1. Radio — 2023-09-23 15:56:24

   … wireless communication over open sea." }} The experiment witnessed a message transversed over the Bristol Channel from Flat Holm Island to Lavernock Point in Penarth, a distance of **3.7 miles**. The message read "**Are you ready**". The Engli…

2. Pay Toilet — 2022-09-27 07:23:49

   … of London from 1889, two years before a patent was issued. == Writing == In 1894, Maskelyne wrote the book Sharps and Flats: A Complete Revelation of the Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and Skill. This book became an instant hit and to…

3. Pneumatic Tyre — 2022-05-03 16:45:33

   …ing as cure for a heavy cold; Dunlop hit on the idea of making the boy's tricycle more comfortable by fitting it with inflated tubes, made of canvas and bonded together with liquid rubber. == Patent == He patented this idea on 7 December **18…
   …tle=" 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 had patented the idea in 1846 (Dunlop was unaware of this patent). …

4. Loudspeaker — 2021-11-07 21:26:37

   …by John Stroh. He described the conical paper diaphragm that terminated at the rim of the speaker in a section that was flat except for corrugations. == Early Speakers == [[Telephone|Alexander Graham Bell]] created the first practical //'tra…

5. Concorde — 2021-08-20 11:08:12

   …3980X" }}<< ::c:: {{Tag ids="Flight jet mach supersonic "}} ~- {{color c="#999" text="Espionage is the highest form of flattery."}}…

6. Float Glass — 2020-12-08 00:24:27

   …ecause of this process huge towering glass buildings are now possible, lamentably. Pilkington P.L.C. became the largest flat glass company in the world. Alastair Pilkington was honoured with a knighthood in 1970. {{Tag ids="Glass float furnac…

7. Mary Poppins — 2016-05-05 17:16:51

   … lead character in books written by **P. L. Travers**, which was first published in 1934. Travers moved from a rented flat in London to a thatched cottage in [[Sussex]]. It was here, in the winter of **1933**, that she began to write **Mary P…

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