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Lever Brothers — 2023-10-09 23:43:45
…c]]: [[CategoryFood]] In 1885 brothers **William Hesketh Lever** (1851–1925) and **James Darcy Lever** (1854–1916) formed the British manufacturing company Lever Brothers. {{TOC}} == Beginings == The Lever brothers were born in Bolton [[Eng…
Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51
… a clear signal was seen from the bomber. Most importantly, the prime minister, **Stanley Baldwin**, was kept quietly informed of radar's progress. == Increasing the Range == Only two weeks later Wilkins left the Radio Research Station with a sm…
Electronic Computer — 2023-10-07 10:38:05
…ork at 5000 characters per second with an interval between sprocket holes of 200 microseconds. In this time Colossus performed up to 100 Boolean calculations simultaneously on each of the five tape channels. ||{{image url="Colossus.jpg" class=…
Telephone — 2023-09-23 15:57:07
…ears later they were married. At the wedding ceremony he gave her a gift of all but 10 shares of the stock in the newly formed company called Bell Telephone Company. They had three sons. == Into Business == {{Image url="BellTransmitterReceiver.j…
Custard — 2022-09-19 23:50:44
…en mixed with milk and heated. {{Image url="BirdsCustard.jpg" class="right" title="Birds Custard" width="300" }} He formed **'Alfred Bird and Sons Ltd'** and later went on to create a formula for [[baking_powder | Baking powder]], blancmange …
Plastic — 2022-09-01 08:57:23
…st plastic that Parkes patented in **1856** ||{{{toc}}}|||| == Celluloid called Parkesine == His interest in the newly formed [[rubber]] industry led to the invention of a new material which he called '''Parkesine'''. Parkesine was based on cell…
Hip Replacement — 2021-08-20 11:18:03
… on == The total hip replacement operation is seen as a landmark in 20th-century surgery, and is now one of the most performed elective surgical procedures in the world. Each year 35,000 hips are replaced in England and Wales on the NHS, and clos…
…e to 300,000 THAs performed per year in the United States.…
Charlie Chaplin — 2021-08-20 11:11:51
…haplin composed "Terry's Theme", which was popularised by Jimmy Young as "Eternally" (1952). "**This Is My Song**", performed by Petula Clark (1967), reached number one on the UK charts. Chaplin also received his only Oscar for his composition …
Cary Grant — 2021-08-20 10:57:47
…oks//", Grant is one of Hollywood's definitive leading men. Cary Grant exuded style, charm and sophistication. Grant performed in films from the 1930s through the 1960s. He starred in several **Hitchcock** films, including the 1959 hit North by N…
Beatles — 2021-08-20 10:46:43
…="Beatles.jpg" class="right" title="Beatles" width="" }} Probably the most popular and even successful band in history. Formed in Liverpool [[Lancashire]], [[England ]]. === Liverpool England 1961 === Band members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, G…
Intraocular Lens — 2021-08-20 10:40:24
…r prices **as high as possible.** == Recognition in the End == Intraocular lens implant is now the **most commonly performed** eye surgical procedure. **More than 6 million lenses are implanted every year.** Ridley gave this to the world **for …
CT Scan — 2021-08-14 20:48:42
….jpg" title="Godfrey Hounsfield" Birth_date="28 August 1919" Death_date="12 August 2004" }} The first CT Scan was performed at Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, London, in **1975**. Godfrey Hounsfield was born in Sutton-on-Trent, [[Notti…
Football — 2021-08-14 19:52:33
…gs was **Ebenezer Cobb Morley** (1831-1924). A solicitor by profession and captain of **Barnes Football Club** that he formed in 1858. He wrote to 'Bell's Life Newspaper' proposing a governing body for the sport that led to the first meeting. …
Hypodermic Syringe — 2021-08-12 20:33:54
…me into use in many surgeries under the name of 'The Pravaz Syringe'. == Christopher Wren 1656 == Christopher Wren performed the earliest confirmed experiments with crude hypodermic needles, performing intravenous injection into dogs in 1656. W…
Colgate — 2021-08-11 11:43:11
…deals he decided to leave their farm in Shoreham, Kent in March 1798 and emigrate to Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Colgate formed a partnership with Ralph Maher to manufacture soap and candles, and William worked with them. == Independence == {{Ima…
Blood transfusion — 2021-08-10 08:28:02
…ames Blundell 1818 === ~-[[Medical]]:[[1800s]] Dr. James Blundell ( 1791 Holborn, [[London]], [[England]] – 1878) performed the first successful transfusion of human blood to treat postpartum haemorrhage. The donor was the patient's husband, B…
…lundell extracted four ounces of blood from his arm to transfuse into his wife. Between 1825 and 1830, Blundell performed 10 transfusions, five of which were beneficial, and published his results. He also invented a number of instruments for…
…th="200" }} In 1840, at St George's Hospital Medical School in London, Samuel Armstrong Lane, aided by Dr. Blundell, performed the first successful whole blood transfusion to treat haemophilia. == Beginnings of Transfusion == In the 1660s, the …
Sparkling Wine — 2021-08-08 20:32:53
…tablished with its much livelier quality. As early as 1662 when '''Christopher Merret''' presented a paper to the newly formed Royal Society in which he stated that sugar and molasses were being added to wines of all sorts to make them sparkling.…
Patent Leather — 2021-01-31 22:10:03
…iscussed, in a British publication called "The Bee"in 1793. ^^A gentleman of the name of Hand in Birmingham, as I am informed, has of late obtained a patent for preparing leather in a certain way that he has discovered, by means of which, leathe…
Petroleum — 2020-12-03 01:07:44
…ht a fierce battle against the American product. In 1865 James Young bought out his business partners and a year later formed **Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co.** {{Tag ids="Petrol Paraffin Oil refinery coal"}} …
Suffolk Punch — 2020-11-30 16:25:44
…orse owned by //Thomas Crisp of Ufford// and was simply known as ‘Crisp’s horse’. The Suffolk Horse Society, was formed in Britain in 1877 to promote the Suffolk Punch and started to be exported all over the world. Canada in 1865 United St…
Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
… In 1886 the Teddington Cricket Club effectively lead a movement which resulted in the British Hockey Association being formed which included amongst its rules a striking circle for hitting goals. Changes in rules and play quickly developed from …
…o started playing field hockey in 1890, with the Field Hockey Association of America, which regulates men's play, being formed in 1930. Hockey, or "Field Hockey" as it is also known, is now played in every continent with many nations competing i…
…ed rules of play were devised by the GAA in Ireland in 1884. In 1889, the Liverpool & Scottish Rounders Association was formed. It is typically a bat & ball team game. Rounders is still played in Ireland and England. '''Baseball''' and '''Town…
…setup and standardized the rules, that still guide the sport today. In 1895, the Badminton Association (of England) was formed to take over the authority of the Bath Badminton Club, and the new group made rules, which now govern the game througho…
Cricket — 2020-08-26 21:18:47
…oduced the first record of betting on cricket. === Marylebone Cricket Club 1787 === The world's first cricket club was formed in **Hambledon** in the 1760s and the world-famous Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) was founded in 1787. == Rules and Int…
TV Black and White Kiss — 2020-08-17 09:07:45
… class Cockney. [[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/537722/index.html| BFI]] == Live Broadcast == The drama was performed and broadcast live, and the kiss is no fleeting affair either, it’s a full-on snog. Viewers are left in no doubt that…
Life Boat — 2020-08-17 09:00:19
…r it the King's patent in the year 1785.”@@ Such was the success of lifeboats that On 28 February 1823 the RNLI was formed. {{Image url="LifeBoat.jpg" class="left-right" title="Modern RNLI Life Boat" width="" }} ::c:: == Links == [[https://r…
Linoleum — 2020-08-17 08:43:03
…lton was born in Halifax [[Yorkshire]]. In 1855, Walton noticed a rubbery, flexible skin of solidified linseed oil had formed on a can of oil-based paint. He was impressed at how strong this skin was and wondered if might be useful. == Linoleum…
…on == {{Image url="LinoleumStaines.jpg" class="right" title="Linoleum sculpture in Staines" width="" }} In **1864**, he formed the **Linoleum Manufacturing Company** and by 1869 the factory in Staines was exporting to Europe and the United States…
Cloning — 2020-08-06 15:26:49
…]]::[[CategoryScience]]::[[1900s]] Dolly was the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell. Dolly was formed by taking a cell from the udder of her biological mother. She was cloned by Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell. {{toc}} {{im…
Plastic Surgery — 2020-08-06 08:24:01
…sh a facial injury ward at the Cambridge Military Hospital and later in Sidcup in 1917. There he and his colleagues performed around 11,000 operations on more than 5,000 soldiers. == Knighthood == Gillies was knighted in the Birthday Honours l…
Monty Python — 2020-08-06 07:48:50
…f from="1969" }} years later it is still as popular all around the world. == Nearly Lost == In 1971, Terry Jones was informed by the BBC that, due it's cost-cutting procedure at the time, the network was about to erase all of the original Monty …
Billiards — 2016-06-23 11:09:55
…an." == Beginings of Modern Rules == The first governing body of the game, the **English Billiards Association**, was formed in the UK in 1885. Later to become the **Billiards and Snooker Control Council** There are a number of pocket billiard…
Jimi Hendrix Experience — 2016-06-02 09:48:10
…erience.jpg" class="right" title="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 strug…
…e invitation of **Chas Chandler** in September 1966. === London 1966 === <<{{amazonad}}<< Chas became his manager and formed a backing band in the style of "**Cream**" with bassist **Noel Redding** and drummer **Mitch Mitchell** of jazz group "…

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