1. FAX — 2023-10-09 23:52:19

   …rated at the 1851 World's Fair in London. Many improvements came along and eventually the FAX machine became standard office equipment by the 1980s. It is still widely used but it's future looks a short one with computers now the favoured devi…

2. Mayday — 2023-10-08 00:53:45

   …all. Calling out 'SOS' over early radio communication was easily lost in transmission. Frederick was the senior radio officer at Croydon Airport in [[London]] and was given the task of finding a suitable call. == French influence == {{Image u…

3. Portland Cement — 2023-10-08 00:16:46

   …e is the most widely used construction material. Roads, bridges, schools, foundations of buildings, driveways and large office buildings are made of concrete. Some boats and ships are even made from concrete. The modern world would look very diff…

4. Electronic Computer — 2023-10-07 10:38:05

   …ening classes to achieve a degree in electrical engineering. He joined the telecommunications branch of General Post Office (GPO) in **1926** and felt that the mechanical system used for the telephone exchange could be converted to an all-elec…

5. Telephone — 2023-09-23 15:57:07

   …an invention to transmit the human voice. Elisha Gray claims he too invented the telephone, but Bell got to the patent office an hour or so before he did. It is said that Antonio Meucci also succeeded with the invention before Bell. Because Be…

6. Police — 2022-05-20 08:52:50

   …d recruiting the force. He appointed three sergeants and six police constables. They oversaw. 68 unpaid citizen police officers or watchmen who wore long brown coats with their personal numbers painted on their backs. Each carried a lantern and …

7. Postage Stamp — 2021-11-06 16:32:56

   …way the bureaucracy and vast amounts of useless labour thus cheapening the whole operation, which would enable the Post Office to fix the postage rate as low as **'One Penny'** this made postage available to the masses. == The postal reform tha…

8. Clouds — 2021-08-14 20:16:00

   …blished in **1803**. >>{{amazon type="book" items="033039195X" }}>> {{Image url="CloudNames.jpg" class="left" alt="Met Office guide to cloud types and pronunciations" title="Howard cloud names" width="300" }} ::cr:: Howard (28 November 1772 – …
   …21 March 1864) was born in [[London]], [[England]] <<""<br/>Source: <a href="http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/clouds/cloud-spotting-guide" target="_blank">metoffice.gov.uk</a><br/>""<< {{Image url="Luke_Howard-pl…

9. Horlicks — 2021-08-12 20:30:08

   …l="HorlicksAdvert.jpg" class="right" title="Horlicks Advert" width="" }} In 1890 James went back to London to set up an office there to manage importing their product from the States. By 1906 the UK demand was large enough to justify Horlicks est…

10. Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27

    …commented out for reference only Edison patent was 4 November 1879 granted Jan 1880. on October 8, 1883 the US Patent Office ruled that Edison’s US Patent was invalid due to prior art by William Sawyer and others. By 1889, 10 years after the …
    …..) Seven years, and more than $100,000 in litigation expenses after Edison’s patent was invalidated by the US Patent Office, on October 6, 1889, a judge ruled that the electric light improvement claim for "a filament of carbon of high resistan…

11. Chicken Tikka Masala — 2021-08-09 21:27:48

    …="Chicken Tikka Masala" width="200" }} This is contended by a few chefs. During the Raj Indian chefs cooked for British officers and soldiers who found the style of cooking lacked a sauce. They argue Chicken Tikka Masala originated in British I…

12. Marmalade — 2021-08-08 18:49:30

    …fort". == History == The recipe book of Madam Eliza Cholmondeley, dated around **1677** and held at the Chester Record Office 4, has one of the earliest recipes for a //Marmelet of Oranges// that compares to the marmalade we know today. == Fami…

13. Plywood — 2021-08-08 18:44:16

    … In 1793 Bentham took out what has been called //"one of the most remarkable patents ever issued by the British Patents Office"//, because it automated the whole process of woodworking machinery for making blocks. A Pulley block, at this time, wa…

14. Float Glass — 2020-12-08 00:24:27

    …s being produced" width="390" }}Alistair joined the Pilkington Brothers (there was no family connection) as a technical officer in 1947. At this time quality plate glass could only be made by a costly and wasteful plate process that the Pilkingt…

15. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47

    …lecock back and forth with tiny rackets. The game was called "POONA" in India during the 18th Century, and British Army Officers stationed there brought the game back to England in the 1860's. The army men introduced the game to friends, but the …
    … played in Victorian England among the upper-class as an after-dinner parlour game. In the early 1880s by British army officers in India and South Africa, using lids from cigar boxes as paddles and rounded corks from wine bottles as balls, with …
    …e game we know today. It wasn't until the Early 1900's that the game evolved to the game it is now. Played by the army officers and aristocracy stationed in India the game grew in complexity and in its parts. The game of snooker has pretty much …

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

    …th patented his vacuum cleaner and founded '''The Vacuum Cleaner Company Ltd'''. to manufacture and market it. The Head Office was in Parsons Green Lane, in Fulham, South West London. He built his first machine in 1901. It was made for Osborne Ho…
    …use, a training college for naval officers on the Isle of Wight. The machine was parked outside and the hoses were fed through the windows. It was originally po…

17. Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25

    … German embassy in London bought copies of my father's first turbojet patent and it was registered at the Berlin Patent Office in August 1931.' // ---- ~-// *(The German Ohain conceived of "an engine that did not require a propeller." in 1933 and…

18. Paternoster — 2018-09-18 13:06:34

    …rd, England, the engineering firm of J & E Hall installed its first "Cyclic Elevator", using Hart's patent, in a London office block. The Paternoster became very popular in Europe where many still operate. Britain has a remaining paternoster in …
    …, 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 structure, its innovative design had a considerable influence on office buildings ac…

19. Emergency Telephone Number — 2017-07-06 10:16:06

    …lling 0 and asking the operator for police, fire or ambulance was the recommended method from 1927. The **General Post Office** (GPO), which ran the telephone network, proposed a three digit number. Initially, each 999 call triggered flashing r…

20. Meccano — 2017-05-14 01:23:25

    … cover the costs. His employer saw potential in what Hornby was doing and offered him some vacant premises next to the office where he worked to pursue his ideas. With this move, Elliot and Hornby became partners. ::c:: == Into Production == {{…

21. Salvation Army — 2016-01-07 15:19:48

    …s in over **170** different languages. Its membership (as of 2010 Year Book) includes 16,938 active and 9,190 retired officers, 1,122,326 soldiers, 189,176 Adherents, 39,071 Corps Cadets, 378,009 Junior Soldiers, around 104,977 other employees …

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