1. Split the Atom — 2023-10-10 00:05:57

   …{Image url="SplitAtom.jpg" class="left" title="Split Atom" width="200" }} == Prototype == Working in a vacant room at Ernest Rutherford's Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University, [[Cambridgeshire]], [[England]], Englishman Cockcroft and …

2. Stainless Steel — 2023-10-09 23:42:45

   … == More than Guns == Harry saw the potential for his steel within the cutlery industry. With the help of his friend Ernest Stuart, Cutlery Manager at Mosley's Portland Works, they had perfected the hardening process for knives. Brearley wante…

3. Anaesthetic — 2023-10-04 16:27:18

   …"laughing gas" was coined by Humphry Davy due to the euphoric effects. He wrote about N2O; {{Image url="NitrousOxideAnesthesia.jpg" class="left" title="Nitrous oxide in anesthesia" width="300" }} ^^As nitrous oxide appears capable of destroy…

4. Nature Reserve — 2021-08-09 22:30:53

   …ved. {{Image url="WaltonHall.jpg" class="right" title="Walton Hall" }} == The Bird Box == He also invented the '''bird nesting box'''. Walton Hall is now open to the public as a nature trail. {{Image url="Nestbox.jpg" width="100" title="Wate…
   …rton invented the nesting box" }} ||{{Image url="Kingfisher.jpg" width="200" }}||{{Image url="Badger.gif" width="200" }}||{{Image url="Roede…

5. Vaccination — 2021-08-07 23:07:23

   …ing observation, experiment and dissection into a description of the previously misunderstood life of the cuckoo in the nest. == Cuckoo Habits == His description of the newly-hatched '''cuckoo''' pushing its host's eggs and fledglings from the…
   … nest (contrary to the existing belief that the adult cuckoo did it) was only confirmed in the 20th century when photography …
   … in its back which is not present after 12 days of life, in which it cups eggs and other chicks to push them out of the nest. It had been assumed that the adult bird did this, but the adult does not remain in the area for sufficiently long. H…

6. Angus Cattle — 2019-08-31 10:40:52

   …Image url="AngusCattle.jpg" class="right" title="Angus Cattle" width="400" }} {{toc}} Aberdeen-Angus is the world’s finest beef breed with world recognition for its quality meat and easy to care for cattle. === Aberdeen Scotland 1842 === Bla…

7. Paternoster — 2018-09-18 13:06:34

   …as a remaining paternoster in Sheffield University. Oriel Chambers building, designed by Peter Ellis, remains one of finest and most influential architectural design of its age. One of the first office buildings to use an iron framework struct…

8. Tank — 2016-05-16 11:27:53

   …ting the defence and clearing the way for an infantry advance. == Churchill == With recommendations from people like Ernest Swinton the //Landships Committee//, established by Churchill in February 1915, conducted experiments and tests of vari…

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