1. Cinematography — 2023-10-09 23:41:17

   …inment]]: [[1800s]] The first movie-film was shot in Leeds [[England]] on the 14 October 1888. Louis Le Prince filmed moving motion picture sequences he called **Roundhay Garden**, **Leeds Bridge**, and his son playing the accordion, using his …

2. Computer — 2023-10-09 23:40:16

   … of a programmable computer. Babbage wanted to find a method by which computations could be calculated mechanically, removing human sources of error. He first discussed the principles of a calculating engine in a letter to Sir Humphry Davy in 18…

3. Bob Hope — 2023-09-26 16:57:28

   …, was a light opera singer from Barry. They married in April 1891 and lived at 12 Greenwood Street, Barry Wales. Then moving to Bristol and London. {{Image url="BobHopeHome.jpg" class="left" title="Bob Hope Home" width="" }} == Emigrated == T…
   …ed to the United States in 1908 aboard the //SS Philadelphia //passing through Ellis Island on March 30, **1908**, then moving on to Cleveland, Ohio.…

4. Telegraph — 2023-09-23 15:56:52

   …were used to transmit messages. To communicate messages Ronalds had made two identical clock-like machines, each with a moving index or hand, with the alphabet engraved around the dial. >>{{amazon type="book" items="1145411770" }}>> The device …

5. Pneumatic Tyre — 2022-05-03 16:45:33

   … === {{toc}} Dunlop (1840 to 1921) was born in [[Ayrshire]], [[Scotland]] and qualified as a veterinary surgeon before moving to Belfast in 1867. His practice was at 50 Gloucester Street, Belfast, [[Ireland]]. His great invention, of the inner …

6. Loudspeaker — 2021-11-07 21:26:37

   …r Lodge 1898 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[Communication]]:[[Music]]:[[1800s]] The first loudspeaker to be driven by a **moving coil** – known today as dynamic loudspeakers – was invented by a British physicist Oliver Lodge in 1898. {{Image…
   …uspended in a strong magnetic field with nonmagnetic spacers to keep the air gap between the inner and outer poles of a moving coil transducer. At this time there was little need to amplify recorded music, that was still in its infancy, but tele…

7. Television — 2021-11-06 16:35:18

   …DHD.jpg" class="right" width="250" title="Television" }} == Beginnings == Baird was the first person to produce a live, moving television image in halftones by reflected light. Baird achieved this, where other inventors had failed, by obtaining a…
   …ary 1924 demonstrated to the Radio Times that a semi-mechanical analogue television system was possible by transmitting moving silhouette images, such as his fingers wiggling, in his London laboratory. Baird gave the first public demonstration of…
   … moving silhouette images by television at Selfridges department store in London in a three-week series of demonstrations begin…

8. Intraocular Lens — 2021-08-20 10:40:24

   …ion by crudely pushing aside the lens within the eye. And until Ridleys invention there was nothing better other than removing the lens and wearing heavy spectacles. Attempts made in the 19th century to replace the lens within the eye with a gla…

9. Horlicks — 2021-08-12 20:30:08

   …extracted from malted barley and wheat during the brewing process. The mixture was then reduced to granules by slowly removing its moisture in a copper bain-marie floating in a boiler. ::c:: == Relocation == Joseph Horlick had emigrated to Racin…

10. Pub — 2021-08-09 21:19:14

    …elping the illiterate population (or were they just drunk?) to identify drinking establishments around the country. == Moving on == [[1200s]] {{Image url="Beerpint.jpg" class="right" title="A pint of British beer" width="200" }} The use of **pin…

11. Bearings — 2021-08-08 20:30:19

    …e to a multitude of rotating machinery. Bearings improved and miniaturised in the coming years and now just about every moving device has bearings to reduce friction. == Bearing == - Transport - every car lorry bicycle - Home - Washing machin…

12. Vacuum cleaner — 2020-10-11 23:24:10

    …ttp://www.airgale.com.au/booth/d6.htm */ Booth was born in Theresa Place, Gloucester, [[Gloucestershire]], [[England]] moving to Belle Vue House, Spa road at the age of nine. His father, Abraham Booth, was a lumber merchant. While travelling h…

13. Gravity — 2020-08-06 08:19:13

    …stay still. The Second Law explains how a force acts on an object. An object accelerates in the direction the force is moving it. The Third Law states that if an object is pushed or pulled, it will push or pull equally in the opposite direction…

14. Greenwich Meridian — 2020-08-06 08:03:21

    …around the world are determined by the longitude offset from Greenwich Mean Time. Because the earths crust is always moving so will the imaginary prime meridian so it cannot be a truly fixed line. …

15. Tank — 2016-05-16 11:27:53

    …ublished in December 1903, described the use of large, armoured cross-country vehicles, armed with automatic rifles and moving on pedrail wheels, to break through a system of fortified trenches, disrupting the defence and clearing the way for an …

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