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Split the Atom — 2023-10-10 00:05:57
… Walton received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951. == Birth of a Bomb == The discovery of **Nuclear Fission** led to many types of experiments, not least, the **Atom Bomb**. {{Tag ids="Nuclear atom power volts generator university"}} …
FAX — 2023-10-09 23:52:19
…l went on to improve the concept with his "Image Telegraph" which he demonstrated at the 1851 World's Fair in London. Many improvements came along and eventually the FAX machine became standard office equipment by the 1980s. It is still wide…
Internal Combustion Engine — 2023-10-09 23:51:33
…braltar, the **Statue of Liberty** (chosen after Hornsby won the oil engine prize at the Chicago World's Fair of 1893), many lighthouses, and for powering Marconi's first transatlantic radio broadcast. == Diesel engine == {{Image url="First_Di…
Modern Farming — 2023-10-09 23:44:30
… Tull designed several horse drawn hoes to clear between the rows. His designs are the father to the modern day hoe and many other tractor and agriculture equipment. == Plough == {{Image url="Seed_drill.jpg" class="right" }} Jethro Tull’s in…
Lever Brothers — 2023-10-09 23:43:45
…nder the Unilever badge have further expanded to include: ~Lipton (1971) ~Brooke Bond (1984) ~Ben & Jerry's (2000) And many more [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unilever_brands | Unilever]] It is now the world's **third-largest** cons…
Stainless Steel — 2023-10-09 23:42:45
…teel with 12.8% chromium and 0.24% carbon. Every piece of steel he made he bombarded with various acids and stresses. Many failed the tests but the steel made on that day remained rust free. == More than Guns == Harry saw the potential for …
Computer — 2023-10-09 23:40:16
…ical calculation using punched cards that would deliver the instructions, as well as a memory unit to store numbers and many other fundamental components of today's computers. == Finally Built == Based on Babbage's original plans, the London S…
Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36
…ts. Eventually, their use spread all over the world. == Life Saver == Shaw’s invention is credited with having saved many millions of people from death or injury in accidents. He and his company remained in Boothtown, where Shaw lived until…
Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36
…much danger as engines and boilers were now likely to fail mechanically by a violent outwards explosion, and there were many early disasters. The most important refinement to the high pressure engine at this point was the safety valve, which re…
Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51
…ass="right" }} The problem was not the radar, but the flow of information from the trackers to the fighters, which took many steps and was very slow. Watson-Watt immediately attacked this problem, and set up the system with several layers of re…
Portland Cement — 2023-10-08 00:16:46
…ish Coast. Portland stone was then, and still is today, a prestigious building stone in use in [[England]] at the time. Many fine buildings and cathedrals use the fine stone. With this invention, Aspdin laid the foundation for today's portland…
Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35
…vercraft to be produced commercially, the SRN1. == Floating on Air == Christopher Cockerell's idea was not a new one. Many men had tried to make a working 'glidable' craft but commercial backing held them back. Cockerell's design was the firs…
…nced Cockerell that boats could be made to float on a cushion of air, thus reducing the effect of the water drag. After many trials he successfully designed a craft which proved his ideas were correct. He was not surprised. The modified punt he…
… have taken the hovercraft most seriously, with over 100 giant craft now in use in America and 250 in the Soviet Union, many used in recent conflicts. In these early days Cockerell's idea was patented and immediately put on the secret list. Not…
Marshall Amplification — 2023-10-07 09:45:58
…anching out into guitars. {{Image url="Marshall_logo.svg" class="right" title="Marshall logo" width="200" }} Among his many guitar playing customers were **Ritchie Blackmore, Big Jim Sullivan and Pete Townshend.** But they were all frustrated …
… on 18-year-old electronics apprentice, Dudley Craven, resulting in the foundation of **Marshall Amplification.** After many prototypes the classic //JTM 45// amp was released. Soon musicians including **Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Jimmy P…
WorldWideWeb — 2023-09-23 15:57:32
…lectronic document to another. Berners-Lee had already used this format when he wrote Enquire. == Small Beginnings == Many small steps had set the way for computers to communicate with each other. Tim joined CERN in 1980. CERN became the larg…
Radio — 2023-09-23 15:56:24
…sion of wireless signals in England 1896. {{Toc}} The invention of communication by radio waves had a long history with many scientists contributing. == 1864 == James Clerk Maxwell showed mathematically that electromagnetic waves could propa…
Lithium-ion Battery — 2023-09-23 15:53:22
…thium-ion battery has made pocket mobile phones a reality. A small compact rechargeable battery cell that can be reused many times over. Electric cars with long range now a reality. …
LCD — 2023-09-23 15:53:09
…vailable, under licence, from Merck Ltd (then BDH Ltd), due to the foresight of Ben Sturgeon, their Research Director. Many companies exploited George’s materials in their LCDs, the most successful being large** Japanese** corporations. {{…
Bouncing bomb — 2023-09-23 12:03:28
… He invented the "bouncing bombs" used by 617 Squadron ("**The Dam Busters**") to breach the Möhne and Eder dams in Germany in 1943. During WWII an audacious plan was concieved by Barnes Wallis to destroy German dams that were key to their in…
Toilet — 2023-09-08 09:57:11
…n by the 1890s he had enriched public thoroughfares all over Britain. His firm's catalogue of 1895 listed 36 towns and 'many others' where these public conveniences were installed, including Paris, Florence, Berlin, Madrid, and Sydney as well a…
Winston Churchill — 2023-08-27 16:11:42
…as '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 negotiating skills to forge an alliance of Allied Powers with the Soviet Union and th…
…itish Bulldog virtues pulled the country behind him. Of the Battle of Britain he said //**"Never was so much owed by so many to so few"**// a pivotal air battle against the German Luftwaffe. == VE Day == Britain faced its supreme test. It is …
Olivia Newton John — 2023-04-06 17:15:33
…eptember 26th 1948. Her father, Brinley "Bryn" Newton-John was Welsh and her Jewish mother, Irene Helene was born in Germany but fled during the war. == Australia == Her family emigrated to Australia when she was 5 but her mother encouraged …
Plastic — 2022-09-01 08:57:23
… has grown into a modern environmental monster. Plastics can take decades to decompose and modern industry has replaced many recyclable materials with plastic. This is especially so with single use items that are discarded and not reused blotti…
YMCA — 2022-05-17 05:19:39
…n Dulverton, [[Somerset]], [[England]]. George came to London in 1841 to work as a sales assistant in a draper's shop. Many people lived in unhealthy social conditions in the big cities at the end of the Industrial Revolution (roughly 1750 to …
…1850). Growth of the railroads and centralization 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__. Georg…
Loch Ness Monster — 2022-05-03 17:06:34
…siosaurs were thought to have died off with the rest of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. == In History == There are many references to “Nessie” in Scottish history, dating back to around** A.D. 500**. When local Picts carved a strange a…
HomePage — 2022-05-03 16:49:56
…HomePage :: @@====British Inventions and Discoveries====@@ {{Picturegrid grid="5"}} ::c:: @@Many of the wonders of modern living are thanks to great British Inventors. These people had a dream and fulfilled it.@@ **…
Microphone — 2021-11-07 21:26:04
…ted his apparatus to the Royal Society by magnifying the sound of insects scratching through a sound box and there were many other witnesses to his microphone's efficiency. Hughes decided not to patent his innovation; instead giving it as a gif…
Postage Stamp — 2021-11-06 16:32:56
… == Prior to the **Penny Black** letters were paid for by the recipient. Postage was only available to the wealthy and many letters were returned if the receiver would not pay. {{Image url="PennyBlack.jpg" class="right" caption="Penny Black" w…
Workmate — 2021-08-20 11:10:56
…kmate.jpg" class="left" width="200" title="workmate" }} == Sell the Idea == His idea was rejected by manufacturers for many years, so Hickman sold the benches himself to professional builders at trade shows, building up a client base of trade…
Four-minute Mile — 2021-08-20 10:55:12
… 3:59.4 that's 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds. /* event_date="6 May 1954" Roger Bannister broke the 4 minute mile. */ For many years, athletes had tried and failed to run a mile in less than four minutes that people thought it to be a //physical …
Beatles — 2021-08-20 10:46:43
…nt_date="9 February 1964" Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show */ == The Global Invasion == They held and still hold many records in the music industry. ~- Biggest All-Times Sales. 600 million. ~- Most No.1 Singles On UK Charts (Band): 17. …
Antibiotics — 2021-08-20 10:41:08
…ls and then humans. In **1941**, they found that even low levels of penicillin cured very serious infections, it saved many lives. For his discoveries, Alexander Fleming won the **Nobel Prize** in Physiology and Medicine. == A True Life Saver…
Intraocular Lens — 2021-08-20 10:40:24
…rley Street until he was 85. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1986, and **knighted in 2000**. Among the many medical honours he received were the **Gullstrand Medal** of the Swedish Medical Society, and the **Gonin Medal **from …
Roundabout — 2021-08-16 09:58:53
…ed in 1966. Modern roundabouts start to spread around the world. Sweden – 1967 Norway, Denmark – 1970s France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland – 1980s Australia – 1980s US – 1990. == Roundabout Pro's == A true roundabou…
Stan Laurel — 2021-08-14 21:08:01
…plaque" width="300" }} == Pairing == In 1927, Laurel and Oliver Hardy teamed up. Together, the two men began producing many short films and become popular all over the world. {{Image url="LaurelHardy.jpg" class="left" title="Laurel Hardy" wid…
Scouts — 2021-08-14 20:35:19
…eging Boer troops, the first real British triumph in the **Boer War**. When he returned to England, he discovered that many boys and young men were avidly reading his book '**Aids to Scouting**'. This book was intended as a military training m…
Public Park — 2021-08-14 20:30:20
…= Birkenhead Park == **Birkenhead Park** is famous as the first public park in the world and has inspired the design of many other parks in Britain and around the world. It was the first public park created by a local authority and using public…
… was far-reaching both in this country and abroad. New York's '''Central Park''' was directly inspired by it and copied many of its features. It was designed by '''Sir Joseph Paxton''' and opened in '''**1847**'''. It soon became an instant ec…
Football — 2021-08-14 19:52:33
…be found in every corner of geography and history. The Chinese , Japanese, Italian, Ancient Greek, Persian, Viking, and many more all played a ball game that resembled football i.e. primarily controlling a ball with your feet //not// your hands…
…n the {{Datetext event_date="30 July 1966" text="England won the World cup Jules Rimet trophy." }} England beat West Germany 4–2 in the final at Wembley. …
Antiseptic — 2021-08-12 20:38:14
…iseptic" width="" }} In 1879, **Listerine** mouthwash was named after him for his tireless work. This is now popular in many parts of the world. Microorganisms named in his honour: pathogenic bacterial genus Listeria and the food-borne pathoge…
Hypodermic Syringe — 2021-08-12 20:33:54
…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 Wren 1656 == Christopher Wren performed the earliest…
Horlicks — 2021-08-12 20:30:08
…n Australia and in 1960 a factory was built in the Indian Punjab to make Horlicks from buffalo milk. Horlicks spread to many markets and is now owned by ""GlaxoSmithKline"". The largest markets for Horlicks today are the UK, India and Malaysia.…
Rubber — 2021-08-12 20:24:10
…lready 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 between 1820 and 1847. In 1822 he developed…
… rubber tubing that could be cut into '''rubber bands''' and '''life-belt tubes'''. He devised many medical uses for rubber, and promoted the use of rubber rather than leather '''fire hoses'''. {{Image url="Suspender.…
…nd waistbands. About 25 years later, another Englishman, '''Stephen Perry''', patented the '''rubber band'''. He made many improvements in the manufacture of rubber and thought of a multitude of ways in which this remarkable new product could…
Sewing Machine — 2021-08-11 11:41:32
…as a cabinet maker born in Greenhill Rents parish of St. Sepulchre [[London]], [[England]]. ::c:: == Working again == Many years later in 1874 a man named **William Newton Wilson** found the patent of Thomas’s machine. The original drawings…
…"ThomasSaintSewingMachine.jpg" class="left" title="Thomas Saint Sewing Machine" width="450" }} **Saint’s** device had many features of today's sewing machines. It had an overhead arm to take the stitching awl and a tensioning system. The awl …
Guillotine — 2021-08-09 22:22:29
…he speed at which it fell would decapitate the condemned. The Halifax Gibbet was used on market days. This would ensure many people were in the town to witness the execution and the hope was that the fearsome sight of the Gibbet would act as a …
Chocolate Bar — 2021-08-09 22:11:02
…*Bristol**, [[Gloucestershire]] by **Joseph Fry of Fry & sons** in **1841**. Although chocolate had been consumed for many years it was usually as a gritty health drink. {{Image src="fryschocolatecream.jpeg" class="left" title="Fry's Chocol…
Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27
…November 1880. On December 28th **1881** Swan's electric lighting was used to light the stage of the Savoy Theatre. == Many Inventors were needed == It took many small steps by several inventors to find the right formula for the electric ligh…
Can — 2021-08-09 21:53:19
…pboards are without tin cans of food of all sorts including soup, beans, vegetables, fruit and more all over the world. Many **billions** of cans are sold every year throughout the world and best of all, it's **recyclable!** {{Datediff from="1/…
Tarmac — 2021-08-09 21:38:37
…monplace the surface became dusty and inadequate, the jagged material meant tyres often punctured. And when it rained, many roads became impassable due to ruts and mud. The process was an improvement on methods used by **Thomas Telford** and …
Shire Horse — 2021-08-09 21:35:31
…aking 1,400 pedigree export certificates. Shires were in strong demand in the USA, Canada, Australia, South America, Germany and Russia. {{Image url="shire-horse.jpg" class="left" title="shire horse" width="200" }} Both in commerce and agricul…
Pub — 2021-08-09 21:19:14
…uildings of importance including taverns. A way for Innkeepers to show their loyalty it is perhaps no surprise that so many pubs bear names such as ‘The Kings Arms’ ‘Royal Oak’ or ‘Queens Head’. The Royal Oak is the English oak tr…
…es II of England hid to escape the Roundheads following the Battle of Worcester in 1651. In fact pub signs commemorate many important events and people throughout British history for example ‘The Duke of Wellington’ ‘The Shakespeare Inn�…
Industrial Revolution — 2021-08-08 21:48:46
…d tunnels, hence revolutionising public transport and modern day engineering. During his short career, Brunel achieved many engineering "firsts", including assisting in the building of the first tunnel under a navigable river and development o…
Sandwich — 2021-08-08 20:40:14
…hich also gives us the word vicinity. >>{{amazon items="English Place-names" }}>> The word sandwich has since taken on many uses. When something or someone is stuck between two other objects they are said to be 'sandwiched'. I wonder what expr…
Salicylic acid — 2021-08-08 18:32:13
…= 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 along with them or that their remedies lie not far from their causes was so very app…
Vaccination — 2021-08-07 23:07:23
… Society in '''**1787**'''. == Ballooning == During his lifetime 'Hot Air Ballooning' become popular and Jenner held many experiments in this area too. == Links == [[http://www.jennermuseum.com|Jenner Museum]] [[http://www.jenner.ac.uk/abou…
Cider — 2021-08-01 19:30:49
…Cider == {{image url="PintCider.jpg" class="right" title="A pint of cider" width="200" }} The making of cider goes back many centuries and although Britain is not the only country to make it, no other country consumes or produces as much. And …
…ditional way" width="" }} The love of turning apples into a summer tipple is very much a South & West Country industry. Many orchards around [[Gloucestershire]], [[Herefordshire]] and [[Somerset]] are used to convert selected apples into this b…
Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
…an to want to //fly like a bird// eluded mankind until the Wright brothers flight of 59 seconds in 1903. But there were many men before this event who all contributed to achieve this goal, notably Frenchman **Chanute**, German **Otto Lilientha…
…}} As mentioned earlier, Richard Pearse single handed built a plane that he flew in New Zealand on the 31st March 1903. Many witnesses saw his plane stay airborne for many minutes and this was several months before the Wright brothers. Being s…
Marmite — 2021-04-03 10:38:16
…ure of MARMITE is spent brewer's yeast, a substance whose original and only use was to ferment sugars into alcohol. For many years this by-product of the brewing process was seen as a nuisance rather than potentially valuable food source. It ha…
…AR-MEET). This may be where Marmite gets its name from. ==Love it or Hate it == Because of the strong taste of Marmite many people think it is a meat extract, Marmite is '100% meat and fat free' so it is suitable for **vegetarians**. If you …
…a '**Twiglet**', most people quite happily eat a Twiglet even though they are coated in a yeast extract. There are now many imitators but Marmite is the original. ===External Link === [[http://www.marmite.co.uk Marmite]] === HP Sauce === HP…
Petroleum — 2020-12-03 01:07:44
…riginated from the action of heat on the coal seam and from this thought that it might be produced artificially. After many experiments Young found that by slow distillation he could obtain a number of useful liquids from it, one of which he n…
…52** Young took out a **US patent** for the production of paraffin oil by distillation of coal. == Worldwide Demand == Many entrepreneurs sought to emulate Young's success and, for a short period, supplies of torbanite (boghead coal) were disp…
Electric Toaster — 2020-12-01 01:05:39
…ls there was Charles Dodgson, better known as **Lewis Carroll**, author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Cromptons many inventions enabled him to take over T.H.P. Dennis & Co's Chelmsford premises to form Crompton and Co in 1878, it soon b…
Suffolk Punch — 2020-11-30 16:25:44
…unch and started to be exported all over the world. Canada in 1865 United States in 1880 and later to France, Spain, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Argentina and many more. {{tag ids="Suffolk Punch Created breed Horse…
Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52
…ugust 1848 in Chesterfield in Derbyshire. His only son Robert was also a railway engineer and worked with his father on many of his projects. {{image url="TrainFlyingScotsman.jpg" class="right" title="The Flying Scotsman. First 100mph train" wi…
Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
…men's play, being formed in 1930. Hockey, or "Field Hockey" as it is also known, is now played in every continent with many nations competing in the three major competitions - The Olympic Games, The World Cup and The Champion's Trophy. == Rou…
…ker was used as a derogatory term for the first year recruits of the Royal Military Academy of Woolwich in England. For many years the game was known as 'Snookers Pool' and was played with a smaller number of balls and to very different scoring…
…m the records of Paisley Abbey, Renfrew, in February **1541**. One of the national games of Scotland, it has spread to many countries. == Darts == {{Image url="Dart_board.jpg" class="right" width="120" }} Darts began in Medieval England and i…
Silicone — 2020-09-22 23:25:26
…p by Corning Glass who, with Dow Chemicals set up Dow-Corning Corporation to manufacture silicone polymers in 1943. == Many uses == Silicones are largely inert compounds with a wide variety of uses. It is nonstick and rubberlike. Frequently …
Cricket — 2020-08-26 21:18:47
…A typical game of Cricket being played" width="450" }} {{toc}} == Origins == The origins of cricket are very vague, and many theories have been put forward suggesting its origins. The most likely fore runner is Stoolball that dates back to the …
Shakespeare — 2020-08-21 08:52:48
…jectives, connecting words never before used together, adding prefixes and suffixes, and devising new words and coining many now-common expressions. {{Tag ids="Poet Playwright Actor "}}…
Stem Cells — 2020-08-17 17:30:21
…ng" class="left" title="Diagram showing how stem cells are used." width="550" }} Our body is made up of cells that have many different functions. Before a cell becomes an adult cell they begin as an embryonic cell. Embryo cells can reproduce t…
Safari Park — 2020-08-17 14:54:27
…s Circus, suggested 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 …
Life Boat — 2020-08-17 09:00:19
…s LIONEL LUKIN Was the first who built a Life-boat, and was the original Inventor of that principle of safety, by which many lives and much property have been preserved from Shipwreck; and he obtained for it the King's patent in the year 1785.…
Reinforced Concrete — 2020-08-17 08:53:02
…latforms at York railway station, floors in abattoirs, dairy and food factories. Concrete stairs were now possible and many other uses.…
Linoleum — 2020-08-17 08:43:03
…death_date="16 May 1928" }} {{toc}} **Linoleum**, also called Lino, is a versatile hard wearing floor covering. Despite many new types of flooring on the market, lino is still popular today. == Inspiration == Walton was born in Halifax [[Yorks…
Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25
…e version. Nevertheless it was a year before all of the funds were available, greatly delaying development. There were many delays and the lack of funding slowed the project. In Germany, Hans von Ohain had started work on a prototype in 1935 a…
… without this invention. The jet engine made long haul cheap flight possible not just for the rich but for the masses. Many of us would never have had the opportunity to see many wonders around the world without Whittle's jet engine. ||{{Imag…
Disc Brakes — 2020-08-09 19:54:18
…iscBrake.jpg" class="left" title="Disc Brake" width="" }} == Patents Galore == As production increased Fred developed many improvements for their automobiles including his disk brake system. The discs were thin and made of brass but they fit …
…the definition of a modern disc brake, beating competitors to the market by many years. == Links == [[http://www.lanchesterinteractive.org/lanchester-timeline| Timeline]]…
Charles Darwin — 2020-08-06 07:52:58
… range of far off destinations opened Darwins mind to how this all fitted together. On the Galapagos Islands he noticed many variations of plants and animals that were similar to those he found in South America, suggesting that species adapted …
Christmas Traditions — 2019-12-27 02:21:30
…nny Post' public postal deliveries began. Over a billion Christmas cards are now sent every year in the United Kingdom, many of them sold in aid of charities.|| [[Tradition]] === {{colour c="red" Christmas decorations }} === ||{{Image url="Hol…
… Was popularised 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" }}|…
Angus Cattle — 2019-08-31 10:40:52
…d Jock** was given the number "1" in the Scotch Herd. == Global Demand == World-wide, the Aberdeen Angus breed numbers many millions. In America, Canada and Australia it is very popular - it is the primary beef breed in the USA and it is by fa…
…r the most important beef breed in New Zealand. Herds have been established in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Germany, Brazil, Argentina and South Africa. {{Image url="AngusRedCattle.jpg" class="left" title="Angus Red Cattle" width="300…
Paternoster — 2018-09-18 13:06:34
… "Cyclic Elevator", using Hart's patent, in a London office block. The Paternoster became very popular in Europe where many still operate. Britain has a remaining paternoster in Sheffield University. Oriel Chambers building, designed by Peter…
Motor Racing Circuit — 2018-05-20 20:38:53
…ass="left" title="Brooklands" width="" }} An aerodrome was constructed within the Track in 1909 and this soon attracted many pioneer aviators who collectively helped to create the British aviation industry and was the home of [[Concorde]]. {{I…
English Language — 2018-01-26 21:45:55
…0 years''' of French rule. But survive it did and even bloomed into a whole new vocabulary. Because of the influence of many invaders English has built itself on a basis of the early Brits and incorporating many other languages. From Latin, Ge…
…rmanic, French, Celtic and many more. == And Onward == English has official or special status in at least '''75 countries''' around the world. Englis…
…h is the primary international language in many fields including communications, science, business, aviation, entertainment, radio and diplomacy. Over two-thirds of th…
Harrier Jump Jet — 2017-01-18 16:14:57
…capable of vertical or short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) due to the perfection of its vectored thrust turbofan engine. Many other aircraft manufacturers of the time tried in vain to make a similar vehicle. The US invested millions into design…
Mary Poppins — 2016-05-05 17:16:51
…he began to write **Mary Poppins**. Published in London in **1934**, Mary Poppins was Travers' first literary success. Many sequels followed. Travers' great aunt, Helen Morehead, who lived in Woollahra, Sydney, and when she visited Travers (H…

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