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ATM — 2023-09-23 12:02:41
… were chemically coded with impregnated carbon-14. Customers placed the cheque into a drawer, the machine detected and matched the cheque against a number code entered before paying out a maximum of £10. == Recognition == Shepherd-Barron's m…
Television — 2021-11-06 16:35:18
…ndon Coliseum, Berlin, Paris, and Stockholm. By 1939 he had improved his theatre projection system to televise a boxing match on a screen '''15 feet by 12''' (4.6 by 3.7 m). …
Four-minute Mile — 2021-08-20 10:55:12
…ew scientific methods he had developed. On May 6, 1954, at the Iffley Road track in Oxford [[Oxfordshire]], the annual match between the Amateur Athletic Association and Oxford University was the setting for Bannister's attempt. Conditions were…
Match — 2021-08-09 22:35:30
…alkerLights.jpg" class="left" title="John Walker Lights" width="200" }} Walker did not patent his **"Friction Light"** matches, preferring instead to pursue his scientific studies, he did not consider his invention important enough to patent. …
…Also he did not divulge the exact composition of his matches, wanting to improve it. == To Market == {{Image url="Congreve_matchbox.jpg" class="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 shilli…
…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 //lucifer// matches. …
Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
…eing played was recorded in the year 1550, by the pupils of Royal Grammar School, Guildford. The first recorded cricket match took place at Coxheath in Kent, England in 1646. This match also produced the first record of betting on cricket. The w…
…MCC has since then gone on to become one of the most prominent bodies in world cricket The first official International match was held between Canada and United States in the year 1844. [[Cricket | Main article.]] == Rugby 1871 == {{Image url="…
…lected to run with the ball rather than retiring to kick it as was the normal mode of play in **Rugby School** football matches. Other clubs followed this lead and did not join the FA but instead in 1871 formed the Rugby Football Union. == Gol…
Cricket — 2020-08-26 21:18:47
…yed was recorded in the year **1550**, by the pupils of Royal Grammar School, Guildford. The first //recorded// cricket match took place at Coxheath in [[Kent]], [[England]] in **1646**. This match also produced the first record of betting on cr…
…MCC has since then gone on to become one of the most prominent bodies in world cricket The first official International match was held between Canada and United States in the year 1844. == Cricket Today == Cricket has moved from a quaint Engli…
Safety Match — 2016-06-23 01:04:56
…Safety Match :: [[Domestic]], [[CategoryScience]] === John Walker 1826 === [[Durham]] [[England]] {{redirect page="Match"}}…

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