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Elevator — 2023-12-30 12:44:08
…on, to the public on 10th January 1829 with it's lift to take tourists up to a platform to view the London skyline. /* event_date="10 January 1829" The first elevator goes into use. */ [[Zoo | Decimus Burton]] was an architect known for Londo…
Split the Atom — 2023-10-10 00:05:57
…und 600,000 volts. It wasn't a million volts, but it proved sufficient. The splitting of the atom was now a reality. /* event_date="14 April 1932" Cockcroft & Walton split the atom */ On the 14th April 1932 Cockcroft and Walton measured the to…
Carbonated water — 2023-10-09 23:52:55
…CO2 gas**. This gas was then infused into agitated water, inducing a reaction and effervescence. == To the World == Even though Priestly didn’t try to market the process commercially he did give the method and ingredients to [[Australia |…
FAX — 2023-10-09 23:52:19
…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 office equipment by the 1980s. It is still widely used but it's future looks a s…
Modern Farming — 2023-10-09 23:44:30
…e, Dorothy, the daughter of Thomas Buckeridge. He was baptised in the parish church there on 30th March. At the age of seventeen, Tull matriculated at **Oxford**, to St. John's College, on 7th July 1691, but appears to have taken no degree. {{…
…ull is one of the first to propose a scientific approach to agriculture. His scientific mind and great inventions would eventually help feed the world. Jethro Tull created several scientific inventions for agricultural uses. == Seed Drill, 170…
…pth. The seed would be dropped in. The hole would be covered over by a harrow (a trailing bar), which gathered soil and evenly deposited it over the seeds. The machine, horse or ox drawn would then move to the next position and seed again. {{Im…
Phototherapy — 2023-10-09 23:41:51
…sample was taken and analysed which read 24 mg/100 mL. The blood sitting on the windowsill was measured again, and read even lower, at 9 mg/100 mL. This was able to be reproduced again and again and caused researchers to investigate the effec…
Cinematography — 2023-10-09 23:41:17
… stood as a witness but was //not allowed to present his father's two cameras as evidence! // Once again the US courts eventually found in favour of Edison. He has since been posthumously rewarded his **rightful **status as the ‘**Father o…
Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36
…ective == {{Image url="Catseyeclean.jpg" title="thumb" width="100" class="right" title="Self clean action" }} Shaw’s eventual design consisted of four glass beads placed in two pairs facing in opposite directions, embedded within a flexible …
…-eyes-night.jpg" class="right" title="night road" width="" }} == Self Cleaning == Aiming for minimal maintenance, Shaw even devised a way for his Catseyes to '''clean themselves'''. The cast iron base collected rain water and whenever the top …
…uccess was the invention of the "cat's eye" that in 1965 he was rewarded with an '''**OBE**''' for services to exports. Eventually, their use spread all over the world. == Life Saver == Shaw’s invention is credited with having saved many mil…
Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51
…cities, and attempts to attack them by aircraft had proven to be failures (although anti-aircraft batteries did well). Even though the Zeppelins were over 700 feet long and moved at only 60 miles per hour, in the 20 raids where fighters were …
…y slow. Watson-Watt immediately attacked this problem, and set up the system with several layers of reporting that were eventually sent to a single large room for mapping. Observers watching the maps would then tell the fighter groups what to d…
Portland Cement — 2023-10-08 00:16:46
…xture was to be dried and crushed and then calcined in a vertical kiln and finally the calcine was to be powdered. /* event_date="21 October 1824" Portland cement is patented */ He obtained the patent for Portland cement on 21 October 1824 f…
… schools, foundations of buildings, driveways and large office buildings are made of concrete. Some boats and ships are even made from concrete. The modern world would look very different without concrete. …
Pedestrian Crossing — 2023-10-07 11:08:59
…idth="400" }}The idea of painting broad white stripes was put forward by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory and eventually approved. MP James Callaghan commented that the design resembled zebra markings and the terminology stuck. === …
Electronic Computer — 2023-10-07 10:38:05
…dth="350" title="Colossus then"}}||{{image url="ColossusNow.jpg" class="lef" width="350" title="Colossus now"}}|| == Even Earlier == >>{{amazonad}}>> [[Computer]] == Enigma == The Colossus was not used to decipher the Enigma. That was done…
Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35
… the air, hence creating lift. Cockerell had set up a company, Ripplecraft, to develop his ideas further and in 1955 he eventually convinced the Ministry of Supply to back his project. He had a hard time trying to convince the military: the Adm…
…idea was patented and immediately put on the secret list. Nothing happened and Cockerell became increasingly agitated. Eventually, in 1958, after declassification, the National Research Development Council (NRDC) funded the design and construc…
Aluminium — 2023-10-04 16:04:17
…d that aluminium could be isolated by electrolytic reduction from alumina (aluminium oxide). The name **Aluminium** was eventually given by Davy replacing //alumium//. Davy was a pioneer in the field of electrolysis using the voltaic pile to …
English Bible — 2023-09-25 23:57:13
… }}>> Translating the Bible into English made Tyndale very unpopular, he was forced into hiding in Europe. When he was eventually caught Tyndale was found guilty of heresy and executed by strangulation then burned at the stake. His last words …
WorldWideWeb — 2023-09-23 15:57:32
…the first web page that is [[http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html|here]] to create the World Wide Web. /* event_date="6 August 1991" First web page goes online */ ||{{{toc}}}||{{adsense}}|| == World Wide Web == Born 8th June 195…
Telegraph — 2023-09-23 15:56:52
… 1788" birth_place="London" death_date="8 August 1873" death_place="Battle" }} === Francis Ronalds 1816 === {{Toc}} /* event_date="1816" The first working electrical telegraph system. */ The first working electrical telegraph system was built …
Stereo — 2023-09-23 15:56:38
…dio was captured in mono for cinema movies and the emerging television industry. While at the cinema with his wife one evening in 1931, Blumlein noticed that rather than the actor's voice following him or her as they moved across the picture, …
Radio — 2023-09-23 15:56:24
…th="200" }} Marconi gave his first public transmission of wireless signals at the now BT Centre in 1896. On {{Datetext event_date="13 May 1897", text="Marconi sent the world's first ever wireless communication over open sea." }} The experiment…
LCD — 2023-09-23 15:53:09
…in collaboration with scientists at the RRE, led by Peter Raynes, further compounds were synthesised and evaluated. /* event_date="22 March 1973" The first stable LCD is announced to the world. */ These cyanobiphenyl compounds had a low visco…
Electric Motor — 2023-09-23 15:52:02
…d in the following year he exhibited his **first electromagnet**. He displayed its power by lifting nine pounds with a seven-ounce piece of iron wrapped with wire through which a current from a single battery was sent. == Motor == {{image url=…
…ovator Volta. Sturgeon could now power his strong electro-magnets and making them horse-shoe shape increased the power even more. But the drawback of creating motion with powerful magnets is that the motion is stopped when the poles repell. =…
…h a cylinder of amalgamated rolled zinc was placed. Discs located between the cast iron cell and the cylinder of zinc prevented contact by the different metals. Dilute sulphuric acid was used to charge the battery. == Galvanometer == He also …
Electric Generator — 2023-09-23 12:04:37
…ding and experiments with the idea of force, he was able to make important discoveries in electricity later in life. He eventually became a chemist and physicist. == Electromagnetic Rotation == {{Image url="WindTurbine.gif" class="right" titl…
ATM — 2023-09-23 12:02:41
…utomated Teller Machine** was installed at a branch of Barclays Bank in Enfield, north [[London]], on 27 June 1967. /* event_date="27 June 1967" The first ATM is opened in London. */ == Necessity == Shepherd-Barron was the managing director…
… of his bank, but he had arrived one minute late and found the bank doors locked against him. While taking a bath that evening with no spending cash he wondered if vending machines can dispense chocolate bars why couldn't banks have a machine …
Worcestershire Sauce — 2023-09-18 19:06:46
…s in sauces. It is most likely that **Lea & Perrins** needed to make their sauce seem unique and possibly invented the events to make their sauce stand out from the competition. == Commercial Production == {{Image url="JohnWheeleyLea.jpg" cl…
… to arrange that all restaurants on **ocean liners** sailing to and from [[England]] carried Worcestershire Sauce They even paid the waiters to serve it. Customers could purchase a bottle of this tasty delight to take home with them! {{Image u…
Toilet — 2023-09-08 09:57:11
…at your needs are taken care of. The technical challenges in flush toilets were the flush mechanism and a method of prevent smells passing from the drain. Overcoming these challenges has taken hundreds of years. {{Databox Image="HarringtonJo…
…in 1775 and was the first to patent the flushing water closet. It used standing water to seal the outlet of the bowl, preventing the escape of foul air from the sewer, and used a sliding valve. === Samuel Prosser 1777 === In 1777, Samuel Pros…
… of 1851; over 827,000 people paid attendants one penny to use the 'Wash-rooms'. His installation went on to produce a revenue of £1000 a year. Jennings was awarded a gold medal for this pioneering and essential work, when by the 1890s he had …
Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21
…e batteries, later vehicles had hydraulic brakes on all four wheels, as well as four-wheel steering. These features are even now being described as revolutionary. In 1888 Elwell-Parker Ltd. agreed to consolidate with other companies to form th…
…e Electric Construction Corporation. == First mention == Even earlier the very first electric car was made by Scotsman** Robert Anderson ** around 1835 but at this time electric mo…
Winston Churchill — 2023-08-27 16:11:42
…te: 'I felt...that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial'. Parallels with later events in the EU? == Negotiator == From the opposition party Labour politician Hugh Dalton said Churchill was 'the only ma…
…alliance of Allied Powers with the Soviet Union and the United States. Roosevelt and the US were not keen to help out even though Britain's resources were at a low from the **Great War**. So Churchill agreed to share Britain's technology wit…
…istoric vessel Havengore along the River Thames for his State Funeral on 30th January 1965. This iconic and very public event was televised live watched worldwide by an audience of **350 million people**.…
Police — 2022-05-20 08:52:50
…>>{{Image url="Police_helmet_Badge.jpg" width="200" }}>> ---- ~1) The basic mission for which the police exist is to prevent crime and disorder. ~1) The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent upon public approval of police …
Cambridge Cream — 2022-05-20 08:48:45
…eam**, **Trinity cream** or simply **Burnt cream**. === Trinity College ~1630 === The college in [[Cambridgeshire]] even has an iron with the official college crest which is used to burn the sugar topping. == Recipe == Ingredients Serves…
…eheat the grill to its highest temperature. Sprinkle the remaining sugar over the top of the cream, coating the surface evenly and thickly. Place under the grill as close to the heat as possible and allow the sugar to caramelise to a deep brown…
Lasagne — 2022-05-20 08:38:58
…lass="left" title="Lasagne" width="" }} Modern lasagne has tomatoes but it would be 200 hundred years before Europeans even saw a tomato. Medieval broth refered to both meat or vegetable stew like preperations.…
YMCA — 2022-05-17 05:19:39
…ge Williams founded the '''**Young Men's Christian Association**''' in [[London]], [[England]], on June 6, **1844**. /* event_date="6 June 1844" The YMCA is founded. */ ||{{{toc}}}||{{adsense}}|| Williams (1821 - 1905) was born on a farm in D…
Loch Ness Monster — 2022-05-03 17:06:34
… an account of a local couple who claimed to have seen: ^^an enormous animal rolling and plunging on the surface.^^ /* event_date="May 2, 1933" First sighting of Nessie */ Loch Ness, located in the Highlands of [[Scotland]], has the largest v…
Pneumatic Tyre — 2022-05-03 16:45:33
…laque in Belfast" width="250" }} {{Image url="Tyre.jpg" class="left" title=" Rubber Tyre" width="200" }} ::c:: == Or even earlier == This was not the first time someone had tried making inflatable tyres. Another Scot, Robert William Thomson …
Microphone — 2021-11-07 21:26:04
…" class="left" title="Microphone" width="400" }} Hughes microphone technology became the principle way microphones work even today. {{Image url="Hughes_carbon_microphone.png" class="right" title="Hughes carbon microphone" width="" }} He demons…
Postage Stamp — 2021-11-06 16:32:56
…urned if the receiver would not pay. {{Image url="PennyBlack.jpg" class="right" caption="Penny Black" width="250" }} /* event_date="1516" The Royal Mail is created */ The Royal Mail had existed in Britain since **'1516'** but there were concer…
…Worcestershire]], [[England]] on the 3rd December 1795, Rowland was the third son of Thomas Wright Hill. At the age of seven his father took charge of a boarding school in Birmingham and this is where Rowland was educated. In 1807 Rowland Hill …
Hip Replacement — 2021-08-20 11:18:03
…atient. Sir John and his team had created a clean-air system to protect patients during operations and clean trays to prevent cross-infection. == Key to Success == He wrote to all his patients asking //'could he have the hips back when they d…
Charlie Chaplin — 2021-08-20 11:11:51
…gh income. Their father provided no support for his children causing Chaplin to be sent to the workhouse at the age of seven. {{image url="Charles_Chaplin_young.jpg" class="right" title="A young Charlie" width="240" }} Chaplin spent his childh…
… Chaplin for his film studio, Keystone. Charlie's tramp character, probably based on the experiences of his early life, eventually made him the highest paid actor in Hollywood. == Chaplin the Composer == Charlie also wrote some wonderful melod…
Paralympic Games — 2021-08-20 10:59:53
…[[CategorySport]]:[[Medical]]:[[1900s]] Professor Sir Ludwig "Poppa" Guttmann, (1899 - 1980) held the first Paralympic event in 1948. He was a German-born British neurologist. {{toc}} == From Stoke Mandeville == The first Paralympic sports c…
Four-minute Mile — 2021-08-20 10:55:12
…r four minutes was first achieved on 6 May 1954 by **Roger Bannister** in 3:59.4 that's 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds. /* event_date="6 May 1954" Roger Bannister broke the 4 minute mile. */ For many years, athletes had tried and failed to run a …
Miss World — 2021-08-20 10:50:22
…ld on 29 July 1951 at the Lyceum Ballroom in [[London]], [[England]]. == Miss World == Morley had arranged the beauty event as a one-off for the **Festival of Britain.** A total of 26 contestants competed for the title. The event was called …
…a Bikini Contest to promote the //new// swimsuit of the time. The press saw it as an international event because some of the entrants came from around the world. == First Winner == The winner was Kerstin 'Kiki' Håkansson…
Beatles — 2021-08-20 10:46:43
…ad to concede. In 1964 they held the top five places on the Billboard Hot 100, a feat that has never been repeated. /* event_date="9 February 1964" Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show */ == The Global Invasion == They held and still hold m…
Antibiotics — 2021-08-20 10:41:08
…**1928** Fleming discovered an antibiotic substance and named it Penicillin, from the mould **Penicillium notatum**. /* event_date="3 September 1928" Fleming discovers antibiotics */ {{toc}} Fleming was born on 6 August 1881 at Lochfield farm …
…ts. Soon enough penicillin was being made to begin testing it on animals and then humans. In **1941**, they found that even low levels of penicillin cured very serious infections, it saved many lives. For his discoveries, Alexander Fleming won…
Intraocular Lens — 2021-08-20 10:40:24
…ic chemicals or certain diseases such as rubella or diabetes, the proteins that make up the lens become opaque which prevents light from entering the eye and causes **cataracts**. The ancient Greeks used to deal with this condition by crudel…
IVF — 2021-08-16 10:02:09
…| == In Vitro Fertilisation == ~-[[CategoryScience]]:[[Medical]]:[[1900s]] === Steptoe, Edwards and Purdy 1977 === /* event_date="25 July 1978" First baby conceived by IVF is born */ **Patrick Christopher Steptoe** and **Sir Robert Geoffrey …
Vitamins — 2021-08-16 09:52:16
…Doctor Fletcher was researching the causes of the disease **Beriberi** when he discovered that eating unpolished rice prevented Beriberi and eating polished rice did not. William Fletcher believed that there were special nutrients contained in …
…ing life and "amine" from the vitamin thiamine. Later on the word was shortened to "vitamin." <<{{amazonad}}<< ::c:: == Even Earlier in 1753 == {{image url="Lind_james.jpg" class="right" title="James Lind" width="" }} **James Lind** (1716 in Ed…
… **Pomes** (Pomegranates). But Lind had made the link between vitamins and health almost 200 years before Fletcher. /* event_date="May 1747" James Lind conducted the first clinical trial to confirm that citrus fruits could cure scurvy. */ == L…
DNA — 2021-08-14 21:04:12
…orn of Irish parents, {{Datetext text=" 'James Dewey Watson' was born " event_date="April 6, 1928" }} in Chicago, Illinois. {{Datetext text=" 'Francis Harry Compton Crick', was born on the " eve…
…ed assistance gained enough information to started building their DNA model on Wednesday, 4th March and finished in the evening of '''Saturday, 7th March, 1953''' in their room number 103 of the Austin Wing at the '''Cavendish Laboratories, Cam…
CT Scan — 2021-08-14 20:48:42
…xperimented on a preserved brain and the results were encouraging. He then used it on a cow brain from a butcher shop, eventually Godfrey scanned his own brain. The medical world, and EMI, were now excited at the potential of this new technolo…
Automatic Kettle — 2021-08-14 20:44:42
…2_1960.jpg" class="right" title="K2" width="" }} Later on, manufacturers introduced a variety of fail-safe methods to prevent this from happening. some kettles had replaceable fuses, whilst others had spring-loaded ejectors. {{image url="K2a…
…team was forced through an aperture in the lid to the strip, which knocked the switch off. It was simple but ingenious. Even today examples of the K1 and K2 can be found in regular domestic use, proving it not only to be a highly popular design…
Scouts — 2021-08-14 20:35:19
…= '''Baden-Powell''' (1857-1941) returned to [[England]] a national hero, after defending the town of **Mafeking** for seven months from the besieging Boer troops, the first real British triumph in the **Boer War**. When he returned to England…
Modern Olympics — 2021-08-14 20:26:14
…otball and cricket. By 1851 competitors from all over the West Midlands were attending and by the end of the decade the event was a fixture on the local calendar. In 1859 Brookes heard of games being held in Greece, funded by a wealthy man name…
…physical education in French schools. Brookes invited Coubertain to his annual games in Much Wenlock [[Shropshire]] and even closed the entire town to concentrate on impressing his guest. The Baron stayed in Brookes' own home and despite the 54…
Fish and chips — 2021-08-14 20:10:50
…ches */ With a long history of fishing as a staple diet and potatoes arriving with the expanding British Empire the two eventually combined to make an irresistible meal. It's popularity was boosted during World War II when fish and chips re…
Fingerprints — 2021-08-14 20:06:49
…spects. While working for the Indian Civil Service, he began to use thumbprints on documents as a security measure to prevent the repudiation of signatures in 1858. {{image url="herschel_prints.jpg" class="left" title="Sir William Herschel fing…
Football — 2021-08-14 19:52:33
…forming an Association with the object of establishing a definite code of rules for the regulation of the game”.// /* event_date="26th October 1863" The rules for the modern game of football */ {{toc}} == Football 1863 == {{Image url="Footb…
… == {{Image url="England-world-cup-1966.jpg" class="right" title="England world cup 1966" width="" }} On the {{Datetext event_date="30 July 1966" text="England won the World cup Jules Rimet trophy." }} England beat West Germany 4–2 in the fin…
Saline Drip — 2021-08-12 20:46:29
…tle changed in the basic mechanism in {{datediff from="23 May 1832" }} years. It has saved millions from ill health or even death by dehydration. It is deservedly on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. {{Tag ids="Sali…
Procter Gamble — 2021-08-12 20:35:23
…left" title="William Procter" width="200" }} Procter was born 7th December 1801 in [[Herefordshire]] [[England]]. /* event_date="7 December 1801" William Procter was born in England */ As a boy, he worked as general store apprentice candlem…
…incinnati. ::c:: == James Gamble == {{Image url="JamesGamble.jpg" class="right" title="James Gamble" width="200" }} /* event_date="3 April 1803" James Gamble was born in Ireland */ Gamble was born 3rd April 1803 in Enniskillen, [[Ireland]]. …
…He was educated at Portora Royal School. His family emigrated to Canada in 1819. Eventually settling in Cincinnati, Ohio. There he apprenticed to a soap-maker before setting up his own business in the late…
Horlicks — 2021-08-12 20:30:08
…ks today are the UK, India and Malaysia. It is ""GlaxoSmithKline's"" top selling product in Malaysia. In 1930 Horlicks even had an Antarctic mountain named after it. == Links == [[http://www.deanweb.info/history5.html | Horlick history]]…
Rubber — 2021-08-12 20:24:10
…h naphtha-treated rubber. Hancock in turn applied for a license in 1825 to use Macintosh's naphtha process. The two men eventually became partners in the manufacture of waterproofed items. == Patent == {{Image url="ThomasHancockPlaque.jpg" cl…
… than leather '''fire hoses'''. {{Image url="Suspender.jpg" class="left" title="Suspender Belt" width="150" }} Thomas even made rubber bottles. One day Hancock held one of the bottles in his hand and realized that if it was sliced up it could…
Colgate — 2021-08-11 11:43:11
…th them. == Independence == {{Image url="ColgateToothpaste.jpg" class="left" title="Colgate Toothpaste" width="300" }} Eventually relocating to New York City, he worked as a candle-maker, and in 1806 he went into business for himself, selling …
Sewing Machine — 2021-08-11 11:41:32
…rlier. It was too late for him 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 prov…
Adjustable Spanner — 2021-08-10 08:22:45
… //rack and worm// that he would have discussed with engineering work colleague [[Lawn_mower| Edwin Budding]]. Clyburn even produced a double ended adjustable spanner. == Longevity == {{Image url="BahcoClyburn.jpg" class="right" title="Bahc…
Lawn Mower — 2021-08-10 08:19:36
…a local engineer, **John Ferrabee**, and together they made mowers in a factory at Stroud. == Descriptive Patent == /* event_date="25 October 1830" The Lawn Mower is patented */ {{image url="Buddingmower.jpg" title="Budding Mower" width="300" …
Nature Reserve — 2021-08-09 22:30:53
… in 1839 that leaked out poisonous chemicals which severely damaged the trees in the park and polluted the lake. He was eventually successful in having the soapworks moved. {{Image url="WaltonHall.jpg" class="right" title="Walton Hall" }} == T…
Guillotine — 2021-08-09 22:22:29
…ed the executioner would pull the rope. Amazingly, the executioner might have been the crowd of onlookers, a horse, or even the victim them self! But they were always cheered on by the crowd. The weight of the blade and the speed at which …
Zoo — 2021-08-09 22:18:40
…ntrance.jpg" class="left" title="London zoo entrance" width="350" }} ::cl:: === Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1826 === /* event_date="April 27 1826" First zoo opens in London */ Opened April 27 **1826**, was initially called "Gardens and Menage…
Chocolate Bar — 2021-08-09 22:11:02
…== Easter Eggs == Fry's also invented the **Chocolate Easter Egg** which is now common throughout the world and popular even in non Christian countries.…
Wellington Boot — 2021-08-09 21:58:54
…t in the trenches the company was commissioned to produce millions of pairs as standard kit for ordinary soldiers, to prevent ‘trench foot’. == Leader == The Duke was twice British prime minister as leader of the Tory party from 1828 to 1…
Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27
…lectricity costs had come down, there were 3 million customers and all the basic light bulb patents had expired. (...) Seven years, and more than $100,000 in litigation expenses after Edison’s patent was invalidated by the US Patent Office, o…
Can — 2021-08-09 21:53:19
…tin-coated iron "**Food Can**" or canning. The patent (No 3372) was granted on August 25, 1810 by King George III. /* event_date="25 August 1810" The tin food can is invented */ **Peter Durand** a merchant of Hoxton Square, [[Middlesex]], ch…
Tarmac — 2021-08-09 21:38:37
…26/1/1942" death_place="Oxford England" Invented="Tarmac" }} {{Toc}} === Edgar Purnell Hooley 1902 === ~-[[1900s]] /* event_date="1902" Hooley patents Tarmac */ Hooley patented **Tarmac** in Britain, in 1902 (GB 7796). He called his compan…
Pub — 2021-08-09 21:19:14
…d hid to escape the Roundheads following the Battle of Worcester in 1651. In fact pub signs commemorate many important events and people throughout British history for example ‘The Duke of Wellington’ ‘The Shakespeare Inn’ and ‘The B…
Cowboy — 2021-08-09 21:03:46
… The word cowboy never entered U.S. parlance until the great cattle drovers were being superceded by the [[Railway]]. Even as late as 1881 Chester A. Arthur, then a U.S. president, spoke sneeringly when he denounced a band of desperadoes as /…
Sandwich — 2021-08-08 20:40:14
…n English nobleman, John Montagu (1718-1792), the **Fourth Earl of Sandwich**, was too busy gambling to stop for a meal even though he was hungry. <<{{amazon type="book" items="B01K3KF4YS" }}<< He ordered a waiter to bring him roast-beef betwe…
Sparkling Wine — 2021-08-08 20:32:53
…y the inclusion of a wind tunnel, and a higher ratio of sand to potash and lime. His bottles were so superior they were eventually exported to France where they were called 'vere anglais' English glass. A retired British Admiral, '''Sir Rober…
Sunday School — 2021-08-08 18:39:06
…stershire]]. Soon Robert Raikes and Reverend Thomas Stock had 100 children ages 6 to 14 attending their Sunday schools. Even though the children were taught only one day a week, their behavior began to improve. Robert waited a few years to se…
…new Sunday schools. Before too long, around 4,000 new Sunday schools were started in towns all over [[England]]. Robert even used his printing press to publish reading books, spelling books, Bible study books, and copies of the Scriptures for t…
Vaccination — 2021-08-07 23:07:23
…for 300–500 million deaths. It may be the biggest killer in history. An answer was needed. == The Experiment == /* event_date="14 May 1796" Dr. Jenner gives the first vaccination */ {{Image url="smallpox_2.jpg" class="left" title="Infant …
Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
…ike a bird// eluded mankind until the Wright brothers flight of 59 seconds in 1903. But there were many men before this event who all contributed to achieve this goal, notably Frenchman **Chanute**, German **Otto Lilienthal** and NZ **Richard …
Marmite — 2021-04-03 10:38:16
…ussy person who says 'Oh no, I can't stand Marmite' offer them a '**Twiglet**', most people quite happily eat a Twiglet even though they are coated in a yeast extract. There are now many imitators but Marmite is the original. ===External Link…
DNA Forensics — 2021-01-22 08:47:52
… be extracted from almost any human cell, including blood, semen, skin, saliva, mucus, perspiration, roots of hair, and even old and dried out samples. ::c:: == Genetic Finger Printing == {{image url="alec-jeffreys2.jpg" class="right" title="A…
Petroleum — 2020-12-03 01:07:44
…stinations throughout the world, both to those licensing Young's patent, and to those trying to reproduce the process. Even though Young held the patent, some countries realised they had their own oil and coal reserves. In 1859, an oil well wa…
…" title="Youngs Paraffin" width="" }} Soon American petroleum, that they called kerosene, was being imported to Britain even though Young had successfully sued for patent infringement in the USA. It was more crudely refined and that meant it wa…
Mensa — 2020-12-03 00:59:15
…d]] on the 1 October 1946 by **Dr Lance Ware**, a scientist and lawyer **Roland Berrill**, an Australian barrister. /* event_date="1 October 1946" MENSA is founded. */ {{TOC}} {{Image url="Mensa_Logo.jpg" class="left" title="Mensa Logo" width=…
Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52
…ard Trevithick 1804 === {{image url="Richard_Trevithick.jpg" class="right" title="Richard Trevithick" width="250" }} /* event_date="21 February 1804" The world's first locomotive-hauled railway journey. */ Trevithick (1771 –1833) was an inve…
Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
…young daredevils of Europe who gathered for fun on the alpine slopes. It was added to the Winter Olympics as a four-man event at the Winter Olympics in Chamonix 1924 and two-man later at Lake Placid in 1932. == Curling 1541 == {{Image url="Cu…
Eraser — 2020-08-18 10:06:20
…= Needed invention == Before the rubber eraser the common ink remover was old bread crumbs. This was a messy process, even if you had the crumbs to hand. == Hymen Lipman 1858 == It took another few years for Hymen Lipman (March 20, 1817 �…
Slavery Abolition — 2020-08-17 15:00:36
…the Barbary pirates of **Africa** operated raids of seaside villages in **Italy, Spain, France, England, Netherlands** even as far north as **Iceland**, capturing **European** men, women and **children** to be used in their slave trade. Some …
Safari Park — 2020-08-17 14:54:27
…from the making of the film 'Born Free'. The concept of visitors “caged” in their cars, while the lions roam free, eventually gained approval. {{Image url="LongleatLions.jpg" class="left" title="The drive-through at Longleat. Lions close-…
Bungee Jumping — 2020-08-17 13:17:46
…"1945" birth_place="" death_date="now" death_place="" }} == Bungee Jumping 1979 == ~- [[CategorySport]]::[[1900s]] /* event_date="1 April 1979" First Bungee jump off Clifton bridge */ The world's first Bungee jump was made on **1st April 19…
Linoleum — 2020-08-17 08:43:03
…idation process by heating it with lead acetate and zinc sulphate. When he mastered his //recipe// he took out a patent eventually calling it **Linoleum**, derived from the Latin words “linum” (“flax”) and “oleum” (“oil”). == …
Stevenson Screen — 2020-08-17 08:38:43
…hermometers and optional recording instruments: thermograph and/or a hygrograph, or a thermohygrograph. {{Image url="StevensonSensor.png" class="left" title="Stevenson Sensor" width="300" }} == Siting == The unit and sensors should also be p…
Bicycle — 2020-08-15 09:22:15
…erm //Rover// for a mode of transport changing the company name from J. K. Starley and Co. to Rover Cycle Co who were eventually to become **Rover cars.** == Earlier Versions == There were several attempts by others to find a safer cycle am…
Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25
…ll of a sudden the Government could find the money. Manufacturing of the engine was offered to BTH, Vauxhall and Rover. Eventually taken up by Rover only. They also sent out a contract for a simple airframe to carry the engine, which was quickl…
Potato Crisp — 2020-08-06 08:17:45
…giving him a TV chef appeal of his day. **The Cooks Oracle** covered all aspects of managing the domestic kitchen. It even includes eleven **ketchup recipes**, including two each for mushroom and **tomato ketchup.** {{Image url="PotatoCrisps…
Underground Railway — 2019-10-23 19:35:16
…h & City and Metropolitan lines. The first trains had gas-lit wooden carriages and were hauled by steam locomotives. /* event_date="10 January 1863" The world's first underground railway opens. */ == Innovation == {{Image url="TubeSteamTrain.j…
…ern Tube Train" width="400" }} A second underground line, the District, began operating five years later. The two were eventually linked to create the Circle line. {{tag ids="Train Tube Underground Railway Metro Victorian "}} …
Harry Potter — 2018-10-10 17:06:49
…y moved to **Tutshill** in the Forest of Dean and across the Severn River from Dursley. The Harry Potter series runs seven volumes, one for each year Harry Potter spends in school. ::cl:: == Global Phenomenon == {{Image url="Harry_Potter_an…
English Language — 2018-01-26 21:45:55
…th="" }} It is truly amazing that English as a language survived '''300 years''' of French rule. 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 t…
Emergency Telephone Number — 2017-07-06 10:16:06
… 1937 === The first emergency number system in the world, **999**, was launched in [[London]] on **30 June 1937**. /* event_date="30 June 1937" Emergency services call number 999 is launched in London. */ == Dial 999 == {{Image url="Bakel…
Grand Theft Auto — 2017-05-11 15:45:29
… president of creativity for **Rockstar Games**. === Rockstar North === **Grand Theft Auto V **is the Highest 24 hour revenue generating entertainment product, and the Fastest entertainment property to gross **$1 billion**. {{Image url="Rockst…
…ished by Rockstar Games, the action-adventure video game sold 11.21 million units in its first 24 hours, and generated revenue of £511.8 million. It reached £624.45 million ($1b) in sales after just three days on September 20 2013. It is t…
Speedfit — 2017-05-11 00:37:50
… Having started with air compressor fittings these useful quick connect/disconnect fittings are used for oil and water even at mains pressure and high temperatures. These fittings have revolutionized tube connection especially for domestic pl…
Harrier Jump Jet — 2017-01-18 16:14:57
…the time tried in vain to make a similar vehicle. The US invested millions into designing their own VTOL aircraft but eventually bought Harriers and they are still in service. == Over 50 years Service == It was conceived to operate from im…
Billiards — 2016-06-23 11:09:55
…tton 1647 === The game was already very popular in England with commoners and within the Royal houses of [[England]]. Even Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, in 1609 in Act II, Scene 5, Cleopatra says: "Let's to billiards. Come, Charmian." …
Jimi Hendrix Experience — 2016-06-02 09:48:10
…e="Hendrix Experience" width="250" }} One of the world's most influential rock bands was formed in [[London ]] 1966. /* event_date="1966" Jimi Hendrix Experience was formed */ Jimi Marshall Hendrix, who was struggling for recognition in the …
Tank — 2016-05-16 11:27:53
…[[CategoryTransport]] {{amazon type="menu" items="Model Tank, Mark IV Tank" }} === Military Tank 1916 === {{Datetext event_date="15 September 1916" text="The British Mark I was the world's first tank to enter combat. " }} {{Image url="Mark…
…ruary 1915, conducted experiments and tests of various vehicles in its attempts to create an armoured fighting vehicle. Eventually this lead to the favoured continuous track that is now familiar on modern tanks.…

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