1. Modern Farming — 2023-10-09 23:44:30

   …ough (plow in old English) can still be seen today. His genius design allowed for grass and weeds to be pulled from the ground and left on the surface to die. <<{{amazon type="book" items="1166260496" }}<< Jethro Tull wrote a book “**Horse hoe…

2. Portland Cement — 2023-10-08 00:16:46

   …klayer living in the Hunslet district of Leeds, [[Yorkshire]]. In his kitchen the inventor heated a mixture of finely ground limestone and clay in his stove and ground the mixture into a powder to create a hydraulic cement that hardened with th…

3. Electronic Computer — 2023-10-07 10:38:05

   …ing **electronic** computer. {{Image url="Lorenz-sz40.jpg" class="left" title="Lorenz sz40" width="" }} == Humble Background == Flowers was born in [[London]], [[England]] the son of a **bricklayer**. He started his apprenticeship as a mechani…

4. Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35

   …aft but commercial 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…

5. Stereo — 2023-09-23 15:56:38

   …d. == War effort == EMI and Alan Blumlein were part of the team that developed and tested the circuitry of the H2S air-ground radar system throughout the spring and early summer of 1942. It was during this series of tests on 7 June 1942, that t…

6. LCD — 2023-09-23 15:53:09

   …ld-effect and did not require the presence of impurities, and George focused on finding new materials for this. == Background == The liquid crystal materials known then had to be heated to 70ºC or more, usually decomposed in a few minutes and w…

7. Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21

   …ius == Parker was a very inventive pioneer in the electrical field. He was responsible for electrifying the London Underground and Blackpool electric Tram. {{Image url="ThomasParkerElectricCar.jpg" class="left" title="Thomas Parker in his Electri…

8. Ice Cream Cone — 2021-08-14 20:22:38

   …ft" title="Ice Cream Cone" width="" }} ~- 4oz (110g) caster or ultra-fine sugar ~- 4oz (110g) plain flour ~- 8oz (225g) ground almonds ~- 4 medium eggs ~- Half a tsp vanilla extract ~- 2 tbsp rose-water == Ahead of her Time == Agnes began to sel…

9. Dinosaur — 2021-08-12 20:42:55

   …rl="Sir_Richard_Owen_plaque.jpg" class="left" title="Sir Richard Owen plaque" width="" }} ""<br clear="right">"" == Background == The palaeontologist, came from a poor background in [[Lancashire]] to become what we might call a celebrity scientis…

10. Sewing Machine — 2021-08-11 11:41:32

    …one who had suffered at the hands of Singer's lawyers years earlier. 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 machin…

11. Lawn Mower — 2021-08-10 08:19:36

    ….jpg" title="Budding Mower" width="300" class="left" }}Budding's mower was designed primarily to cut the lawn on sports grounds and expansive gardens as a superior alternative to the scythe. His patent of **25 October 1830** described //"a new co…
    …lication of machinery for the purpose of cropping or shearing the vegetable surfaces of lawns, grass-plats and pleasure grounds. Country gentlemen may find in using my machine themselves an amusing, useful and healthy exercise."// >>{{image url=…
    …how artistic mowing on grass can be. {{Image url="LeicesterKingPower.jpg" class="left-right" title="Leicester Football Ground by John Ledwidge" width="" }} == Adjustable Wrench == {{Image url="BuddingWrench.jpg" class="right" title="Budding sc…

12. Zoo — 2021-08-09 22:18:40

    …levator | Decimus Burton]] (1800-1881 whose name derives from being the tenth of ten children) was asked to lay out the grounds and housing for the animals in London Zoo. == Bristol Zoo == {{Image url="BristolZoo.jpg" class="left" title="Brist…

13. Chocolate Bar — 2021-08-09 22:11:02

    …n 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 candy bar that is n…

14. Float Glass — 2020-12-08 00:24:27

    … Brothers had also innovated. Because there was glass-to-roller contact, surfaces were marked. The glass then had to be ground and polished to produce the parallel surfaces of optical perfection to the finished product. == Pilkingtons process ==…
    …ect flat glass. == Old glass == Ribbon glass from a furnace - was cheaper than polished plate glass because it was not ground or polished, but it was unacceptable for high-quality applications. It was known as horticultural glass. == Foreign Li…

15. Banoffi Pie — 2020-12-01 00:13:56

    …firm bananas 375ml of double cream Half a teaspoon powdered instant coffee 1 dessertspoon caster sugar A little freshly ground coffee **Preparation** ~- Preheat the oven to gas mark 5 (400F, ). Lightly grease a 10in x 1.5in flan tin. ~- Line th…
    …nas lengthways and lay them on the toffee. ~- Finally spoon or pipe on the cream and lightly sprinkle over the freshly ground coffee. …

16. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47

    … consisted of whole villages playing the game with the objective of hitting the ball into the opposing villages' common ground. Teams often consisted of 60 to 100 players and games occasionally lasted several days or so with injuries such as brok…
    …orm the basis of the modern ones. The Courier of 23 July 1884 recorded one of the first tennis tournaments, held in the grounds of Shrubland Hall.(demolished 1948) One of the first real or royal tennis courts was built in Bedford Street to the N…

17. Underwater Tunnel — 2020-10-11 23:44:16

    … foiled the attempt. - 1805, Robert Vazie (b.1758) and Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) tried but water ingress and poor ground conditions led to the works being abandoned. == Advanced Tunnelling == {{Image url=" BrunelTunnellingShield.jpg" class…
    …le then building inside, Marc Brunel had the 50 foot wide and 42 foot high shaft built on top of a 25-ton iron hoop, at ground level. This structure was then sunk into the soft earth under its own weight! Crowds came everyday to see the shaft di…
    …sappearing into the ground. The shaft is now next to the Brunel Museum in Rotherhithe village. {{Image url="ThamesTunnelOpen.jpg" class="right" ti…

18. Monty Python — 2020-08-06 07:48:50

    …ese, John Terry, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman and Terry Gillam. Monty Python’s Flying Circus, it's full title, was a ground breaking surreal comedy [[Television]] sketch show of 45 episodes broadcast by the BBC between 1969 and 1974. The sho…

19. Underground Railway — 2019-10-23 19:35:16

    … was suffering from horse-drawn traffic congestion and pollution that was holding back business. The idea of an underground system was thought up by the London City solicitor, **Charles Pearson**. {{Image url="CharlesPearson.jpg" class="right…
    … width="300" }}He persuaded the City Corporation to put up money and was probably the most important figure in the underground’s creation. Unfortunately he never got to see his dream as he died of dropsy on 14 September 1862, only a few months …
    …child came to life. == Huge project == Using Victorian ingenuity and technical engineering expertise an elaborate underground system of rail links were built. The chief engineer was **John Fowler**, the leading railway engineer of the day. He d…
    …t would be the envy of other capital cities around the world who all wanted their own **Metro**. In 1890 the first underground electric railway opened, the City and South London, which ran from near the Bank of England under the Thames to the Sou…

20. Stonehenge — 2018-01-26 21:52:34

    …Wessex area. == Size == The tallest upright stone at Stonehenge is 22 feet high (6.7m), with another 8ft (2.4m) below ground = **30ft** (9.1m) long and has an estimated weight of 40-50 tons. That is higher than a 3 storey building and weighing…

21. Whisky — 2016-05-26 10:22:03

    …ly monastic production and when King Henry VIII of England dissolved the monasteries in 1541 production was forced underground and overnight. It was this period when whisky received its famous nickname **"moonshine"**. == Then there's Whiskey …

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