1. FAX — 2023-10-09 23:52:19

   …f two pendulums, a transmitter and a receiver, for line-by-line scanning of a message. He attached a stylus that was an electrically conductive to the swinging pendulum. Every swing over a conductive surface was reproduced at the receiver. {{Image u…

2. Electronic Computer — 2023-10-07 10:38:05

   … **bricklayer**. He started his apprenticeship as a mechanical engineer but took evening classes to achieve a degree in electrical engineering. He joined the telecommunications branch of General Post Office (GPO) in **1926** and felt that the mech…

3. Telegraph — 2023-09-23 15:56:52

   …oneTelegraph.jpg" class="left" title="Cooke Wheatstone Telegraph" width="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 Charle…
   …eed for anyone to be trained in understanding codes, unlike the Morse system. === Morse === On learning of this first electrical telegraph success from the newspapers in New York, S F B Morse, a painter and electrical experimenter, sailed to Liver…

4. Electric Generator — 2023-09-23 12:04:37

   …="" }} In 1821, Danish physicist and chemist Hans Christian 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: t…
   …nto the centre of the disk through the axle. This break through, called a **Farday Disk**, lead the 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 **Fara…

5. Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21

   …*EV** car was made by Thomas Parker in 1884. {{toc}} == Inventive genius == Parker was a very inventive pioneer in the electrical field. He was responsible for electrifying the London Underground and Blackpool electric Tram. {{Image url="ThomasParke…

6. Trouser Press — 2021-08-26 11:11:31

   …te="5/8/2021" death_place="" }} === Peter Corby 1930 === [[Domestic]]:[[Society]]:[[1900s]] The Corby trouser press, an electrical appliance used to smooth the creases from a pair of trousers, was invented by Peter Corby in 1930. Peter began producin…

7. Atomic Clock — 2021-08-20 10:45:05

   …tors for precise time measurement. His research led to his development of the quartz ring clock in 1938, which used the electrically induced vibrations of a quartz crystal to measure time. The clock soon become the industry standard for time measure…

8. Electric Toaster — 2020-12-01 01:05:39

   …eath_place="France" }} === Alan MacMasters 1893 === ~-[[Domestic]]:[[1800s]] In 1893 MacMasters contacted the English electrical engineer Crompton & Co. with an idea. Alan Alexander MacMasters was a scientist and inventor from [[Scotland]], and ha…

9. Sinoatrial Node — 2020-08-15 18:08:00

   … in other hearts, which they named the **sino‐auricular node.** The discovery of the sinus node or **SA** node, the electrical system of the heart, provided an anatomical answer to the baffling mystery: ~&**“Why does the heart beat?”** ^^ T…

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