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  1. Elevator — 2023-12-30 12:44:08
    …oom”**. Hornor opened his London Colosseum, designed by Decimus Burton, to the public on 10th January 1829 with it's lift to take tourists up to a platform to view the London skyline. /* event_date="10 January 1829" The first elevator goes i…
    …4. The Colosseum was demolished in 1874 after being visited by over 1 million people! == Teagle == {{Image url="TeagleLift.jpg" class="left" title="Teagle Lift" width="450" }} Next came the “Teagle”, a steam driven lift, which was built b…
    …ed a belt-shifter to change travel direction. A hand brake is in evidence. This basic system remained the principle for lifts for over 50 years. == Links == [[http://www.victorianlondon.org/entertainment/colosseum.htm|Victorian London]]…
  2. Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35
    …under and around the rim of the craft. == Military == A strong rubber curtain regained most of the air, hence creating lift. Cockerell had set up a company, Ripplecraft, to develop his ideas further and in 1955 he eventually convinced the Mini…
  3. Electric Motor — 2023-09-23 15:52:02
    …ry at Addiscombe, Surrey, and in the following year he exhibited his **first electromagnet**. He displayed its power by lifting nine pounds with a seven-ounce piece of iron wrapped with wire through which a current from a single battery was sen…
  4. Rotating Boat Lift — 2022-05-03 17:19:08
    …Rotating Boat Lift :: [[CategoryIndustry]]=== Falkirk Wheel 2002 === {{Image url="FalkirkWheel.jpg" class="right" title="Falkirk Wheel" wi…
    …dth="700" }} The Falkirk Wheel in [[Scotland]] is the World’s Only Rotating Boat Lift. The Falkirk Wheel is an exceptional feat of modern engineering. It was inaugurated in **May 2002** and connects the U…
    …red, double-headed axe. The two gondolas are 21 feet wide, and can hold up to four 66 feet long canal boats. The boatlift is so finely balanced it takes just 22.5 kilowatts (30.2 hp) to power ten hydraulic motors, which consume just 1.5 kilo…
  5. Concorde — 2021-08-20 11:08:12
    …oncorde started in 1956 and it was still operational in 2003! Truly amazing. ::c:: == Flyover == {{Image url="ConcordeCliftonBridge.jpg" class="right" title="Concorde over Clifton Bridge" width="400" }} <<{{amazon type="book" items="075093980X…
  6. Zoo — 2021-08-09 22:18:40
    … Zoo. == Bristol Zoo == {{Image url="BristolZoo.jpg" class="left" title="Bristol Zoo" width="300" }} Bristol Zoo in Clifton [[Gloucestershire]], the second oldest zoo, was the first to abbreviate zoological to 'Zoo'. …
  7. Bearings — 2021-08-08 20:30:19
    …every car lorry bicycle - Home - Washing machine, foodmixer, Vacuum, DVD - Factory - Machinary, robotics, trolly, forklift. …
  8. Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
    … efficient cambered airfoil and the first person to identify the four vector forces that influence an aircraft: thrust, lift, drag, and gravity. He successfully flew a gliding aircraft in **1804** and later there are reports that he transport…
  9. Golf — 2020-11-30 16:29:33
    …itle="Golf Course " width="400" }} Golf was first played officially throughout [[Scotland]] from 1502, when the ban was lifted. === Edinburgh Scotland 1502 === Most of the early references to golf in Scottish official records are either to ban…
  10. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
    … Football Union. == Golf 1502 == Golf was first played officially throughout [[Scotland]] from 1502, when the ban was lifted. {{Image url="Golf_Ball.jpg" class="right" width="100"}} Most of the early references to golf in Scottish official re…
    …nd improve on a kind of urban vine jumping. The first modern bungee jump was made on '''1 April 1979''' from the 250ft Clifton Suspension Bridge in '''Bristol''', and was made by four members of the Dangerous Sports Club. The jumpers, led by D…
  11. Bungee Jumping — 2020-08-17 13:17:46
    …="" }} == Bungee Jumping 1979 == ~- [[CategorySport]]::[[1900s]] /* event_date="1 April 1979" First Bungee jump off Clifton bridge */ The world's first Bungee jump was made on **1st April 1979** (April Fool's day) from the 250ft **Clifton S…
    …angerous Sports Club** who were dedicated to formal dress, abundant champagne, and imaginative stunts. {{Image url="Clifton-suspension-bridge.jpg" class="right" title="Clifton suspension bridge first bungy jump" width="400" }} The jumpers, l…
  12. Hydroelectric Power — 2020-08-17 09:05:43
    …– 1900) installed a generator in his home to power labour-saving machines such as laundry equipment and a hydraulic lift in 1870. {{Image url="CragsideHouse.jpg" class="right" alt="Cragside House" title="Cragside. First house lit by hydroe…
  13. Paternoster — 2018-09-18 13:06:34
    …} === Peter Ellis - 1868 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]::[[CategoryTransport]] Peter Ellis installed the first paternoster lift or elevator in Oriel Chambers, Liverpool in 1868. He was born in Liverpool [[Lancashire]] on 1st August 1805. == The P…
    … Elevator" width="500" }} Unlike an [[elevator]] that stops at each floor and opens then closes a door, the paternoster lift has multiple pods that travel continuously on a loop passing every floor. The pods or chambers are open with no doors c…
    … from the Latin for ''Our Father', which begins the Lord's Prayer and maybe good advice before you attempt to board the lift. == Patents == {{Image url="OrielChambers.jpg" class="right grow" title="Oriel Chambers" width="400" }} In 1877, Briti…

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