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Modern Farming — 2023-10-09 23:44:30
…. == Hoe == Jethro 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" }} J…
Phototherapy — 2023-10-09 23:41:51
… 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 treated with phototherapy " width="…
Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36
…an be cleansed by tears, simple and effective. {{Image url="Catseye.jpg" title="thumb" width="100" class="left" title="Modern Cat eye" }} Such a success was the invention of the "cat's eye" that in 1965 he was rewarded with an '''**OBE**''' for…
Portland Cement — 2023-10-08 00:16:46
…dings, driveways and large office buildings are made of concrete. Some boats and ships are even made from concrete. The modern world would look very different without concrete. …
Air Traffic Control — 2023-10-07 10:51:35
…on is the home of "[[Mayday]]" the international distress call. {{Image url="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 t…
Telegraph — 2023-09-23 15:56:52
… or hand, with the alphabet engraved around the dial. >>{{amazon type="book" items="1145411770" }}>> The device was a modern wonder at the time. He attempted to interest the Admiralty in this device but after the Napoleonic wars there was litt…
LCD — 2023-09-23 15:53:09
…and proved to be too power hungry. /* RCA pioneered LCD but the displays were not usable. cyanobiphenyl is the key in modern LCD */ Concurrently, in 1971, researchers in Switzerland had discovered a new display mechanism, the Twisted Nematic e…
Electric Motor — 2023-09-23 15:52:02
…ounce piece of iron wrapped with wire through which a current from a single battery was sent. == Motor == {{image url="Modern_Electric_Motor.jpg" class="right" width="250" }} After [[Electric_Generator| Faraday]] had demonstrated his homopolar m…
Electric Generator — 2023-09-23 12:04:37
… without Faraday's discoveries. Thousands of motors all around us make everyday chores so much easier. ||{{image url="Modern_Electric_Motor.jpg" class="right" width="150" }}||{{image url="Foodmixer.jpg" class="right" width="150" }}||{{image url…
Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21
…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 Parkers high-capacity rechargeable batteries, later vehicles had …
Pay Toilet — 2022-09-27 07:23:49
…" death_date="18/5/1917" death_place="London" }} {{toc}} Maskelyne was an English stage magician. He invented the first modern pay toilet in the late 19th century. His door lock for London toilets required the insertion of a penny coin to operate…
Plastic — 2022-09-01 08:57:23
… type="book" items="1526301164" }}<< In the quest for a material that is highly durable this invention has grown into a modern environmental monster. Plastics can take decades to decompose and modern industry has replaced many recyclable material…
Cheesecake — 2022-05-20 12:28:32
… English medieval cookbook, **[[Lasagne | The Forme of Cury]]** from 1390, has the first recipe that most resembles the modern cheesecake. == Original Recipe == {{Image url="Sambocade.JPG" class="left" title="From:The Forme of Cury" width="" …
…en, & shake þerin blomes of elren; & bake it vp with eurose, & messe it forth.” ::c:: == Elderflower Cheesecake == Modern recipe roughly translates as: - 1 pound fresh cheese - 2 Tablespoons elderberry flowers, or 1 tbsp elderberry cordi…
Police — 2022-05-20 08:52:50
…coats with their personal numbers painted on their backs. Each carried a lantern and long stave. == The world's first modern police force 1829 == Robert Peel introduced the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829 and set up an organised police force f…
Lasagne — 2022-05-20 08:38:58
…chese, and so twyse or thryse, & serue it forth.// {{Image url="Lasagne.jpg" class="left" title="Lasagne" width="" }} Modern lasagne has tomatoes but it would be 200 hundred years before Europeans even saw a tomato. Medieval broth refered to b…
Rotating Boat Lift — 2022-05-03 17:19:08
…he Falkirk Wheel in [[Scotland]] is the World’s Only Rotating Boat Lift. The Falkirk Wheel is an exceptional feat of modern engineering. It was inaugurated in **May 2002** and connects the Union Canal, which is 79 feet above the level of the F…
Loch Ness Monster — 2022-05-03 17:06:34
…ciety]] == Cryptozoology == Stories of an //aquatic beast// living in Scotland’s Loch Ness date back 1,500 years, the modern legend of the Loch Ness Monster was boosted when a sighting made the local news on May 2, 1933. The newspaper Inverness…
KitKat — 2022-05-03 17:00:51
…oduces over 4 million bars a day. So why not ‘Have a Break’ have a KitKat! {{Image src="Kitkat4finger.png" title="Modern look of top selling snack bar " }}…
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.@@ **This is a salute to the B…
Charlie Chaplin — 2021-08-20 11:11:51
…dies. "**Smile**" is a song based on an instrumental theme used in the soundtrack for the 1936 Charlie Chaplin movie **Modern Times**. Chaplin composed the music, while John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons added the lyrics and title in 1954 and sung…
MRI Scan — 2021-08-20 11:04:59
…ical processes that turned MRI into a useful rapid imaging technique. {{Image url="MRI-Scanner.jpg" class="left" title="Modern MRI Scanner" width="" }} Sir Peter’s early work was in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), then being used to study th…
Roundabout — 2021-08-16 09:58:53
…sport]]:[[1900s]] {{Image url="SollershottCircus.jpg" class="right" title="Sollershott Circus" width="400" }} The first modern 'Roundabout' was built in Letchworth [[Hertfordshire]] in 1905 and called Sollershott Circus. {{Toc}} == Letchworth Ga…
… priority rule was changed. - Now entering traffic gives way to circulating traffic. - Officially adopted in 1966. Modern roundabouts start to spread around the world. Sweden – 1967 Norway, Denmark – 1970s France, Germany, Netherlands, …
Reflecting Telescope — 2021-08-14 20:51:21
…left" title="Newtons Original Reflector" width="400" }} Newton's solution was to replace the lenses with mirrors. == Modern Reflector == {{Image url="ModernReflectorTelescope.jpg" class="right" title="Modern Reflector Telescope" width="250" }…
CT Scan — 2021-08-14 20:48:42
… and EMI, were now excited at the potential of this new technology. {{Image url="CT-Scanner.jpg" class="left" title="A modern CT Scanner" width="" }} On 1 October 1971, CT scanning was used on a patient with a cerebral cyst. In 1975, Hounsfie…
Modern Olympics — 2021-08-14 20:26:14
…wo men built up a great rapport, Brookes sharing the dream of an international Olympian movement with de Coubertain. ==Modern Olympics== In **1894** the first Congress of the **Modern Olympics** was held in France and Brookes was invited to att…
Football — 2021-08-14 19:52:33
… [[pub]] over a pint. In the **Freemasons' Tavern** in Great Queen Street, [[London]] on 26 October 1863 rules for the modern game were laid down over a series of meetings. ::c:: == Biggest Sport == {{Image url="FA_Plaque.jpg" class="left" titl…
Antiseptic — 2021-08-12 20:38:14
…e surgery. On the centenary of his death, in 2012, Lister was considered by most in the medical field as "the father of modern surgery". == Legacy == {{image url="Listerine.jpg" class="right" title="Listerine Antiseptic" width="" }} In 1879, **L…
Baking Powder — 2021-08-12 20:27:52
…ng bread and pastries without the need for yeast. This formula for baking powder is essentially the same as is used in modern baking powders today. {{Image url="AlfredBirdPlaque.jpg" class="left" title="Alfred Bird Plaque" width="220" }} == Ex…
Sewing Machine — 2021-08-11 11:41:32
… looper, he rebuilt Saints sewing machine, proving it did work. His replica is now exhibited in the Science Museum. == Modern Features == {{Image url="ThomasSaintSewingMachine.jpg" class="left" title="Thomas Saint Sewing Machine" width="450" }} …
Adjustable Spanner — 2021-08-10 08:22:45
…rn Spanner'//. It was made under license in several countries. The spanner, //from Germanic spannen (tighten)//, in a modern sense is a different tool to the wrench, //olde English to twist//. …
Lawn Mower — 2021-08-10 08:19:36
… ~-[[CategoryInventions]]:[[CategoryIndustry Industry]]:[[1800s]] {{{toc}}} {{image url="Envoy.gif" class="left" title="Modern mower" width="220" }} The lawn mower was invented in **1830** by Edwin Beard Budding, an engineer from Stroud, [[Glouce…
Jigsaw Puzzle — 2021-08-09 21:24:39
… 1769 but his widow Sarah continued with the business, later marrying Spilsbury’s former apprentice Harry Ashby. == Modern Twist == At this point the puzzles were all hand made on solid wood and were too expensive to be considered a toy. It …
Pub — 2021-08-09 21:19:14
…hey were built all over England. When the Romans finally withdrew from Britain they left behind the beginnings of the modern pub. In **965 King Edgar** the then ruler of England, decreed that there should be one **Ale House** per village (a ver…
…s has become blurred with the passage of time; Inns and taverns have evolved into hotels the ale house into what is the modern pub. == Very popular == By **1625** there were over thirteen thousand Inns and Taverns around the country for a popul…
Cowboy — 2021-08-09 21:03:46
…Cowboy :: {{Image url="cowboy_horse.jpg" class="right" title="Modern conception of a cowboy" width="350" }} == Cowboy == ~-[[Livestock]]:[[1600s]] The first reference of the word 'cowboy'…
Industrial Revolution — 2021-08-08 21:48:46
…, a series of famous steamships, and numerous important bridges and tunnels, hence revolutionising public transport and modern day engineering. During his short career, Brunel achieved many engineering "firsts", including assisting in the buildi…
Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
… [[Yorkshire ]] was an early aviation pioneer who experimented with gliders. In 1799 he set in place the concept of the modern aeroplane as a fixed-wing flying machine. {{Image url="Airfoil.gif" class="left" title="Airfoil" width="200" }}He exper…
Toothbrush — 2021-01-28 15:14:07
…[[Domestic]]:[[Medical]]:[[1700s]] {{Image url="WilliamAddis.jpg" class="right" width="" }} Wiiliam Addis developed the modern toothbrush in **1780.** Addis was a prisoner in jail in **1770** for inciting riots. He was a clever man, who wanted…
Petroleum — 2020-12-03 01:07:44
… he established an oil refinery at Alfreton. == Petroleum Distillation == Petroleum can occur naturally but what the modern world needed was petrol artificially distilled. **Young** theorized that natural petroleum somehow originated from the…
Pencil — 2020-11-30 16:27:31
…le="derwent graphic pencils" width="400" }} === Borrowdale 1560 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[Literature]]:[[1500s]] The modern graphite pencil was first produced in Cumberland now [[Cumbria]], [[England]]. == Discovery == The pure graphite was …
…and wrapping it with string. This proved messy and the pencils would break easily, so it was later encased in wood. The modern pencil was born! {{Image url="PencilVan.jpg" class="left" title="Cumberland Pencil Van" width="500" }} Via Flemish tra…
Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
…me, but it was referred to as "The Game of Badminton," and, thereupon, Badminton became its official name. In 1887 the modern rules were laid down. The Bath Badminton Club was setup and standardized the rules, that still guide the sport today. I…
… In 1874 they formed the Leamington Tennis Club, setting out the original rules of the game which form the basis of the modern ones. The Courier of 23 July 1884 recorded one of the first tennis tournaments, held in the grounds of Shrubland Hall.(…
… Chris Baker of Bristol, England used an elastic rope to emulate and improve on a kind of urban vine jumping. The first modern bungee jump was made on '''1 April 1979''' from the 250ft Clifton Suspension Bridge in '''Bristol''', and was made by f…
Cricket — 2020-08-26 21:18:47
…nded in 1787. == Rules and International == {{Image url="Cricketball.jpg" class="left" width="100"}}The beginnings of modern cricket is said to be to be 1787, when the Marylebone Cricket Club also known MCC was created. The MCC has since then g…
Life Boat — 2020-08-17 09:00:19
…success of lifeboats that On 28 February 1823 the RNLI was formed. {{Image url="LifeBoat.jpg" class="left-right" title="Modern RNLI Life Boat" width="" }} ::c:: == Links == [[https://rnli.org/about-us/our-history/timeline/1785-the-first-lifeboat…
Bicycle — 2020-08-15 09:22:15
… death_place="" }} === John Kemp Starley 1885 === ~-[[CategoryTransport]]:[[1800s]] In 1885 Starley produced the first modern style bicycle, the **//Rover// Safety Bicycle**. //Cycling Magazine// said the 'Rover' had 'set the pattern to the w…
…orld' for future bicycles. {{toc}} == The Safety Bicycle == The modern //safety// bicycle. A rear-wheel, chain-driven cycle with two similar-sized wheels. Two wheeled forms of [[CategoryTran…
Disc Brakes — 2020-08-09 19:54:18
…eir 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/lanch…
Plastic Surgery — 2020-08-06 08:24:01
…60" death_place="London" }} === Harold Gillies - 1917 === ~-[[Medical]]::[[1900s]] Gillies developed the techniques of modern plastic surgery. A New Zealander who studied medicine in Cambridge, England later he joined the Royal Army Medical Cor…
…signment surgeries, from female to male on Michael Dillon. In 1951 he pioneered a //flap technique//, one of the first modern sex reassignment from male to female on Roberta Cowell, it became the standard procedure for 40 years. …
Obstetrical Forceps — 2020-06-28 13:29:13
…ugh the family. {{Image url="ChamberlenForceps" class="left" title="Chamberlen forceps bare remarkable resemblance to modern forceps" width="300" }} {{tag ids="Forceps Birth Midwife "}}…
Underground Railway — 2019-10-23 19:35:16
…ran from near the Bank of England under the Thames to the South Bank. {{image url="TrainTube.jpg" class="right" title="Modern Tube Train" width="400" }} A second underground line, the District, began operating five years later. The two were eve…
Banksy — 2017-06-19 21:04:17
…dth="500" }} In 2015 he created **Dismaland** at a disused lido area in **Weston-Super-Mare**. It was a clever twist on modern theme parks with a bleak, Banksy-style alternative to a sugar coated 'Disney style' day out. The main attraction was a…
Billiards — 2016-06-23 11:09:55
…ntony and Cleopatra, in 1609 in Act II, Scene 5, Cleopatra says: "Let's to billiards. Come, Charmian." == Beginings of Modern Rules == The first governing body of the game, the **English Billiards Association**, was formed in the UK in 1885. La…
Pound Sterling — 2016-05-31 15:19:41
…**silver** not gold. {{Image url="CoinShield.gif" class="right" title="Coin Shield" width="300" }} The reverse of the modern coins form a sheild.…
Tank — 2016-05-16 11:27:53
…s to create an armoured fighting vehicle. Eventually this lead to the favoured continuous track that is now familiar on modern tanks.…

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