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Stockings — 2023-12-30 23:58:55
…ed a patent by Queen Elizabeth I as it was not superior to the hand made stockings and she wanted to protect the people making a living from hand knitting. {{Image url="KnittingMachine.jpg" class="right" title="Knitting Machine" width="" }}…
Lever Brothers — 2023-10-09 23:43:45
… and vegetable oils or palm oil, rather than tallow fat. In 1885 the brothers bought the small soap works in Warrington making Watson a partner. == Soap == {{Image url="SunlightSoap.jpg" class="left" title="Sunlight Soap" width="300" }} They fir…
PIN — 2023-09-23 15:56:10
…acilitating more than a **billion** ‘chip and PIN’ sales every day. {{Image url="ChubbATM.jpg" class="left" title="Making a cash withdraw at a Chubb ATM" width="320" }} The Martins Bank Auto Cashier was the first cash dispenser to use a plas…
Electric Motor — 2023-09-23 15:52:02
…er battery life than that produced by Italian innovator Volta. Sturgeon could now power his strong electro-magnets and making them horse-shoe shape increased the power even more. But the drawback of creating motion with powerful magnets is that …
Worcestershire Sauce — 2023-09-18 19:06:46
…ntion of **"Worcester sauce"**. A local delicacy from the river Severn was the Lamprey fish and local traders had been making sauces to compliment the dish for some time. Because of the [[British_Empire | Raj]] Indian flavours were starting to a…
Pneumatic Tyre — 2022-05-03 16:45:33
…ore or less by chance. In 1888 his small son was prescribed cycling as cure for a heavy cold; Dunlop hit on the idea of making the boy's tricycle more comfortable by fitting it with inflated tubes, made of canvas and bonded together with liquid r…
…"left" title=" Rubber Tyre" width="200" }} ::c:: == Or even earlier == This was not the first time someone had tried making inflatable tyres. Another Scot, Robert William Thomson had patented the idea in 1846 (Dunlop was unaware of this patent…
MRI Scan — 2021-08-20 11:04:59
…g (MRI). == Faster processing == In 1973 Peter showed how the radio signals from MRI could be mathematically analysed, making possible their interpretation into useful images. He suggested gradients as a way to spatially localise NMR signals in …
…iagnostic application was further progressed by the development of a rapid imaging technique called echo-planar imaging making 3D imaging feasible. == First MRI Image == The first MRI scan of a human body part was made by Sir Peter Mansfield, of…
Beatles — 2021-08-20 10:46:43
…e Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show on 9, 16 23 February 1964. A record setting 73 million people tuned in that evening making it one of the seminal moments in television history. The 'real' people of the US had their say and the 'establishment' …
Stan Laurel — 2021-08-14 21:08:01
…me time he adopted the stage surname of Laurel. Laurel was offered $75 per week to star in two-reel comedies. After the making of his first film, //Nuts in May//, Universal offered him a contract. {{Image url="StanLaurelBplaque.jpg" class="right…
Automatic Kettle — 2021-08-14 20:44:42
…5, boiling water by electricity could be a hazardous affair. Not only did some early electric kettles boil the water by making it live, if the kettle was not switched off in time, it could boil dry, which at best would wreck the kettle, and at w…
Ice Cream Cone — 2021-08-14 20:22:38
…azon type="book" items="B0010PANVU" }}>> Marshall's cookery book included a recipe for **"Cornets with Cream"**. After making the ice cream and freezing she then explains how to make the cones using: {{Image url="IceCreamCone.jpg" class="left" …
Photography — 2021-08-14 19:57:18
…l 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 then repeat the process…
Christmas Cracker — 2021-08-12 20:39:19
… sales with limited success. Then after throwing a log onto a fire it gave out a loud crackle that gave him the idea of making his bon-bon pop as it was pulled apart. == The cracker is born == {{Image url="TomSmithCrackerPoster.jpg" class="left…
Hypodermic Syringe — 2021-08-12 20:33:54
…he first to develop a syringe with a needle fine enough to pierce the skin in 1853. Charles Gabriel Pravaz of Lyon was making a similar syringe which quickly came into use in many surgeries under the name of 'The Pravaz Syringe'. == Christopher…
Steel — 2021-08-12 20:31:45
…ented the first industrial process for **mass-producing** steel inexpensively in 1856. Until the Bessemer-process steel making was slow and labour intensive. {{TOC}} == Before Steel == Before cheap steel wrought iron was used for construction…
Baking Powder — 2021-08-12 20:27:52
… egg free [[custard]] for his wife , so at his business of Alfred Bird & Sons sought to find a simple raising agent for making bread and pastries without the need for yeast. This formula for baking powder is essentially the same as is used in mo…
Rubber — 2021-08-12 20:24:10
…}} === Thomas Hancock 1843 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[1800s]] Not the invention of rubber but the **vulcanizing** or, making it durable. {{toc}} The process of vulcanising rubber is usually associated with Charles Goodyear, but the process was …
…gain Hancock got there first, in 1846 he had already patented his suggestion that his hardened rubber could be used for making moulds for softer rubber articles. == Many uses == Hancock was granted a total of '''16 patents''' relating to rubber…
Sewing Machine — 2021-08-11 11:41:32
… {{toc}} **Thomas Saint** took out British Patent No. 1764 on a machine for "//quilting, stitching, and sewing, and for making shoes, and other articles. . . .//" in 1790. Thomas was a cabinet maker born in Greenhill Rents parish of St. Sepulchr…
Tarmac — 2021-08-09 21:38:37
… Macadam method involved layers crushed stone decreasing in size to form a road surface. The technique did not include making the stones stick. This was fine in the days of horse drawn vehicles, but when cars started to become commonplace the su…
Sparkling Wine — 2021-08-08 20:32:53
… not strong enough to contain the high pressures generated, and so exploding bottles were an occupational hazard of winemaking. Sir Robert Mansell obtained a monopoly on glass production in England in the early 17th century and industrialised the…
Plywood — 2021-08-08 18:44:16
…= In 1791 he returned to England and took out his first patent for wood-working machines for sawing, planing and block-making. In 1793 Bentham took out what has been called //"one of the most remarkable patents ever issued by the British Patent…
…s Office"//, because it automated the whole process of woodworking machinery for making blocks. A Pulley block, at this time, was one of the British Navy's biggest expense. One ship might need 1500 pulleys a…
…ll made by hand. His block making machines developed with Marc Isambard Brunel saved the Admiralty thousands of pounds. Some of these machines were still…
Cider — 2021-08-01 19:30:49
…in Kent already enjoying fermented apple but it was probably not called cyder at this point. ::c:: {{image url="Cider_Making.jpg" class="right" title="Cider being made the traditional way" width="" }} The love of turning apples into a summer ti…
Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
… the **Wright brothers** aviation engineer and inventor Henson, born in Nottingham England, Henson worked in Chard lace-making business. In 1842 he designed a large passenger-carrying steam-powered monoplane, with a wing span of **150 feet**, w…
Banoffi Pie — 2020-12-01 00:13:56
…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 opening. ~- I…
Safari Park — 2020-08-17 14:54:27
… the idea to the 6th marquess of introducing game to roam the Longleat estate. The game being lions many came from the making of the film 'Born Free'. The concept of visitors “caged” in their cars, while the lions roam free, eventually gain…
Pop Rivet — 2020-08-17 14:41:51
…Labour Saving == Before Wylie invention of blind rivets, securing a rivet required access to both sides of the assembly making it a very labour intensive, time consuming task. The "Pop" rivet freed up workers and increased production. This was pa…
Hydraulics — 2020-08-17 13:24:35
…ing. {{Image url="ArmstrongCrane.jpg" class="left" title="Armstrong Crane" width="" }} The crane was a great success, making Newcastle one of the busiest ports, so Armstrong set up business producing his hydraulic cranes. They were exported all…
Milk of Magnesia — 2020-08-09 19:55:03
…at came to be known as **Milk of Magnesia**. {{Toc}} The antacid effect of Magnesium had been known for some time but making a palatable oral liquid had proved difficult. {{Image url="FluidMagnesia.jpg" class="left" title="Fluid Magnesia" width…
Harry Potter — 2018-10-10 17:06:49
…Stone" width="150" }} Around **450 million** Harry Potter books had been sold in 73 different languages as of mid-2013, making it the best-selling book series of all time. Harry Potter is a global brand worth around** £10 billion**, and the las…
Emergency Telephone Number — 2017-07-06 10:16:06
…ecause the phones of the day had a dial interface, it was decided to make the numbers difficult to dial accidentally by making them involve long sequences, but also easy find by the **blind**, in the **dark** or in **thick smoke**. It was suggest…
Meccano — 2017-05-14 01:23:25
…had two sons, Roland and Douglas, and a daughter, Patricia. Hornby began experimenting with ideas in his home workshop making toys for his sons in **1899** with pieces he cut from sheet metal. == Dad and Toys == He built models of bridges, truc…
Whisky — 2016-05-26 10:22:03
…or Scotch whisky and in **1494 Friar John Cor** received permission to produce ‘water of life’ from King James IV, making **Lindores Abbey** the (unofficial) birthplace of Scotch whisky. But it was still a mainly monastic production and whe…

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