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  1. Split the Atom — 2023-10-10 00:05:57
    …Split the Atom :: === John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton 1932 === ~-[[CategoryScience]]:[[1900s]] |!|{float: right;width:400px}|| ||(x:2){{Image url="CockcroftRutherfordWalton.jpg" class="right" width="" title="Cockcroft Ruthe…
  2. Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35
    …acuum cleaner and a pair of kitchen scales. This led to the first hovercraft to be produced commercially, the SRN1. == Floating on Air == Christopher Cockerell's idea was not a new one. Many men had tried to make a working 'glidable' craft but…
    … backing held them back. Cockerell's design was the first to build a vehicle that could move over the ground and water, floating on a layer of air. This would reduce friction between the surface and the vehicle. ^^"The Admiralty said it was a pl…
    …er ideas. He decided to use larger models on water. Initial experiments convinced Cockerell that boats could be made to float on a cushion of air, thus reducing the effect of the water drag. After many trials he successfully designed a craft whi…
  3. Toilet — 2023-09-08 09:57:11
    …Joseph Bramah]] invented a hinged valve or 'crank valve' in 1778. This sealed the bottom of the bowl. He also devised a float valve system for the cistern. Early toilet bowls were painted cast iron and had no flange on the rim. These discharged …
    …rapper invented the siphonic system for emptying the cistern. This avoided the problem of leaks common with the earlier floating valve system. Apparently the term to 'have a crap' existed before Mr Crapper's contribution to the Flush Toilet. {{i…
  4. IVF — 2021-08-16 10:02:09
    …IVF :: |!|{float: right;}|| ||(x:2){{Image url="SteptoeEdwards.jpg" width="400" title="IVF pioneers Steptoe and Edwards" }}|| ||{{Datab…
  5. Horlicks — 2021-08-12 20:30:08
    …ng the brewing process. The mixture was then reduced to granules by slowly removing its moisture in a copper bain-marie floating in a boiler. ::c:: == Relocation == Joseph Horlick had emigrated to Racine in the USA in 1844. He took a trip back …
  6. Float Glass — 2020-12-08 00:24:27
    …t foreign licence went to the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in 1962, then the the rest of the world. Today, around 260 float plants use the Pilkington method. ::c:: == Sky's the Limit == {{Image url="Shard-tower-in-london.jpg" class="right" ti…
    …largest flat glass company in the world. Alastair Pilkington was honoured with a knighthood in 1970. {{Tag ids="Glass float furnace molten tin "}} …
  7. Gravity — 2020-08-06 08:19:13
    …large mass of the earth pulled objects toward it. That is why the apple fell down instead of up, and why people don’t float in the air. Isaac Newton explained the workings of the universe through mathematics. He formulated laws of motion and…

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