1. Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51

   …h anti-aircraft batteries did well). Even though the Zeppelins were over 700 feet long and moved at only 60 miles per hour, in the 20 raids where fighters were launched, they only saw the target three times, and were never able to attack. ==…

2. Telephone — 2023-09-23 15:57:07

   …on to transmit the human voice. Elisha Gray claims he too invented the telephone, but Bell got to the patent office an hour or so before he did. It is said that Antonio Meucci also succeeded with the invention before Bell. Because Bell had t…

3. Winston Churchill — 2023-08-27 16:11:42

   …me Minister on May 10, 1940. He was later to write: 'I felt...that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial'. Parallels with later events in the EU? == Negotiator == From the opposition party Labour politi…
   …cian Hugh Dalton said Churchill was 'the only man we have for this hour'. This view was shared by the overwhelming majority of the British people. As Germany invaded Europe Churchill used his…

4. Cambridge Cream — 2022-05-20 08:48:45

   …ns and bake at 150 °C / 300 °F / Gas 2 for about 30 minutes, until set. Leave to cool and refrigerate for a couple of hours. A couple of hours before serving, preheat the grill to its highest temperature. Sprinkle the remaining sugar over th…

5. YMCA — 2022-05-17 05:19:39

   …of commerce and industry brought many rural young men who needed jobs into cities like London. They worked __10 to 12 hours a day, six days a week__. George wanted to help these poor young men who often lived at their workplace and were easy …

6. Rotating Boat Lift — 2022-05-03 17:19:08

   …o finely balanced it takes just 22.5 kilowatts (30.2 hp) to power ten hydraulic motors, which consume just 1.5 kilowatt-hours per half-turn, roughly the same as boiling 8 kettles.…

7. Concorde — 2021-08-20 11:08:12

   …British Concorde at the Filton airfield in South [[Gloucestershire]]. Concorde could fly from New York to London in **2 hours 56 minutes**. Development for Concorde started in 1956 and it was still operational in 2003! Truly amazing. ::c:: == …

8. MRI Scan — 2021-08-20 11:04:59

   …ly localise NMR signals in a paper published in 1973. His method would speed up the process of producing images from an hour to a fraction of a second. A medical diagnostic application was further progressed by the development of a rapid imagin…

9. Rubber — 2021-08-12 20:24:10

   …}} **Thomas Hancock** patented in **1843**, a process whereby heating rubber and **sulphur** together at 155°C for two hours gave a horn-like solid containing 30% sulphur. Hancock took out another patent on May 21st, 1845 to try to protect his…

10. Can — 2021-08-09 21:53:19

    …Mass Production == In 1846, **Henry Evans** invents a machine that can manufacture tin cans at a rate of sixty (60) per hour, a significant increase over the previous rate of only six per hour.…

11. Sandwich — 2021-08-08 20:40:14

    …lar world-wide fast food. The word sandwich that we use today was born in [[London]] [[England]] during the very late hours one night in **1762** when an English nobleman, John Montagu (1718-1792), the **Fourth Earl of Sandwich**, was too bus…

12. Sunday School — 2021-08-08 18:39:06

    …g proprietor of the **Gloucester Journal**. == Sweatshops == Before the Sunday School movement children would work 12 hours a day or longer in the mills and sweatshops 5 or 6 days a week. Raikes knew that the future was grim for these childre…

13. Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49

    …d in 1866) at the Crystal Palace, London, in 1868. The plane was flown indoors from a wire unmanned at twenty miles per hour in front of the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sunderland. The exhibition gave world-wide exposure to gains in fligh…

14. Banoffi Pie — 2020-12-01 00:13:56

    …dding lies in the condensed milk. ~- Immerse the cans unopened in a deep pan of boiling water. ~- Cover and boil for 3 hours making sure that the pan does not boil dry. ~- Remove the tin from the water and allow to cool completely before openi…

15. Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52

    …s locomotive, **Puffing Devil**, successfully carried **10 tons** of iron, **5 **wagons and** 70** men 9.75 miles in 4 hours and 5 minutes. ::cl:: == George Stephenson (1781-1848) == {{Image url="Stephenson.gif" class="right" title="George St…
    …n 27 September 1825. Driven by Stephenson, Locomotion hauled an 80-ton load of coal and flour nine miles (15 km) in two hours, reaching a speed of 24 miles per hour (39 km/h) on one stretch. The first purpose-built passenger car, dubbed Experim…

16. Greenwich Meridian — 2020-08-06 08:03:21

    …t possible to measure accurately. It was known in the 17th century that the earth turns 360° every day, or 15° every hour. So if you travelled 15° eastward, the local time moves one hour ahead and travelling West, the local time moves back …
    …one hour. == John Flamsteed 1675 == {{Databox Image="John_Flamsteed.jpg" Who="John Flamsteed" width="300" birth_date="19 Augu…

17. Grand Theft Auto — 2017-05-11 15:45:29

    …d vice president of creativity for **Rockstar Games**. === Rockstar North === **Grand Theft Auto V **is the Highest 24 hour revenue generating entertainment product, and the Fastest entertainment property to gross **$1 billion**. {{Image url="…
    …kstar North** and published by Rockstar Games, the action-adventure video game sold 11.21 million units in its first 24 hours, and generated revenue of £511.8 million. It reached £624.45 million ($1b) in sales after just three days on Septem…

MUIB Made up in Britain

• Inventions
• Site Map
• By Date
• Time Line
• Search:
• Try a Random Page