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Internal Combustion Engine — 2023-10-09 23:51:33
…e url="First_Diesel_motor.jpg" class="left" title="First Rudolph Diesel motor" width="200" }} Rudolph Diesel engine was developed from around 1897. Akroyd filed a patent infringement against Diesel. But the secret of Diesel's engine was superior com…
Computer — 2023-10-09 23:40:16
…ematical 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 on another invention, the more complex **Anal…
Webcam — 2023-10-09 11:44:50
…birth_place="Dunstable" death_date="now" death_place="" }} === Quentin Stafford-Fraser - 1991 === The first webcam was developed by the Computer Science Department at Cambridge University. In 1991 it broadcast images of their coffee machine from th…
Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36
…avery''' later used Papin's designs to build the world's first operational steam engine. '''Sir Samuel Morland''' also developed ideas for a steam engine during the same period and built a number of steam-engine pumps for King Louis XIV of France i…
…-engine" of 1712 that demonstrated the first operational and practical industrial engine. Together, Newcomen and Savery developed a beam engine that worked on the atmospheric, or vacuum, principle. The first industrial applications of the vacuum eng…
…l="Watt.jpg" class="right" width="" title="James Watt" }} Watt, together with his business partner **Matthew Boulton**, developed these patents into the Watt steam engine in Birmingham, England. The increased efficiency of the **Boulton & Watt** eng…
Electronic Computer — 2023-10-07 10:38:05
… == Enigma == The Colossus was not used to decipher the Enigma. That was done with a machine called **Bombe** that was developed for Alan Turing by **Harold 'Doc' Keen** at the **British Tabulating Machine Company** (BTM) based on the work by the …
Telegraph — 2023-09-23 15:56:52
…th="400" }}::cr:: In May 1837 the first commercial electrical telegraph, the **Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph**, was co-developed and patented by William Fothergill Cooke and Charles Wheatstone. It was beautifully simple using electromagnetism to tu…
Stereo — 2023-09-23 15:56:38
…aving the sound follow the actor was fully realised. == War effort == EMI and Alan Blumlein were part of the team that developed and tested the circuitry of the H2S air-ground radar system throughout the spring and early summer of 1942. It was dur…
LCD — 2023-09-23 15:53:09
…** was born in Denny, [[Scotland]] 4 September 1926. In 1972 a team led by George Gray at the Royal Radar Establishment developed a new type of **cyanobiphenyl**. This resulting liquid crystal was less viscous, thereby providing faster response time…
Electric Motor — 2023-09-23 15:52:02
…a cell had certain inherent weaknesses - any impurity in the zinc plates used caused erosion of the electrode. Sturgeon developed a long lasting battery that consisted of a single cell cylinder of cast iron into which a cylinder of amalgamated rolle…
Digital Photography — 2023-09-23 12:04:21
…irst Colour Picture" width="" }} He exploited the device’s potential for digital imaging and, together with his team, developed a series of CCD cameras and produced the first pixel CCD colour image. ::cl:: == Recognition == {{Image url="TompsettS…
KitKat — 2022-05-03 17:00:51
…s renamed #%KitKat#% in 1937. The best selling chocolate bar in the world began life in [[Yorkshire]]. This product was developed as a four-finger wafer crisp, launched in London in September 1935 as **'Rowntree’s Chocolate Crisp**'. It was re-n…
Microphone — 2021-11-07 21:26:04
… to the world, a view that was contrary to Edison's. It is worth noting that in the U.S. an idea could be patented and developed later. {{Image url="Microphone-Blue-Plaque.jpg" class="left" title="Microphone Blue Plaque in Great Portland Street, L…
MRI Scan — 2021-08-20 11:04:59
…ld produce images from which he could slowly build a picture of the inside of a body. British scientist Peter Mansfield developed the mathematical processes that turned MRI into a useful rapid imaging technique. {{Image url="MRI-Scanner.jpg" class="…
Four-minute Mile — 2021-08-20 10:55:12
…onships in the mile run. Bannister researched the mechanics of running and trained using new scientific methods he had developed. On May 6, 1954, at the Iffley Road track in Oxford [[Oxfordshire]], the annual match between the Amateur Athletic Ass…
IVF — 2021-08-16 10:02:09
… health before their collaboration in 1966, they were especially interested in problems of human fertility. Edwards had developed a way to fertilise human eggs within the laboratory and Steptoe had perfected a method for obtaining human eggs from th…
Fish and chips — 2021-08-14 20:10:50
… in //Oliver Twist//, first published in 1838, while in the north of [[England]] a trade in deep-fried chipped potatoes developed. {{Image url="Firstnchip_shop.jpg" class="left" title="First chip shop" width="300" }} Tommyfield market in Oldham is…
Bovril — 2021-08-14 20:09:04
…roduct he called //'Johnston's Fluid Beef'//, that was later called **Bovril.** He returned to Britain in 1880 where he developed the brand further. He resided in his own '**Bovril Castle**' – Kingswood House in Sydenham.…
Hypodermic Syringe — 2021-08-12 20:33:54
… This is a disease that attacks the nervous system and causes the sufferer to experience intense pain. In May 1844, he developed a drip needle for introducing drugs into a vein. Up to that time, it had not been considered possible to administer dru…
Rubber — 2021-08-12 20:24:10
… == Many uses == Hancock was granted a total of '''16 patents''' relating to rubber between 1820 and 1847. In 1822 he developed rubber tubing that could be cut into '''rubber bands''' and '''life-belt tubes'''. He devised many medical uses for rub…
Lawn Mower — 2021-08-10 08:19:36
…spanner** or 'screw wrench' around **1842**, registered in 1843. An alternative //crest headed// adjustable spanner was developed by a work colleague **[[Adjustable_Spanner|Richard Clyburn]]** (Uley UK) in 1843. …
Match — 2021-08-09 22:35:30
… url="matchstrike.jpg" class="left" title="Safety match" width="200" }} Walker was born in Stockton-on-Tees in 1781. He developed a keen interest in finding a means of creating fire easily. Several chemical mixtures were already known which would ig…
Shire Horse — 2021-08-09 21:35:31
…d 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 recognised as the father of the Shire Breed. He c…
Plywood — 2021-08-08 18:44:16
… England" Education="Self educated" }} === Samuel Bentham 1797 === ~- [[CategoryIndustry]] :[[1700s]] In 1797 Bentham developed a process of laminating several layers of wood veneer together with glue to form a thicker, sturdier wood sheet – he …
…ed to a shipwright at Woolwich Dockyard, he later completed his 7-year training at the Naval Academy in Portsmouth. He developed a liking towards the constructional work of the navy. In 1780 he was sent by the First Lord of the Admiralty to visit …
…one of the British Navy's biggest expense. One ship might need 1500 pulleys all made by hand. His block making machines developed with Marc Isambard Brunel saved the Admiralty thousands of pounds. Some of these machines were still in regular use int…
Salicylic acid — 2021-08-08 18:32:13
…ered salicylic acid, the active ingredient in aspirin. In 1853 a compound of acetyl chloride and sodium salicylate was developed and later marketed by Bayer under the name Aspirin from Spiraea for the plant group. == Worldwide == Today it is prob…
Toothbrush — 2021-01-28 15:14:07
…is 1780 === ~-[[Domestic]]:[[Medical]]:[[1700s]] {{Image url="WilliamAddis.jpg" class="right" width="" }} Wiiliam Addis developed the modern toothbrush in **1780.** Addis was a prisoner in jail in **1770** for inciting riots. He was a clever man,…
Float Glass — 2020-12-08 00:24:27
…ir Alastair Pilkington and Kenneth Bickerstaff of the UK's Pilkington Brothers in St.Helens [[Lancashire]], [[England]] developed the world's first commercially successful manufacture of high quality flat glass. {{Image url="FloatGlass.jpg" class="…
Electric Toaster — 2020-12-01 01:05:39
… Crompton's reputation was such that, in 1880, the chemist [[Light Bulb|Joseph Swan]] sought his opinion when he first developed incandescent lamps for indoor use. Crompton immediately saw the potential and, within a couple of years, his firm was s…
Jet airliner — 2020-11-30 22:29:36
…t flew in 1949 and entered service in 1952. The **DH 106 Comet** was the first production commercial jetliner. It was developed and manufactured by de Havilland at its Hatfield Aerodrome, [[Hertfordshire]], [[England]]. The plane was beautifully s…
Golf — 2020-11-30 16:29:33
…well have had two distinct forms. One was a ‘short’ game similar to ‘kolf’ played in the Netherlands. From this developed ‘links golf’, played with a variety of clubs to holes, marked by flags, the fore runner of the game today. {{Image…
Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
…well have had two distinct forms. One was a ‘short’ game similar to ‘kolf’ played in the Netherlands. From this developed ‘links golf’, played with a variety of clubs to holes, marked by flags, the fore runner of the game today. == Ba…
…on being formed which included amongst its rules a striking circle for hitting goals. Changes in rules and play quickly developed from this beginning and by 1889 the pyramid system - five forwards, three halves, two backs and a goalkeeper became the…
… up across the middle of a table to form the net. {{Image url="PingPong.jpg" class="right" width="120"}} Other versions developed in England during the 1890s, known variously as "whiff whaff" and "gossima," and Parker Brothers began manufacturing an…
Disc Brakes — 2020-08-09 19:54:18
…age url="DiscBrake.jpg" class="left" title="Disc Brake" width="" }} == Patents Galore == As production increased Fred developed many improvements for their automobiles including his disk brake system. The discs were thin and made of brass but they…
Plastic Surgery — 2020-08-06 08:24:01
…din, NZ" death_date="10/9/1960" death_place="London" }} === Harold Gillies - 1917 === ~-[[Medical]]::[[1900s]] Gillies developed the techniques of modern plastic surgery. A New Zealander who studied medicine in Cambridge, England later he joined t…
Grand Theft Auto — 2017-05-11 15:45:29
…rNorth.gif" class="right" title="Rockstar North" width="100" }} Released on 17 September 2013 part of the game series. Developed by **Rockstar North** and published by Rockstar Games, the action-adventure video game sold 11.21 million units in its …
Tank — 2016-05-16 11:27:53
…by & Sons** was an [[Internal_Combustion_Engine | engine]] manufacturer. Hornsby's chief engineer , **David Roberts**, developed a **Caterpillar track** system for vehicles that was **patented in 1904**. This was demonstrated to the British Army. D…

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