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Split the Atom — 2023-10-10 00:05:57
…the atom */ On the 14th April 1932 Cockcroft and Walton measured the total kinetic energy of the helium nuclei. It was greater than that of the original hydrogen and lithium nuclei. But they also observed a loss in the total mass of the nuclei.…
Internal Combustion Engine — 2023-10-09 23:51:33
…n patented the first internal combustion engine to be applied industrially. ~i) 1838: William Barnett's engine made two great advances. His two stroke engine was so constructed that the mixture of gas and air was compressed motor cylinder before…
Modern Farming — 2023-10-09 23:44:30
…e. {{{TOC}}} Jethro Tull 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 use…
Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36
…engine at this point was the safety valve, which releases excess pressure. Reliable and safe operation came only with a great deal of experience and codification of construction, operating, and maintenance procedures. @@{{adsense}}@@ …
Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51
…uced a compact source of short-wave radio waves and allowed Fighter Command to detect incoming enemy planes from a much greater distance. == Microwaves == The invention of the **Magnetron** directly led to the invention of the **Microwave Oven.…
Electronic Computer — 2023-10-07 10:38:05
…ember 1905 – 28 October 1998) was a British engineer. During World War II **Max Newman**, **Alan Turing**, and other great minds at **Bletchley Park** codebreaking establishment, were already busy decoding messages produced the **Enigma** dev…
…and felt that the mechanical system used for the telephone exchange could be converted to an all-electronic system. == Great minds == This gave him good experience and working the mathematician **Maxwell Newman** they proposed an electronic com…
Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35
… garage hand"), put up the money for his early patents. (When Sir Sydney died in 1962, aged 94, some obituaries of this great museum director and manuscript collector, friend of Bernard Shaw and T.E. Lawrence, literary executor of Thomas Hardy, …
…chill believed had a significant effect on the outcome of the Second World War, and Cockerell believed to be one of his greatest achievements. Whilst at Marconi, Cockerell patented 36 of his ideas for which he was paid just £10 each. {{Image u…
Electric Generator — 2023-09-23 12:04:37
… is a continuous circular motion from the circular magnetic force around a wire. Ten years later, in 1831, he began his great series of experiments in which he discovered electromagnetic induction. These experiments form the basis of modern elec…
…cular orbit around a magnet. The Homopolar motor. In 1831, using his "induction ring", Michael Faraday made one of his greatest discoveries - electromagnetic induction: the "induction" or generation of electricity in a wire by means of the elec…
Toilet — 2023-09-08 09:57:11
…sed public lavatories or 'Retiring Rooms' by installing the first flushing public toilets in the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851; over 827,000 people paid attendants one penny to use the 'Wash-rooms'. His installation went on to …
Winston Churchill — 2023-08-27 16:11:42
…Death_date="24 January 1965" Knighted="24 April 1953" width="" }} Winston Churchill is considered by many the **world's greatest leader** of the 20th century. {{toc}} === Blenheim 1874 === Churchill was born 1874 in [[Oxfordshire]], [[England]] …
…in Blenheim palace. He is another example of great British men who shunned education but had great qualities of leadership, was an inspirational statesman, writer and orator. == World War 2 == At the outbreak of Worl…
…nited 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 with the USA in the hope that Roosevelt could be persuaded to…
Plastic — 2022-09-01 08:57:23
…ss="left" width="300" title="Blue plaque on the old Birmingham Science Museum" }}Parkes introduced his new material to great public interest at the '''1862''' **Great International Exhibition** in London and was awarded a prize medal. He establ…
Police — 2022-05-20 08:52:50
…Home Secretary. Sir Robert Peel had already established the Royal Irish Constabulary in 1812, and it had proved to be a great success. >>{{Image url="Constables.JPG" width="200" title="Early 'Peelers' " }}>> They became known as ''''Peelers''…
YMCA — 2022-05-17 05:19:39
…t YMCA. The idea was to substitute Bible study and prayer for life on the streets. By '''1851''' there were 24 YMCAs in Great Britain, with a combined membership of 2,700. Today there are more than 14,000 local YMCAs with around 45,000,000 me…
Loch Ness Monster — 2022-05-03 17:06:34
…st sighting of Nessie */ Loch Ness, located in the Highlands of [[Scotland]], has the largest volume of fresh water in Great Britain. The body of water reaches a depth of nearly 800 feet and a length of about 23 miles. Some 'authorities' specu…
HomePage — 2022-05-03 16:49:56
…h Inventions and Discoveries====@@ {{Picturegrid grid="5"}} ::c:: @@Many of the wonders of modern living are thanks to great British Inventors. These people had a dream and fulfilled it.@@ **This is a salute to the British Inventors and their …
…Inventions, Creations and Creators, Discoveries and Innovations as well as Great Britons that changed the World and the way we live.** @@{{countpages}} pages.@@ /* Page generates in 1 second or les…
Pneumatic Tyre — 2022-05-03 16:45:33
…terinary surgeon before moving to Belfast in 1867. His practice was at 50 Gloucester Street, Belfast, [[Ireland]]. His great invention, of the inner tube for cycle tyres, came about more or less by chance. In 1888 his small son was prescribed c…
Microphone — 2021-11-07 21:26:04
…e patented and developed later. {{Image url="Microphone-Blue-Plaque.jpg" class="left" title="Microphone Blue Plaque in Great Portland Street, London" width="" }}…
Postage Stamp — 2021-11-06 16:32:56
… world's first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system. It was the first pre-paid mail service, issued in Great Britain on 1 May **1840**, for official use from 6 May of that year. {{{Toc}}} ::c:: == The Penny Black == Prior to th…
Richard Burton — 2021-08-29 20:21:34
…1927 at age 44 after giving birth to her **13th** child. He went on to star in over 70 Hollywood movies and is another great actor who never received an Oscar. He is remembered for is multiple marriages including twice to Elizabeth Taylor.…
Charlie Chaplin — 2021-08-20 11:11:51
… singer. ::c:: Chaplin was a British comedian, producer, writer, director, and composer who is widely regarded as the greatest comic artist of the screen and one of the most important figures in motion-picture history. At the height of his fam…
IVF — 2021-08-16 10:02:09
…eived by IVF (In Vitro Fertilisation AKA __Test Tube Baby__), Louise Brown on 25 July 1978, in Oldham General Hospital, Greater Manchester, [[England]]. Louise Brown recently stated: “A few years ago, just before she died, my mum realised that…
…age url="steptoe-and-edwards.jpg" class="left" title="Steptoe, Purdy and Edwards with first baby " width="250" }} == A Great Team == Both Steptoe and Edwards worked in the field of reproductive health before their collaboration in 1966, they we…
CT Scan — 2021-08-14 20:48:42
…ame interested in computers. In 1958, he helped design the first commercially available all-transistor computer made in Great Britain, the **EMIDEC 1100.** With the success of the [[Beatles]] EMI had money to invest and asked Hounsfield, who ha…
Public Park — 2021-08-14 20:30:20
….jpg" class="right" }} ::c:: == A man with Big Ideas == In **1851** Paxton designed the **Crystal Palace** for the '''Great Exhibition'''. All of the 245 plans for the main Exhibition Hall in Hyde Park had been examined and rejected. Paxton wa…
…**1848 feet long and 456 feet wide and 135 feet high**. Despite widespread cynicism amongst press and public, when the Great Exhibition opened in May 1851 it was an enormous success. In October, Paxton was knighted by Queen Victoria. When the e…
…alace was re-erected in Sydenham in south London, where it remained popular until it burned down in 1936. {{Image url="Greatexhib.jpg" class="right" title="The Great Exhibition 1851 " width="300" }} {{Image url="Crystal_Palace.jpg" alt="Crysta…
Modern Olympics — 2021-08-14 20:26:14
…ron stayed in Brookes' own home and despite the 54 year age difference (Brookes was by then 81), the two men built up a great rapport, Brookes sharing the dream of an international Olympian movement with de Coubertain. ==Modern Olympics== In *…
Fish and chips — 2021-08-14 20:10:50
…ps == ~-[[CategoryFood]]:[[1800s]] {{Image url="FishnChips.jpg" class="right" title="Fish and Chips" width="400" }} The Great British Invention consisting of battered white fish, usually Cod, and potato chips (the Belgian invention called //frit…
Football — 2021-08-14 19:52:33
…s founded in [[England]]. == The meeting == {{Image url="FA_Freemasons1863.jpg" class="right" title="Freemasons pub. Great place for a meeting." width="400" }}It was realised that the game needed a set of rules, so being British there's no be…
…tter place to do this than the 'Local' [[pub]] over a pint. In the **Freemasons' Tavern** in Great Queen Street, [[London]] on 26 October 1863 rules for the modern game were laid down over a series of meetings. ::c:: …
Vibrator — 2021-08-14 19:48:28
…massage**" was a common treatment of female hysteria (//overwhelming or unmanageable emotional excess in the womb//) in Great Britain during the Victorian Era. This manipulation was to cause "**hysterical paroxysm**" (outburst from the womb) in…
Dinosaur — 2021-08-12 20:42:55
…nomic group - which he named **Dinosauria**. The word dinosaur from Greek //dino// "terrible", "awesome" or "fearfully great" and //saurus// for "lizard". So you can think of a dinosaur as an ''**Awesome lizard**'' {{Image url="Sir_Richard_Ow…
Everest — 2021-08-11 11:40:16
…s born in Gwernvale Manor, just west of Crickhowell in Powys, [[Wales]], in 1790. In 1856, George Everest headed the //Great Trigonometrical Survey of India// established mount Everest as the highest mountain in the world at 29,002 feet. {{Ima…
Chocolate Bar — 2021-08-09 22:11:02
…ch finer powder than had previously been achieved. The machine could not only grind more thoroughly but it could output greater amounts of ground cocoa. This gave the chocolateers more time and energy to improve the product to the confectionery…
Wellington Boot — 2021-08-09 21:58:54
…ngton original Boots" width="200" }} Arthur Wellesley was born in Dublin [[Ireland]] of Anglo-Irish descent. After his great victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in **1815**, Wellington became a British hero and a somewhat fashion ic…
Shire Horse — 2021-08-09 21:35:31
…irst mentioned in around 1066 probably brought into England after the Norman Conquest. From this developed the "English Great Horse". The **Packington Blind Horse Stallion** is recognised as the father of the Shire Breed. He came from Packington…
Pub — 2021-08-09 21:19:14
…]] {{Image url="Pub1.jpg" title="A typical English country pub" class="right" }} ::c:: == Beginnings == **Probably the greatest British Invention of them all!** The 'Pub', short for **Public House**, has a very long history. The Brits have b…
Fire Extinguisher — 2021-08-09 21:05:28
…liam Manby" width="360" birth_date="28 November 1765" birth_place="Denver" death_date="18 November 1854" death_place="Great Yarmouth" }} === George William Manby 1813 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[1800s]] Captain **George William Manby** was …
Cowboy — 2021-08-09 21:03:46
…tending cattle//, a young male cow herder. === England 1620 === 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…
…**, not referring to a man, but to a //race horse//. The word enters printed use in the U.S. at about the same time the great cattle drives were ending ~1870. N.American cattle herders called themselves **vacquero** a Spanish word that was Angl…
Industrial Revolution — 2021-08-08 21:48:46
… Brunel was a British engineer born in Portsmouth, [[Hampshire]]. He took all these advances in iron and used them with great effect. He created of the '''Great Western Railway''', a series of famous steamships, and numerous important bridges an…
…ering "firsts", including assisting in the building of the first tunnel under a navigable river and development of **SS Great Britain** in 1843 in Bristol [[Gloucestershire]], the first propeller-driven ocean-going iron ship, which was at the ti…
…me also the largest ship ever built. {{Image url="SSGreatBritain.jpg" }} …
Bearings — 2021-08-08 20:30:19
…irect contact between the axle and wheel to reduce the wear. == Literally a Revolution == If the wheel is one of mans greatest inventions the bearing is close behind. Vaughans bearings made carriage travel more comfortable lessened the strain …
Marmalade — 2021-08-08 18:49:30
…s for a //Marmelet of Oranges// that compares to the marmalade we know today. == Family Ties == One of Janet Keiller's great-great-great-great grandsons is the British television presenter Monty Don.…
Sunday School — 2021-08-08 18:39:06
…ks, spelling books, Bible study books, and copies of the Scriptures for the Sunday schools. By 1831, Sunday schools in Great Britain were teaching **1.25 million children** every week, approximately 25 percent of the population. They were the …
Vaccination — 2021-08-07 23:07:23
…lklore of the countryside, that milkmaids who suffered the mild disease of cowpox never contracted smallpox, one of the greatest killers of the period, particularly amongst children. A farmer named Jesty from Yetminster in 1774 gave his wife E…
Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
…e="" class="right" width="200" }} {{Image url="1868Exhb.jpg" class="left" width="300" title="Stringfellows model at the Great Exhibition" }} Stringfellow demonstrated a steam-powered triplane at an exhibition arranged by the '''Aeronautical Soc…
…iety of Great Britain''' (founded in 1866) at the Crystal Palace, London, in 1868. The plane was flown indoors from a wire unmanned a…
Marmite — 2021-04-03 10:38:16
…of Marmite was boosted when [[Vitamins]] were discovered by [[Vitamins|William Fletcher]]. Yeast was discovered to be a great source of five important 'B' vitamins. As a result Marmite was included in soldiers' ration packs during **World War I*…
Electric Toaster — 2020-12-01 01:05:39
…en. His passion for engineering began early. In his autobiography, Reminiscences, Crompton tells of a trip to London 's Great Exhibition of 1851. His schooling started at Sharow, near Ripon in Yorkshire, along with 19 other boys, aged between 7…
Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
…Sport :: === Sport Invented in Great Britain === ~-[[CategorySport]] {{Image url="Sport.jpg" class="right" width="250px}} {{{toc}}} == Football 1863 == …
…ke shape. In 1863 the first Football Association (F.A.) was founded in [[England]]. In the '''Freemasons' Tavern''' in Great Queen Street, London on 26 October 1863 rules for the modern game were laid down over a series of meetings. Central to …
Vacuum cleaner — 2020-10-11 23:24:10
…ing company, Charlotte Mary in 1903. The couple had two children, Francis and Edward. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wheel | Earl Court Great Wheel]] …
Shakespeare — 2020-08-21 08:52:48
… born in Stratford-upon-Avon in [[Warwickshire]], [[England]]. An English poet, playwright, and actor, regarded as the greatest writer and dramatist in the English language. His father, John Shakespeare, was a glove maker and wool merchant and …
Hydraulics — 2020-08-17 13:24:35
…ad been developing. {{Image url="ArmstrongCrane.jpg" class="left" title="Armstrong Crane" width="" }} The crane was a great success, making Newcastle one of the busiest ports, so Armstrong set up business producing his hydraulic cranes. They w…
Life Boat — 2020-08-17 09:00:19
…Databox caption="Inventor" Image="LionelLukin.jpg" Who="Lionel Lukin" width="300" birth_date="18 May 1742" birth_place="Great Dunmow, [[Essex]]" death_date="16 February 1834" death_place="Hythe, Kent" }} === Lionel Lukin 1785 === ~-[[CategoryTr…
Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25
…ttle Centre' it includes a pub called the **Whittle**. == Shrinking the World == ~& The jet engine remains the single greatest revolution in aviation since the Wright brothers flight in 1903. Imagine a world now without this invention. The j…
Plastic Surgery — 2020-08-06 08:24:01
…d medicine in Cambridge, England later he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and worked as a medical minder during the Great War where he experienced pioneering skin grafts on wounded soldiers. {{Image url="PlasticSurgery.jpg" class="left" ti…
Gravity — 2020-08-06 08:19:13
…tudy. ||{{{toc}}}||{{adsense}}|| Isaac (1642 - 1727) was born just a short time after the death of Galileo, one of the greatest scientists of all time. Galileo had proved that the planets revolve around the sun, not the earth as people thought …
…as the force of attraction between two objects. He also understood that an object with more matter –mass- exerted the greater force, or pulled smaller object toward it. That meant that the large mass of the earth pulled objects toward it. That…
Whisky — 2016-05-26 10:22:03
…ge url="WhiskyJohnCor.jpg" class="right" title="Friar John Cor" width="" }} James IV of Scotland (r. 1488–1513) had a great liking for Scotch whisky and in **1494 Friar John Cor** received permission to produce ‘water of life’ from King Ja…
Mary Poppins — 2016-05-05 17:16:51
…*. Published in London in **1934**, Mary Poppins was Travers' first literary success. Many sequels followed. Travers' great aunt, Helen Morehead, who lived in Woollahra, Sydney, and when she visited Travers (Helen Lyndon Goff) in **Queensland*…

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