his search for a more durable filament, he decided to u…
   … 1802 Humphry Davy used huge batteries to pass current through a thin strips of platinum. - 1835, James Bowman Lindsay demonstrated a constant electric light at a public meeting in Dundee, Scotland. - 1840, Warren de la Rue used a platinum coil in an…

9. Sparkling Wine — 2021-08-08 20:32:53

   …d Food & Drink]]:[[1600s]] {{{toc}}} **Christopher Merret** (1614 – 1695) was an English physician and scientist. He demonstrated his method to add sparkle to wine in 1662. Merret was born in Winchcombe [[Gloucestershire]] [[England]]. Although Bri…

10. Refrigeration — 2021-08-08 18:50:45

    …e="Edinburgh" }} === William Cullen 1748 === ~-[[CategoryScience]]:[[1700s]] The first **artificial refrigeration** was demonstrated by William Cullen at the University of Glasgow, [[Scotland]] in **1748**. In his demonstration, Cullen used a pump t…

11. Vaccination — 2021-08-07 23:07:23

    … the 20th century when photography became feasible and Jenner was **proved correct**. Having observed the behaviour, he demonstrated an anatomical adaptation for it—the baby cuckoo has a depression in its back which is not present after 12 days of li…

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

    …{Image url="1868Exhb.jpg" class="left" width="300" title="Stringfellows model at the Great Exhibition" }} Stringfellow demonstrated a steam-powered triplane at an exhibition arranged by the '''Aeronautical Society of Great Britain''' (founded in 1866)…

13. Vacuum cleaner — 2020-10-11 23:24:10

    …he machine toured the streets with a team of of men in white drill suits. On finding a potential customer, the salesmen demonstrated their wares by throwing street dirt onto people's carpets. The petrol motor started, and long hoses were strung in thro…

14. Tank — 2016-05-16 11:27:53

    …neer , **David Roberts**, developed a **Caterpillar track** system for vehicles that was **patented in 1904**. This was demonstrated to the British Army. Due to a lack of interest he sold the patent to Holt & Co. (predecessor to Caterpillar Inc.) in A…

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