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Stockings — 2023-12-30 23:58:55
…"1563" birth_place="Calverton" died="1614" death_place="" }} === William Lee 1589 === [[Society]]:[[1500s]] William Lee invented the first stocking frame knitting machine in 1589. His machine took the traditional heavy hosiery to fine silk stockin…
FAX — 2023-10-09 23:52:19
…ucting and non-conducting materials can be taken by these means". {{TOC}} == Electric clocks 1841 == Bain had already invented the electric clock. Using this knowledge he felt he could improve [[Telegraph|telegraphy]] by transmitting copies of a…
Internal Combustion Engine — 2023-10-09 23:51:33
…ngland in 1881. ~i)1884: British engineer Edward Butler constructed the first petrol internal combustion engine. Butler invented the spark plug, ignition magneto, coil ignition and spray jet carburetor. {{Image url="Hornsby-Akroyd-Engine.jpg" class…
Vacuum Flask — 2023-10-09 23:46:28
…rch 1923" death_place="London" }} [[CategoryInventions]]: [[Domestic]] === James Dewar 1904 === The vacuum flask was invented by the Scottish physicist James Dewar (1842-1923) was also a brilliant experimental physicist. He was born at Kincard…
Lever Brothers — 2023-10-09 23:43:45
… William & James worked in their fathers small grocery business. A local Bolton chemist, **William Hough Watson**, had invented a new process to make soap, using glycerin and vegetable oils or palm oil, rather than tallow fat. In 1885 the brothers…
Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36
… url="Aeolipile.jpg" width="150" class="left" title="Aeolipile" }} The first recorded steam device, the aeolipile, was invented by Hero of Alexandria in the 1st century AD, but used only as a toy. ::c:: == Back in Britain == {{Image url="Somerset.…
…e French physicist Denis Papin, with the help of Gottfried Leibniz, built a steam digester for softening bones, i.e. he invented the world's first-ever pressure cooker. Later designs implemented a steam-release valve to keep the device from explodi…
Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51
…ace="Scotland" }} === Robert Watson-Watt 1935 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]: [[CategoryScience]]: [[1900s]] Watson-Watt invented **RADAR** for the detection of enemy aircraft in 1935. Born April 13, 1892 in Brechin in Angus, [[Scotland]], he was a…
…ions (SAT) to the Air Ministry. In 1940, Watson-Watt, assisted by John Randall and Henry Boot of Birmingham University, invented the cavity magnetron. This produced a compact source of short-wave radio waves and allowed Fighter Command to detect in…
Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35
…=== ~-[[CategoryInventions]]: [[CategoryIndustry]]: [[CategoryTransport]]: [[1900s]] The first working hovercraft was invented and patented by the English inventor Christopher Cockerell (1910 - 1999) in **1956.** {{{toc}}} One of the most success…
Vacuum Tube — 2023-09-23 15:57:19
… === [[Technology]]:[[1900s]] Sir John Ambrose Fleming ( 1849 – 1945) born in Lancaster, [[Lancashire]], [[England]] invented the first **thermionic valve** or vacuum tube, or just **valve** as it was known. He received a patent on November 16, …
Telephone — 2023-09-23 15:57:07
….jpg" class="left" title="Bell Centennial Transmitter" width="400" }} His father, who taught deaf people how to speak, invented "Visible Speech". This was a code which showed how the tongue, lips, and throat were positioned to make speech sounds. …
…t * because other people were also trying to make an invention 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 succ…
Stereo — 2023-09-23 15:56:38
…Hampstead" death_date="7/6/1942" death_place="Welsh Bicknor" }} **Alan Dower Blumlein** born in [[London]], [[England]] invented //stereophonic sound// recording and transmission in 1931. {{toc}} == At the Talkies == Before Blumleins invention aud…
Radio — 2023-09-23 15:56:24
…6 === ~-[[Communication]]:[[Technology]]:[[1800s]] {{Databox width="250" Image="Marconi.jpg" Who="Guglielmo Marconi" Invented="Radio" Birth_date="25/4/1874" death_date="20/7/1937" }} **Guglielmo Marconi** gave the first public transmission of wi…
PIN — 2023-09-23 15:56:10
…width="350" Born="1937" Birth_place="Paisley [[Scotland ]]" death_date="now" }} The Personal Identification Number was invented by Goodfellow in 1966 to secure cash ATM machines. Referred to as the 'Chip & PIN' system. === James Goodfellow 1966 =…
Lithium-ion Battery — 2023-09-23 15:53:22
…ions using titanium(IV) sulphide and lithium metal as the electrodes. He discovered the intercalation electrodes and invented the first rechargeable lithium-ion battery, patented in 1977. == Awards == He is known as the Founding Father of lithi…
iPod — 2023-09-23 15:52:55
…date="April 23, 1956" birth_place="" death_date="now" death_place="" }} Mr Kramer b.1956 of Hitchin, [[Hertfordshire]], invented and built the device in 1979 – when he was just 23. {{{toc}}} His invention, called the IXI, stored only 3.5 minutes…
Electric Motor — 2023-09-23 15:52:02
…ted contact by the different metals. Dilute sulphuric acid was used to charge the battery. == Galvanometer == He also invented the first suspended coil galvanometer, a device for measuring current. Sturgeon died in poverty and is buried in an o…
Digital Photography — 2023-09-23 12:04:21
…2.** Tompsett was a researcher at **English Electric Valve Company** (EEV now E2V) in Chelmsford. In 1968 Dr Tompsett invented the un-cooled Pyro-electric thermal-imaging camera tube. He also invented a solid-state version, which is now the basis…
Bouncing bomb — 2023-09-23 12:03:28
…ns]]:[[Technology]] === Barnes Wallis 1943 === Sir Barnes Neville Wallis, (26 September 1887 – 30 October 1979). He invented the "bouncing bombs" used by 617 Squadron ("**The Dam Busters**") to breach the Möhne and Eder dams in Germany in 1943…
Automatic watch — 2023-09-23 12:03:07
…h == {{image url="JohnHarwood.jpg" class="right" title="John Harwood" width="250" }} {{toc}} === John Harwood 1923 === Invented in 1923 by John Harwood (1893 – 1964), a watch repairer from Bolton [[Lancashire]] who took out a **UK patent** with …
ATM — 2023-09-23 12:02:41
… lukewarm response and only one sale. ::c:: == The Process == Plastic bank cards with magnetic strips had still to be invented, Shepherd-Barron's early machines used special cheques called "Barclaycash" that were chemically coded with impregnated…
Worcestershire Sauce — 2023-09-18 19:06:46
… with a savoury aromatic scent and a wonderfully unique taste. Lea & Perrins Original '''Worcestershire Sauce''' was '''invented''' and in 1837 began to be produced commercially. == How Original == But this was not the first mention of **"Worceste…
…had good sales in sauces. It is most likely that **Lea & Perrins** needed to make their sauce seem unique and possibly invented the events to make their sauce stand out from the competition. == Commercial Production == {{Image url="JohnWheeleyLe…
Toilet — 2023-09-08 09:57:11
…le="Joseph Bramah" }}>> (1748 - December 9, 1814), born Stainborough, Yorkshire, England. [[Hydraulics|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 t…
…n overflow. Although the parts were in a wooden case, the toilet did smell. The 'U-bend', or the water-sealed trap, was invented in 1782. This could replace the outlet valve. Because it could not jam, it did not need an overflow. === Josiah George…
… Jennings 1852 === Born on 10 November 1810 in Eling, England. In 1852, Jennings invented the wash-out design with a shallow pan emptying into an S-trap. He popularised public lavatories or 'Retiring Rooms' by…
….jpg" title="Thomas Crapper" width="180" }}>> Born 1836 Waterside, Yorkshire, England. During the 1880s Thomas Crapper invented the siphonic system for emptying the cistern. This avoided the problem of leaks common with the earlier floating valve …
Hose clamp — 2023-04-06 17:55:49
…0 August 1939" death_place="Jersey" }} === Lumley Robinson 1921 === [[1900s]] [[CategoryIndustry]] The Jubilee Clip was invented by Commander Lumley Robinson in 1921. It is a hose band clamp designed to make a watertight connection of a soft hose t…
Pay Toilet — 2022-09-27 07:23:49
…h_place="Cheltenham" death_date="18/5/1917" death_place="London" }} {{toc}} Maskelyne was an English stage magician. He invented the first modern pay toilet in the late 19th century. His door lock for London toilets required the insertion of a penn…
Custard — 2022-09-19 23:50:44
…1837 === ~-[[CategoryFood]]:[[1800s]] Alfred Bird was born in Nympsfield, [[Gloucestershire]], [[England]] in 1811. He invented a new egg free custard for his wife in 1837 that became **Bird's Custard Powder**. Alfred was a food manufacturer and…
Plastic — 2022-09-01 08:57:23
…s a British chemist and inventor noted for his development of various industrial processes and materials and for having invented the first plastic that Parkes patented in **1856** ||{{{toc}}}|||| == Celluloid called Parkesine == His interest in th…
Lava Lamp — 2022-08-29 08:39:00
…ath_place="Ringwood" }} === Edward Craven-Walker 1963 === ~-[[Entertainment]]::[[Arts]]::[[1900s]] Edward Craven-Walker invented his psychedelic Astro lamp in 1963. The idea came from an egg-timer he saw in a [[Dorset]] pub that was made by a regu…
Loudspeaker — 2021-11-07 21:26:37
…ic]]:[[1800s]] The first loudspeaker to be driven by a **moving coil** – known today as dynamic loudspeakers – was invented by a British physicist Oliver Lodge in 1898. {{Image url="Speaker.jpg" class="left" title="Speaker" width="300" }} ::…
Microphone — 2021-11-07 21:26:04
…lace="London" }} === David Edward Hughes 1878 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[Communication]]:[[Music]]:[[1800s]] Hughes invented the first practical working carbon microphone in 1878. David Edward Hughes was probably born in Corwen [[Wales]] in 1…
Trouser Press — 2021-08-26 11:11:31
…ty]]:[[1900s]] The Corby trouser press, an electrical appliance used to smooth the creases from a pair of trousers, was invented by Peter Corby in 1930. Peter began producing the press in Windsor with the help of his father. His first customer was …
Workmate — 2021-08-20 11:10:56
…th_place="Jersey" }} === Ron Hickman 1961 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]:[[Domestic]]:[[1900s]] {{toc}} **Ron Hickman** invented the massively popular Black & Decker '''Workmate®''' workbench in 1961 after a home DIY disaster. He had sawn a chair …
Intraocular Lens — 2021-08-20 10:40:24
…thalmologists. At the end of the 1980s he himself had the lenses in both his eyes replaced. "I am the only man to have invented his own operation," he reflected. {{tag ids="Eye Cataracts Intraocular Lens Surgery Ophthalmologist "}}…
Bovril — 2021-08-14 20:09:04
…[CategoryFood]]:[[1800s]] Bovril, the concentrated essence of beef that is diluted with hot water to make a drink, was invented by John Johnston. {{Image url="BovrilJar.jpg" class="left" title="Bovril Jar" width="300" }} === John Johnston 1870 =…
Photography — 2021-08-14 19:57:18
…1800 – 17 September 1877) took the first **reproducible photograph** in 1835. He was born in Melbury, [[Dorset]] and invented the salted paper and calotype process that allowed images to be permanently fixed. **Thomas Wedgwood** had already mad…
Saline Drip — 2021-08-12 20:46:29
…3" death_place="" }} === Thomas Latta 1832 === [[Medical]]:[[1800s]] Thomas Aitchison Latta (1796 – 19 October 1833) invented the intravenous saline infusion in 1832. {{TOC}} Intravenous therapy (IV) is a method of rehydration that delivers flui…
Dinosaur — 2021-08-12 20:42:55
…" class="right" title="Richard Owen" Birth_date="20 July 1804" Death_date="18 Dec 1892" }} The word ''Dinosaur'' was invented by **Richard Owen**. {{Image url="Megalosaurus.jpg" class="left" title="Megalosaurus" width="" }} Although dinosaur fo…
Christmas Cracker — 2021-08-12 20:39:19
… {{Image url="TomSmithCrackerPoster.jpg" class="left" title="Tom Smith Cracker cover from 1906.\nSanta before Coca-Cola invented him!" width="400" }} Eureka! Now it all came together. The tube to hold the toy, a corny joke and a paper hat all flew …
Hypodermic Syringe — 2021-08-12 20:33:54
…817" birth_place="Fife, Scotland" death_date="26 February 1884" }} In 1853, Wood (1817 – 1884) born in [[Scotland]] invented the first hypodermic needle that used a true syringe and hollow needle. Alexander Wood was the first to develop a syri…
Steel — 2021-08-12 20:31:45
…ate="15 Mar 1898" death_place="London" }} == Henry Bessemer 1856 == ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[1800s]] Sir Henry Bessemer invented the first industrial process for **mass-producing** steel inexpensively in 1856. Until the Bessemer-process steel makin…
Horlicks — 2021-08-12 20:30:08
…36" death_place="Racine, Wisconsin" }} === William & James Horlick 1873 === ~-[[CategoryFood]]:[[1800s]] Horlicks was invented in 1873 by William Horlick (1846-1936) and his brother James (1844-1921) from [[Gloucestershire]], [[England]]. {{Imag…
Baking Powder — 2021-08-12 20:27:52
…ht" title="Alfred Bird" width="300" }} Alfred Bird was born in Nympsfield, [[Gloucestershire]], [[England]] in 1811. He invented **Baking Powder** in 1843. He was pharmacist and set up a chemist's shop in Birmingham 1837. {{Image url="AlfredBirdBa…
Rubber — 2021-08-12 20:24:10
…hers then started an "elastic works" to manufacture items using the rubber springs. == Mastication == In 1820 Hancock invented his most important device: the '''rubber masticator'''. He designed a machine with revolving teeth that tore up rubber …
Sewing Machine — 2021-08-11 11:41:32
…ds Thomas Saint, inventor of the sewing machine, 1790. */ == Links == [[http://ismacs.net/sewing_machine_articles/who_invented_the_sewing_machine.html | History of the Sewing Machine]]…
Blood transfusion — 2021-08-10 08:28:02
…en 1825 and 1830, Blundell performed 10 transfusions, five of which were beneficial, and published his results. He also invented a number of instruments for the transfusion of blood. {{Image url="Blood-Transfusion.jpg" class="left" title="Blood Tr…
Adjustable Spanner — 2021-08-10 08:22:45
…lyburnSpanner1843.jpg" class="right" title="Original Clyburn Spanner 1843 10½ʺ" width="500" }}{{TOC}} Richard Clyburn invented the adjustable spanner in 1842. He registered the design in September 1843. This versatile tool can be adjusted to fit …
Lawn Mower — 2021-08-10 08:19:36
…ustry]]:[[1800s]] {{{toc}}} {{image url="Envoy.gif" class="left" title="Modern mower" width="220" }} The lawn mower was invented in **1830** by Edwin Beard Budding, an engineer from Stroud, [[Gloucestershire]], [[England]]. Budding was inspired aft…
…ustable Wrench == {{Image url="BuddingWrench.jpg" class="right" title="Budding screw wrench" width="500" }}Budding also invented an **adjustable spanner** or 'screw wrench' around **1842**, registered in 1843. An alternative //crest headed// adjust…
Match — 2021-08-09 22:35:30
…" death_place="" }} === John Walker 1826 === ~-[[Domestic]]:[[CategoryScience]]:[[1800s]] The **friction match** was invented in 1826 by English chemist John Walker from Stockton-on-Tees [[Durham]], [[England]]. == The Friction Match == {{Imag…
…"right" title="Congreve matchbox" width="" }} He called his matches “**Congreves**” after the Congreve’s rocket invented in 1808. The price of a box of 50 matches was one shilling. Included with each box was a piece of sandpaper to **strik…
…e a light** with. == Improvements == In 1829, Scots inventor Sir Isaac Holden invented an improved version of Walker's match. A version of Holden's match was patented by Samuel Jones, and these were sold as…
Nature Reserve — 2021-08-09 22:30:53
…ving the soapworks moved. {{Image url="WaltonHall.jpg" class="right" title="Walton Hall" }} == The Bird Box == He also invented the '''bird nesting box'''. Walton Hall is now open to the public as a nature trail. {{Image url="Nestbox.jpg" width="…
…100" title="Waterton invented the nesting box" }} ||{{Image url="Kingfisher.jpg" width="200" }}||{{Image url="Badger.gif" width="200" }}||{{Image u…
Kaleidoscope — 2021-08-09 22:20:04
…/2/1868" death_place=" Allerby, Melrose, Roxburghshire " }} === Sir David Brewster 1816 === ~-[[1800s]] David Brewster invented the kaleidoscope in 1816. {{Image url="kaleidoscope.gif" class="left" title="kaleidoscope" width="" }}…
Chocolate Bar — 2021-08-09 22:11:02
…ocess and is now the //oldest chocolate confectionery bar//, and is still in production. == Easter Eggs == Fry's also invented the **Chocolate Easter Egg** which is now common throughout the world and popular even in non Christian countries.…
Can — 2021-08-09 21:53:19
…Can :: {{databox width="320" Image="PeterDurand.jpg" Who="Peter Durand" Invented="Food Can" birth_date="21 October 1766" death_date="23 July 1822" }} == Food Tin Can == ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[Catego…
…patent (No 3372) was granted on August 25, 1810 by King George III. /* event_date="25 August 1810" The tin food can is invented */ **Peter Durand** a merchant of Hoxton Square, [[Middlesex]], changed food preservation with his sterilized and seal…
Tarmac — 2021-08-09 21:38:37
…ell Hooley" birth_date="5/6/1860" birth_place="Swansea [[Wales]]" death_date="26/1/1942" death_place="Oxford England" Invented="Tarmac" }} {{Toc}} === Edgar Purnell Hooley 1902 === ~-[[1900s]] /* event_date="1902" Hooley patents Tarmac */ Hool…
Jigsaw Puzzle — 2021-08-09 21:24:39
… were all hand made on solid wood and were too expensive to be considered a toy. It took over 100 years after they were invented - that these ‘dissections’ began to be known as ‘**jigsaw puzzles**’ when manufacturers started producing cheap…
Fire Extinguisher — 2021-08-09 21:05:28
…ustry]]:[[1800s]] Captain **George William Manby** was born 28 November 1765 in Denver, [[Norfolk]]. In **1813** Manby invented and patented the "**Extincteur**", the first portable pressurised fire extinguisher. == Design == {{Image url="Antique…
Sparkling Wine — 2021-08-08 20:32:53
…_Digby.jpg" class="left" title="Sir Kenelm Digby" width="300" }} === Sir Kenelm Digby 1663 === In 1663 Sir Kenelm Digby invented the first wine bottle capable of withstanding the pressure of fermenting wine. Digby owned a glass works. His new manu…
…glass. A retired British Admiral, '''Sir Robert Mansell''', while searching for a way to make coloured glass, he had invented a manufacturing process incorporating the use of iron and manganese this also resulted in much stronger glass bottles. …
…erege''' who found 'The Elixir of Life'. This was decades before Dom Pérignon who is traditionally considered to have invented sparkling wine in Champagne around 1697 when he declared //“Come quickly, I am tasting the stars’’//. French mad…
Marmite — 2021-04-03 10:38:16
…but Marmite is the original. ===External Link === [[http://www.marmite.co.uk Marmite]] === HP Sauce === HP Sauce was invented in England at the end of the 19th century by Mr **FG Garton**, a [[Nottinghamshire Nottingham]] grocer. He was down on …
Banoffi Pie — 2020-12-01 00:13:56
…h="200" }} Banoffi pie is an English dessert pie made from bananas, cream and toffee from boiled condensed milk. It was invented at the [[http://www.hungrymonk.co.uk/ Hungry Monk Restaurant]] [[Sussex]] in 1972, originally called Banoffee Pie. ::…
Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52
…"TrevithickPuffingDevil.jpg" class="right" title="Trevithick Puffing Devil" width="300" }}No one person is said to have invented railway transportation but there are several people that helped move the early wagonways, that were used to [[CategoryT…
…enson constructed his first locomotive, 'Blucher', for hauling coal at Killingworth Colliery near Newcastle. In 1815 he invented a safety lamp for use in coalmines, nicknamed the 'Geordie'. == First Passengers == In 1821, the project to build the…
Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
…rge bridges. == Bobsleigh 1890 == {{Image url="Bobsleigh.jpg" class="right" width="120" }} Bobsleigh, was surprisingly invented by the English. A group of holidaymakers in Switzerland in 1890, wanted to create a sled that could carry people down t…
…Lake Placid in 1932. == Curling 1541 == {{Image url="Curling.jpg" class="right" width="120"}} The game of curling was invented in late medieval [[Scotland]], as evidenced by a curling stone inscribed with the date **1511**, uncovered along with a…
Vacuum cleaner — 2020-10-11 23:24:10
… width="300" }} === Hubert Cecil Booth 1901 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]::[[Domestic]]::[[1900s]] Hubert Cecil Booth invented the **Vacuum Cleaner** in 1901. {{{toc}}} /* BMD: Births Sep 1871 Booth Hubert Cecil Gloucester 6a 279 http://…
… hard. When he turned over the cloth, it was filthy from the dust that had been trapped in it. In his own words, he had invented the 'vacuum cleaner'. == 1901 and Puffing Billy == {{Image url="Booth1stvacuum.jpg" title="Booth's Puffing Billy" clas…
Silicone — 2020-09-22 23:25:26
… was born near Manchester, [[Lancashire]], [[England]]. he pioneered the study of the organic compounds of silicon and invented the term silicone. <<{{amazon type="book" items="B00B65Q1HY" }}<< He published 54 papers on the subject between 1899 an…
Shakespeare — 2020-08-21 08:52:48
…are_birthplace.jpg" class="right" title="shakespeare birthplace" width="400" }} === Pushing English === Shakespeare **invented** over 1700 of our common English words by changing nouns into verbs, changing verbs into adjectives, connecting words …
Pop Rivet — 2020-08-17 14:41:51
…] {{Image url="Pop-Rivet.jpg" class="right" title="Wylie Pop Rivet" width="350" }} British engineer Hamilton Neil Wylie invented the "Pop rivet" and patented his brainchild in 1916. Also called a blind rivet it allowed one person to fit a rivet wit…
Hydraulics — 2020-08-17 13:24:35
…ports, so Armstrong set up business producing his hydraulic cranes. They were exported all over the world. Armstrong invented the 'Hydraulic Accumulator' for places that didn't have existing water pressure. These were tall water towers 200 or 3…
Stevenson Screen — 2020-08-17 08:38:43
…"Edinburgh" }} === Sir Thomas Stevenson 1864 === ~-[[CategoryScience]]:[[1800s]] The international weather station was invented by the British engineer and meteorologist Sir Thomas Stevenson (1818-1887), the father of Robert Louis Stevenson. The …
Greenwich Meridian — 2020-08-06 08:03:21
…n at sea. Flamsteed and others used clocks and celestial objects for navigators but it wasn't until **John Harrison** invented his marine chronometer that the longitude at sea was fully mastered. Flamsteed had installed state-of-the-art pendul…
Obstetrical Forceps — 2020-06-28 13:29:13
…t" title="obstetrical forceps" width="400" }} === Peter Chamberlen 1600 === ~-[[Medical]] The forceps to aid birth were invented by Peter the elder Chamberlen (c.1560–1631) around 1600. The Chamberlens had migrated to England in 1569 to escape…
Christmas Traditions — 2019-12-27 02:21:30
…tmas crackers == ||{{Image url="Xmascracker.jpg" width="200" title="Cracker" }}||On the dinner table on Christmas Day. Invented by a London baker in 1846, a cracker is a brightly coloured paper tube, twisted at both ends, which contains a party ha…
Theodolite — 2017-07-05 08:57:22
…y Theodolite" width="400" }} === Leonard Digges 1551 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]] The theodolite surveying instrument was invented by Leonard Digges in the 16th century. Digges was a cartographer born in Barham, [[Kent]] around 1515 and died in 1559.…
…ments to the world's attention. As well as being a cartographer his father was an inventor. Digges also independently invented the reflecting telescope, or the refracting telescope as part of his theodolite to improve the accuracy over long dista…
Meccano — 2017-05-14 01:23:25
…rank_hornby.png" Who="Frank Hornby" birth_date="15/5/1863" birth_place="Liverpool [[England]]" death_date="21/9/1936" Invented="Meccano" }} [[CategoryInventions]] == Meccano == Is one of the world's most popular toys. === Frank Hornby 1901 === …
Speedfit — 2017-05-11 00:37:50
…ter" death_date="10 July 2010" death_place="" }} === John Guest 1974 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]] In 1974, John Guest invented the ‘Super Speedfit’ tube and pipe connector concept. John Guest was born in Doncaster [[Yorkshire]], [[England]] …
Tank — 2016-05-16 11:27:53
…ht" title="Hornsby Chain Track Tractor built:1896" width="400" }} **Bramah Joseph Diplock** was an English inventor who invented and manufactured the pedrail wheel in 1903 and the pedrail chaintrack, a type of caterpillar track, in 1910. **Richard …

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