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Carbonated water — 2023-10-09 23:52:55
…ify carbonation through the application of two common compounds – sodium bicarbonate and tartaric acid. == Back to Blighty == After his initial success in Switzerland, Schweppe moved his company to [[England]] in **1792** where he set up his…
Internal Combustion Engine — 2023-10-09 23:51:33
…kroyd_stuart_plaque.jpg" class="right" title="Herbert Akroyd plaque" width="200" }} They would provide electricity for lighting the **Taj Mahal**, the Rock of Gibraltar, the **Statue of Liberty** (chosen after Hornsby won the oil engine prize a…
…t the Chicago World's Fair of 1893), many lighthouses, and for powering Marconi's first transatlantic radio broadcast. == Diesel engine == {{Image url="First_Diesel_m…
Lever Brothers — 2023-10-09 23:43:45
…age url="SunlightVillage.jpg" class="right" title="Sunlight Village" width="450" }} == UniLever 1930 == Lever wanted to expand and in 1930 merged with the Dutch margarine produc…
Phototherapy — 2023-10-09 23:41:51
…956 === ~-[[CategoryScience]]: [[Medical]]: [[1900s]] Dr Cremer , with the help of Sister J Ward, discovered that sunlight could cure **jaundice** at the Rochford General Hospital in [[Essex]]. {{toc}} == Sister Ward == Ward was an old scho…
…r, at 9 mg/100 mL. This was able to be reproduced again and again and caused researchers to investigate the effect of light on **bilirubin**. == Modern Treatment == {{Image url="phototherapy-baby.jpg" class="right" title="Babies being treat…
…ed with phototherapy " width="450" }} It was found that the blue light (420-470 nm) converts bilirubin into a form that the body can excrete in the urine and faeces. Phototherapy for jaundic…
Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36
…hen he was 14, he worked as a road mender. {{{toc}}} Shaw was inventive, even at a young age, and his catseye idea for lighting the way along roads in the dark was pure inspiration. == Inspiration == When the tram-lines were removed in the nea…
…g the polished strips of steel to navigate. The name '''cat's eye''' comes from Shaw's inspiration for the device: the light reflecting from the eyes of a cat. In 1934, he patented his invention (patent No. 436,290 and 457,536), and on **March …
Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51
…ans were aware of the construction of Chain Home but were not sure of their purpose. They tested their theories with a flight of LZ 130, the GRAF Zeppelin II, but concluded the stations were a new long-range naval communications system. == War …
Pedestrian Crossing — 2023-10-07 11:08:59
…, a railway engineer, wanted a safe way to allow pedestrians to cross this busy thoroughfare. {{Image url="FirstTrafficLight.jpg" class="left" title="First Traffic Light" width="200" }} The traffic signal constructed by the railway signal engin…
…eers Saxby & Farmer. It used gas lamps, and was manually operated. A police constable used a lever at the base of the light pole to switch between the red and green lamps. {{Image url="Plaque-1st-traffic-light.png" class="left" title="Plaque 1…
…st traffic light" width="300" }} ::c:: == Zebra Crossing 1951 == The zebra crossing was first installed in Slough, [[Berkshire]] [[Eng…
Air Traffic Control — 2023-10-07 10:51:35
…="AirTrafficControl.jpg" class="left" title="Modern Air Traffic Control" width="400" }} Amy Johnson's record-breaking flights - the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia took off from Croydon in May 1930. == Links == More info: [[…
…http://www.nats.aero/about-us/what-we-do/atc-explained| NATS]] {{Tag ids="Radio flight radar traffic"}} …
Bob Hope — 2023-09-26 16:57:28
…liam Henry Hope was English and a stonemason from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, and his Welsh mother, Avis Townes, was a light opera singer from Barry. They married in April 1891 and lived at 12 Greenwood Street, Barry Wales. Then moving to Bri…
Radio — 2023-09-23 15:56:24
…read "**Are you ready**". The English channel was crossed on 27 March **1899**, from Wimereux, France to South Foreland Lighthouse, [[England]]. ==1897 == {{Image url="MarconiFactory.jpg" title="Marconi Factory" class="right" width="250" }} Mar…
Worcestershire Sauce — 2023-09-18 19:06:46
…carried Worcestershire Sauce They even paid the waiters to serve it. Customers could purchase a bottle of this tasty delight to take home with them! {{Image url="WilliamHenryPerrins.jpg" class="right" title="William Henry Perrins" width="" }} …
Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21
…r were manufacturing accumulators and dynamos for customers like Trafalgar Colliery in the Forest of Dean, for electric lighting in the mine and the tramway in Blackpool. ::c:: == Modern features == The **Elwell-Parker **car was fitted with Park…
Plastic — 2022-09-01 08:57:23
…l Grass Flowers Car parts Tools Conservatories Windows Doors Acrylic glass Perspex Knives Forks Plates Spoons Ornaments Lights Toilet seats Pipes </marquee>"" …
Cambridge Cream — 2022-05-20 08:48:45
…xing bowl with 1 tbsp of the sugar until they are thick and pale yellow. Remove the cream from the heat, allow to cool slightly, then pour over the egg yolks in a steady stream, whisking constantly. Transfer this mixture to an ovenproof dish or…
Rotating Boat Lift — 2022-05-03 17:19:08
…et above the level of the Forth and Clyde Canal. Prior to the wheel’s construction, the two canals were linked by a flight of 11 locks over 115 ft difference in height, it required 3,500 tonnes of water per run and took most of a day to pass …
…through the flight. == Design == {{Image url="FalkirkWheelAnim.gif" class="right" title="Falkirk Wheel Animation" width="" }} The wheel, …
Television — 2021-11-06 16:35:18
…on" }} == Beginnings == Baird was the first person to produce a live, moving television image in halftones by reflected light. Baird achieved this, where other inventors had failed, by obtaining a better photoelectric cell and improving the sign…
… and receiving ends with three spirals of apertures, each spiral with a filter of a different primary colour; and three light sources at the receiving end, with a commutator to alternate their illumination. That same year he also demonstrated st…
Charlie Chaplin — 2021-08-20 11:11:51
…he music, while John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons added the lyrics and title in 1954 and sung by Nat King Cole. For Limelight, Chaplin composed "Terry's Theme", which was popularised by Jimmy Young as "Eternally" (1952). "**This Is My Song**", …
…967), reached number one on the UK charts. Chaplin also received his only Oscar for his composition work, as the** Limelight theme** won an Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1973. …
Concorde — 2021-08-20 11:08:12
…rde 1969 === ~-[[CategoryTransport]]:[[Society]]:[[1900s]] {{Image url="Concorde.jpg" class="right" title="Concorde in flight" width="500" }} Concorde is the only successful turbojet-powered **supersonic** passenger jet airliner. With a maximum…
… 1,354 mph at cruise altitude. First flown in **1969**, Concorde entered service in **1976** and continued commercial flights for **27 years**. ::cl:: == Mach 2 == {{Image url="concorde1.jpg" class="left" title="Majestic Concorde" width="400" …
…t" title="Concorde over Clifton Bridge" width="400" }} <<{{amazon type="book" items="075093980X" }}<< ::c:: {{Tag ids="Flight jet mach supersonic "}} ~- {{color c="#999" text="Espionage is the highest form of flattery."}}…
Intraocular Lens — 2021-08-20 10:40:24
…icals or certain diseases such as rubella or diabetes, the proteins that make up the lens become opaque which prevents light from entering the eye and causes **cataracts**. The ancient Greeks used to deal with this condition by crudely pushin…
Roundabout — 2021-08-16 09:58:53
… approaching have priority. Traffic circles were not very popular with motorists and authorities have turned to traffic lights because of the high accident rate associated with them. - In 1926 the UK Ministry of Transport (circular 302) o…
…980s US – 1990. == Roundabout Pro's == A true roundabout is as near to maintenance free as you can get. No traffic light bulbs to replace or traffic chaos when there is a power cut. New research in America has shown that where a roundabout…
…ere is a collision on a roundabout they tend to be sideswipes as opposed to a head on crash. You can always shoot a red light, well designed roundabouts slow the traffic reducing impact. == They're Green == {{Image url="RabbitRoundabout.jpg" cl…
DNA — 2021-08-14 21:04:12
… University''' and, based on what he had heard and seen, he and Francis Crick built their first model of DNA. This was slightly unethical as they had a gentleman’s agreement that the team in London would work on DNA. Watson and Crick invited F…
Reflecting Telescope — 2021-08-14 20:51:21
… a working version. Early telescopes, like those used by Galileo, consisted of glass lenses mounted in a tube. When the light from a star passed through a lens, the different colours were refracted. This meant that the components of white light…
Photography — 2021-08-14 19:57:18
…ttes of leaves and other objects - but these faded quickly. Talbot process based the prints on paper that had been made light sensitive, rather than bitumen or copper-paper. He mastered the three primary elements of photography: **developing, f…
…cess to develop a useful negative. The image on this negative was then fixed with a chemical solution. This removed the light-sensitive silver making it safe to view the picture in bright light. With the negative image, Fox Talbot found he could…
Baking Powder — 2021-08-12 20:27:52
…s a dry chemical leavening agent, a mixture of a weak alkali and a weak acid, and is used for increasing the volume and lightening the texture of baked goods. Baking powder works by releasing carbon dioxide gas into a batter or dough through an …
Sewing Machine — 2021-08-11 11:41:32
…n** found the patent of Thomas’s machine. The original drawings were so complete he was able to rebuild it, and with slight amendments to the looper, he rebuilt Saints sewing machine, proving it did work. His replica is now exhibited in the Sc…
Match — 2021-08-09 22:35:30
…d. He discovered that if he let them dry, he could start a fire by striking the stick anywhere. {{Image url="JohnWalkerLights.jpg" class="left" title="John Walker Lights" width="200" }} Walker did not patent his **"Friction Light"** matches, p…
…1808. The price of a box of 50 matches was one shilling. Included with each box was a piece of sandpaper to **strike a light** with. == Improvements == In 1829, Scots inventor Sir Isaac Holden invented an improved version of Walker's match. A …
Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27
…title="Swans Early Light Bulb" width="" }} Much later, in 1850 the English physicist Sir Joseph Wilson Swan began working on a light bulb using …
…Swan Plaque" width="300" class="right" }} Later Joseph Swan was determined to devise a practical, long-lasting electric light. He found that a carbon paper filament worked well, but burned up quickly. In **1878**, he demonstrated his new electri…
…stalled. Ten more years later, after electricity costs had come down, there were 3 million customers and all the basic light bulb patents had expired. (...) Seven years, and more than $100,000 in litigation expenses after Edison’s patent was …
…invalidated by the US Patent Office, on October 6, 1889, a judge ruled that the electric light improvement claim for "a filament of carbon of high resistance" was valid. Unfortunately further research exposed in A…
Salicylic acid — 2021-08-08 18:32:13
…ms. {{Image url="WillowTree.jpg" class="right" title="Willow Tree" width="" }} == Stone wrote: == ~& "As this tree delights in a moist or wet soil, where agues chiefly abound, the general maxim that many natural maladies carry their cures alo…
Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
…cross his land on his glider. ::cl:: ^^ "About 100 years ago, an Englishman, Sir George Cayley, carried the science of flight to a point which it had never reached before and which it scarcely reached again during the last century." Wilbur Wrig…
…ed in silk. Its wing was 2 feet wide at its widest part tapering to a point at the tip with a rigid leading edge and a slightly curved upper surface. {{Image url="Stringfellow.jpg" title="Stringfellow design" class="left" width="250" }} Henson,…
…igrated in 1849 to the United States, while Stringfellow continued to experiment with aviation. ::c:: == Steam powered flight == {{Image url="StringfellowModel.jpg" class="right" title="Model of Stringfellow aircraft in Chard" width="400" }}The …
…hour in front of the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sunderland. The exhibition gave world-wide exposure to gains in flight and the Tri-wing design influenced by Chanute. {{Image url="Strngflw2.jpg" class="right" width="300" title="Rear view…
Petroleum — 2020-12-03 01:07:44
…7 he noticed a natural petroleum seepage in the Riddings colliery at Alfreton, [[Derbyshire]] from which he distilled a light thin oil suitable for use as lamp oil. In 1848 he established an oil refinery at Alfreton. == Petroleum Distillation …
… the American product. In 1865 James Young bought out his business partners and a year later formed **Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co.** {{Tag ids="Petrol Paraffin Oil refinery coal"}} …
Electric Toaster — 2020-12-01 01:05:39
…rompton and Co in 1878, it soon became the country's leading distributor and manufacturer of electricity generating and lighting systems. <<{{image url="Light_bulb.gif" title="Incandescent light bulb" width="200" }}<< Crompton's reputation wa…
…s such that, in 1880, the chemist [[Light Bulb|Joseph Swan]] sought his opinion when he first developed incandescent lamps for indoor use. Crompton immediately s…
Banoffi Pie — 2020-12-01 00:13:56
…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 this with the pastry or biscuit crumb. ~- Prick the base all over with a fo…
… flan. ~- Peel and halve the bananas lengthways and lay them on the toffee. ~- Finally spoon or pipe on the cream and lightly sprinkle over the freshly ground coffee. …
TV Black and White Kiss — 2020-08-17 09:07:45
… of black and white (monochrome) broadcasting a clinch between perhaps a cuban and a white person was easily guised and light-skinned as to be //'racially ambiguous'//. == Synopsis == The drama was called **"You in Your Small Corner"**. ~& Da…
Hydroelectric Power — 2020-08-17 09:05:43
…electricity was also used to power an arc lamp installed in the Gallery in 1878. The arc lamp was replaced in 1880 by [[Light_bulb| Joseph Swan's incandescent lamps]]. It was the first //'smart home'// with electric incandescent lighting, a dis…
Life Boat — 2020-08-17 09:00:19
…reate his **‘unimmergible’** boat. Lukin incorporated pockets of air in watertight bulkheads using cork and other lightweight materials in the structure, including a false iron keel adding weight to help keep the boat upright. == First L…
Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25
…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 jet engine made long haul cheap flight possible not just for…
…|{{Image url="Gloster_E28-39.jpg" width="200"From the Gloster E.28/39 }}||{{Image url="Concorde1.jpg" width="200"To the lightning speed of Concorde }}||{{Image url="Airbus-a380-takeoff.jpg" width="200"And the immense size of an A380 }}|| …
Gravity — 2020-08-06 08:19:13
…t Flap == Newton is also credited with inventing the first known cat flap. While he was in his attic trying to conduct light experiments, his cat kept nudging the door open and letting the light in, spoiling his experiments, so he cut a hole in…
Christmas Traditions — 2019-12-27 02:21:30
… by Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, who introduced one to the Royal Household in 1840 from Germany. == Fairy Lights == ||{{Image url="fairylights-iolanthe.jpg" class="left" title="fairylights iolanthe" width="250" }}||The Savoy theatr…
…e presented Iolanthe with fairies adorned with Swan electric lights 25th November 1882.|| == Christmas Eve == ||{{Image url="ForSanta.jpg" width="200" title="Mince Pie" }}||In Britain …
Paternoster — 2018-09-18 13:06:34
…bers are open with no doors capable of carrying two people or more. A passenger steps into a pod as it ascending then alights when it passes the required level, all while it moves at steady, moderate speed. The name comes from the Latin for '…
Emergency Telephone Number — 2017-07-06 10:16:06
…(GPO), which ran the telephone network, proposed a three digit number. Initially, each 999 call triggered flashing red lights and hooters to alert exchange operators to give priority to the emergency call. == Instant success == During the firs…

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