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  1. Stereo — 2023-09-23 15:56:38
    …stem for cinematic use was completed by 1935. Blumlein made short test films ( "Trains At Hayes Station", which lasts 5 minutes 11 seconds, and, "The Walking & Talking Film"), his original intent of having the sound follow the actor was fully rea…
  2. LCD — 2023-09-23 15:53:09
    …== Background == The liquid crystal materials known then had to be heated to 70ºC or more, usually decomposed in a few minutes and were rather viscous, which made their response sluggish. Invariably they comprised two benzene rings joined by a d…
  3. iPod — 2023-09-23 15:52:55
    …nvented and built the device in 1979 – when he was just 23. {{{toc}}} His invention, called the IXI, stored only 3.5 minutes of music on to a chip – but Mr Kramer rightly believed its capacity would improve. ::c:: {{image url="Ipod.jpg" widt…
    …sold since the device was launched by Apple in 2001. At the height of popularity, 100 was snapped up worldwide every minute.…
  4. ATM — 2023-09-23 12:02:41
    …the ATM came one Saturday in 1965 when he had gone into town to take some money out of his bank, but he had arrived one minute late and found the bank doors locked against him. While taking a bath that evening with no spending cash he wondered i…
  5. Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21
    …Although the range was around 38 miles it did not need to recharged, instead the batteries were swapped out in around 3 minutes (about the same as fueling a car today), perhaps the manufacturers of //new// electric vehicles and Formula E could le…
  6. Cheesecake — 2022-05-20 12:28:32
    … rosewater to the egg and cheese mixture and mix well. Pour the mixture into the pie crust and bake at 350°F for 50-55 minutes. So cheesecake has been been eaten in Britain for at least {{Datediff from="1390" }} years. …
  7. Cambridge Cream — 2022-05-20 08:48:45
    …. Transfer this mixture to an ovenproof dish or individual ramekins and bake at 150 °C / 300 °F / Gas 2 for about 30 minutes, until set. Leave to cool and refrigerate for a couple of hours. A couple of hours before serving, preheat the grill …
  8. Concorde — 2021-08-20 11:08:12
    …oncorde at the Filton airfield in South [[Gloucestershire]]. Concorde could fly from New York to London in **2 hours 56 minutes**. Development for Concorde started in 1956 and it was still operational in 2003! Truly amazing. ::c:: == Flyover == …
  9. Four-minute Mile — 2021-08-20 10:55:12
    …d tried and failed to run a mile in less than four minutes that people thought it to be a //physical impossibility//. It became known as the the "four-minute barrier". The worl…
    …d record for a mile stood at 4 minutes and 1.3 seconds, set by Gunder Hagg of Sweden in 1945. {{Image url="Bannister_Iffley_Road_Track_Blue_plaque.JPG" clas…
    …om ideal it had been windy and raining. {{Image url="Bannister4mile.jpg" class="left" title="Bannister finishing the 4 minute mile" width="500" }} The starting gun was fired at 6 p.m. Bannister was aided by Chris Brasher. Bannister took over th…
    …e lead and passed an unofficial timekeeper at the 1,500-metre mark in 3 minutes 43 seconds, equaling the world’s record for that distance. Bannister pushed on to the mile and passed the finish li…
  10. Guinness Book of World Records — 2021-08-20 10:45:53
    …irter, who had been running a fact-finding agency in London. Norris was the timekeeper for Roger Bannister's sub [[four-minute_mile]] in 1954, while Ross helped locate the lost grave of rugby pioneer William Webb Ellis on the French Riviera in 19…
  11. Ice Cream Cone — 2021-08-14 20:22:38
    …domestic staff and was granted a patent for an improved ice cream machine that could freeze a pint of ice cream in five minutes. She also suggested using liquid nitrogen to make ice cream, now the //in-thing//. She fell from a horse in 1904 and …
  12. Steel — 2021-08-12 20:31:45
    … Air is blown in near the bottom, creating oxides of silicon and manganese, which become part of the slag. Within a few minutes an ingot of steel can be produced. {{Image url="BessemerConvertor.jpg" class="left" title="Bessemer Convertor" width=…
  13. Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
    …] In 2003 Pilchers triplane was rebuilt to test whether it would have flown. The rebuilt plane flew successfully for 1 minute 25 seconds, 26 seconds longer than the **Wright** brothers managed 4 years later in **1903**. [[https://www.dailymotion…
    …d 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 so reserved he did not think his attempt would qualify …
  14. Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52
    …, **Puffing Devil**, successfully carried **10 tons** of iron, **5 **wagons and** 70** men 9.75 miles in 4 hours and 5 minutes. ::cl:: == George Stephenson (1781-1848) == {{Image url="Stephenson.gif" class="right" title="George Stephenson" wid…

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