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Airport — 2023-10-11 15:23:36
…ampton, the first 'Air Port'" width="450" }} In 1910 Edwin Moon took off in his Moonbeam II aircraft in **air fields** near Southampton. During World War I, Southampton became a major post for military aircraft, these were mainly **'Flying Boa…
… boats became immense like the Saunders Roe Princess" width="100%" }} ::c:: == Spitfire == The **Supermarine** factory near Southampton Airport was later used to assemble Spitfire fighters during World War II. == Links == [[https://www.solen…
Carbonated water — 2023-10-09 23:52:55
…== Joseph Priestley 1767 === ~- [[CategoryFood]]: [[1700s]] {{toc}} Joseph Priestley (1733 – 1804) born in Birstall, near Batley in [[Yorkshire]] was the first to artificially **carbonate water** 1767. Often called **Soda water**. == Oxyg…
Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36
…ghting the way along roads in the dark was pure inspiration. == Inspiration == When the tram-lines were removed in the nearby town of **Bradford** he realised that he'd been using the polished strips of steel to navigate. The name '''cat's ey…
Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51
…cember to set up five stations covering the approaches to London. One of these stations was to be located on the coast near Orfordness, and Bawdsey Research Station was set up there to become the main centre for all radar research. They soon c…
Telephone — 2023-09-23 15:57:07
…th="260" }} He showed the invention to Queen Victoria of England and she wanted lines to connect her castles. By 1917, nearly all of the United States had telephone service. …
Electric Motor — 2023-09-23 15:52:02
…title="William Sturgeon inventor of the electro-magnetic motor plaque" width="250" }} Sturgeon was born in Whittington, near Carnforth, [[Lancashire]], and apprenticed to a shoemaker. In 1824 he became Lecturer in Science and Philosophy at the …
Electric Generator — 2023-09-23 12:04:37
…icist and chemist Hans Christian Ørsted observed the phenomenon of electromagnetism when an electrical wire was placed near a compass. Michael Faraday built two devices to produce what he called electromagnetic rotation: that is a continuous c…
Worcestershire Sauce — 2023-09-18 19:06:46
…he dish for some time. Because of the [[British_Empire | Raj]] Indian flavours were starting to appeal to customers and nearby rival chemists like **Twinberrow and Evans** had good sales in sauces. It is most likely that **Lea & Perrins** need…
Loch Ness Monster — 2022-05-03 17:06:34
…Highlands of [[Scotland]], has the largest volume of fresh water in Great Britain. The body of water reaches a depth of nearly 800 feet and a length of about 23 miles. Some 'authorities' speculate that “Nessie” was a solitary survivor of t…
…sh history, dating back to around** A.D. 500**. When local Picts carved a strange aquatic creature into standing stones near Loch Ness. {{Image url="Loch-Ness.jpg" title="Loch Ness: 23 miles long and 750 feet deep" width="100%" height="200" }…
…ty to Scotland. In **565**, according to the biographer, Columba was on his way to visit the king of the northern Picts near Inverness when he stopped at Loch Ness to confront a beast that had been killing people in the lake. Seeing a large bea…
Charlie Chaplin — 2021-08-20 11:11:51
… growing evidence that Chaplin was born in a gypsy caravan on a travellers site known as The Black Patch, in Smethwick, near Birmingham, England.'}}. {{image url="Charles_Chaplin_plaque.jpg" class="left" title="Charlie Chaplin blue plaque" w…
James Bond — 2021-08-20 10:49:07
…]]. He was the second son of Valentine and Eve Fleming. Ian Fleming's first boarding school, Durnford School, was based near Swanage in the Isle of Purbeck. Along with his brothers, Ian Fleming attended Eton. He was not an industrious pupil but…
Antibiotics — 2021-08-20 10:41:08
…t_date="3 September 1928" Fleming discovers antibiotics */ {{toc}} Fleming was born on 6 August 1881 at Lochfield farm near Darvel, in [[Ayrshire]], [[Scotland]]. The term antibiotics literally means “against life” but the life in this ca…
Roundabout — 2021-08-16 09:58:53
…lands, Belgium, Switzerland – 1980s Australia – 1980s US – 1990. == Roundabout Pro's == A true roundabout is as near to maintenance free as you can get. No traffic light bulbs to replace or traffic chaos when there is a power cut. New…
Automatic Kettle — 2021-08-14 20:44:42
…" birth_place="Wells Kent" death_date="11 April 2008" }} Peter Wallace Hobbs was born on May 3 1916 at Langton Green, near Tunbridge Wells [[Kent]], [[England]], and educated at the Skinners' school, where he was keen on drama. Working from a…
Dinosaur — 2021-08-12 20:42:55
…24. However, **Richard Plot** had discovered this dinosaur's femur, which he called //"Scrotum humanum"//, in **1627**, nearly two centuries before.…
Steel — 2021-08-12 20:31:45
…r converter is a cylindrical steel pot approximately 20 feet high, originally with a siliceous lining. 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 s…
Horlicks — 2021-08-12 20:30:08
… employment in London, where James joined a homeopathic chemist company that made dried baby food in Tichborne Street, near Piccadilly Circus, and William, followed his father to become a saddler. == Brewing == {{Image url="HorlicksGranary.j…
Nature Reserve — 2021-08-09 22:30:53
…pponent of '''pollution'''. He fought a long-running court case against the owners of a soapworks which had been set up near his estate in 1839 that leaked out poisonous chemicals which severely damaged the trees in the park and polluted the la…
Tarmac — 2021-08-09 21:38:37
…ppened and was told a barrel of tar had fallen off a dray (cart) and burst open. Someone had poured waste slag from the nearby furnaces to cover up the mess. Hooley noticed this unintentional resurfacing had solidified the road - there was no …
Shire Horse — 2021-08-09 21:35:31
…Horse". The **Packington Blind Horse Stallion** is recognised as the father of the Shire Breed. He came from Packington near **Ashby de la Zouch** [[Leicestershire]] between **1755 & 1770**. He was black and appears in the first 'Shire Stud Boo…
Sunday School — 2021-08-08 18:39:06
…ted the principal of //educating// on a Sunday. Raikes was aware of **William King**, who had set up a Sunday school in nearby Dursley. Raikes saw an oppurtunity to change the outcome for these children which he shared with his friend, **Rever…
Marmite — 2021-04-03 10:38:16
…umans. By putting their initials together and adding a Z they created Zalo. But Alfred had a wife and five children at nearby Walton-on-Trent and because money wasn't plentiful, he devoted much of his time to his family and failed to renew the…
Electric Toaster — 2020-12-01 01:05:39
…mpton.jpg" class="left" width="300" title="Colonel Crompton" }} **Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton** was born at Sion Hill, near Thirsk in [[Yorkshire]] , [[England]] on 31 May 1845 , one of five children. His passion for engineering began early. I…
…raphy, Reminiscences, Crompton tells of a trip to London 's Great Exhibition of 1851. His schooling started at Sharow, near Ripon in Yorkshire, along with 19 other boys, aged between 7 and 15. One of his fellow pupils there was Charles Dodgson…
Pencil — 2020-11-30 16:27:31
…st produced in Cumberland now [[Cumbria]], [[England]]. == Discovery == The pure graphite was discovered in the 1500s near Keswick after a violent storm that had up rooted several trees. Shepherds checking their livestock found a black materi…
Suffolk Punch — 2020-11-30 16:25:44
…ely genetically grouped with the Fell and Dales British ponies and the European Haflinger. == Bottleneck == The breed nearly died out but was saved in 1768 by a horse owned by //Thomas Crisp of Ufford// and was simply known as ‘Crisp’s ho…
Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52
…neer and inventor of the 'Rocket', the most famous early railway locomotive. George Stephenson was born on 9 June 1781 near Newcastle-upon-Tyne [[Northumberland]], [[England]]. His father was an engineman at a coalmine. Stephenson himself work…
…in Scotland. In 1814 Stephenson constructed his first locomotive, 'Blucher', for hauling coal at Killingworth Colliery near Newcastle. In 1815 he invented a safety lamp for use in coalmines, nicknamed the 'Geordie'. == First Passengers == In…
…ting, constantly improving his engines and the tracks. He was so successful that he was able to purchase Tapton House, near Chesterfield, in 1838. He invested in coalmines, ironworks, and quarries, and also experimented with animal husbandry a…
Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
…n down. Further rules were written in 1875 when the first Hockey Association was formed. The game was played on a field nearly 200 metres in length and all players chased the ball for the whole of the game. London's '''Wimbledon Hockey Club''' …
…. Frederick Haynes and Dr. A. Wellesley Tomkins to found the first lawn tennis club in the world and played the game on nearby lawns’. In 1874 they formed the Leamington Tennis Club, setting out the original rules of the game which form the b…
Silicone — 2020-09-22 23:25:26
…class="right" }} {{{toc}}} Professor **Frederick Stanley Kipping** FRS (1863-1949) was an English chemist who was born near Manchester, [[Lancashire]], [[England]]. he pioneered the study of the organic compounds of silicon and invented the t…
Stevenson Screen — 2020-08-17 08:38:43
…venson Sensor" width="300" }} == Siting == The unit and sensors should also be positioned in open space away from any nearby potential sources of heat such as buildings, airports and brick walls, where free circulation of air can occur, and o…
Sinoatrial Node — 2020-08-15 18:08:00
…ic sections of the heart of a mole while Arthur Keith and his wife were bicycling through the beautiful cherry orchards near their cottage in [[Kent]]. Upon their return, Flack excitedly showed Keith a wonderful structure he had discovered in t…
Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25
…rst W.1 production engine before Gloster's experimental airframe was ready. So manufacturing started at GAC Brockworth near Gloucester, but was later moved to Regent Motors in Regent Street Cheltenham because fear of possible bombing. {{Image …
…"320" class="left" title="Whittle Arch in Coventry" }} A redevelopment of the Airfield where the first test took place near Brockworth has been named the 'Whittle Centre' it includes a pub called the **Whittle**. == Shrinking the World == ~&…
Monty Python — 2020-08-06 07:48:50
… but slowly it did just that and {{Datediff from="1969" }} years later it is still as popular all around the world. == Nearly Lost == In 1971, Terry Jones was informed by the BBC that, due it's cost-cutting procedure at the time, the network w…
Underground Railway — 2019-10-23 19:35:16
…d their own **Metro**. In 1890 the first underground electric railway opened, the City and South London, which ran from near the Bank of England under the Thames to the South Bank. {{image url="TrainTube.jpg" class="right" title="Modern Tube T…
Harry Potter — 2018-10-10 17:06:49
…Growing up in Tutshill, [[Gloucestershire]] **Joanne Rowling** was born in Chipping Sodbury cottage Maternity Hospital, near a town called **Dursley** (the Muggle family).{{Image url="Harry_Potter.jpg" class="left" title="Harry Potter film prom…
Motor Racing Circuit — 2018-05-20 20:38:53
…e="Chertsey" death_date="28 Jan 1926" death_place="" }} The world's first purpose-built motor racing circuit was built near Weybridge in [[Surrey]], [[England]] in 1907. === Hugh Locke King 1907 === Hugh Fortescue Locke King decided, while t…
…track to promote its car industry to help it compete and prosper in Europe. He used his own money in 1906 to build the nearly 3 mile long track that had two huge banked sections nearly 30 ft. high. It was 100 ft. wide hard-surfaced with two lo…
English Language — 2018-01-26 21:45:55
…goryInventions]]>[[Society]] >>{{image url="English-as-Official-Language.png"}}>> {{{toc}}} The English language is the nearest the world has seen to an '''international language'''. Approximately a third of the world can now communicate in En…

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