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Split the Atom — 2023-10-10 00:05:57
…ox". == Cockcroft-Walton Generator == The Cockcroft-Walton generator, a system of capacitors and thermionic rectifiers produced voltages around 600,000 volts. It wasn't a million volts, but it proved sufficient. The splitting of the atom was now a…
FAX — 2023-10-09 23:52:19
…hed a stylus that was an electrically conductive to the swinging pendulum. Every swing over a conductive surface was reproduced at the receiver. {{Image url="FAX-Machine.jpg" class="left" title="FAX Machine" width="450" }} == Improvements == Fred…
Internal Combustion Engine — 2023-10-09 23:51:33
…tion system. The engine was hugely successful. During the period from 1891 through 1905, a total of 32,417 engines were produced. {{Image url="Herbert_akroyd_stuart_plaque.jpg" class="right" title="Herbert Akroyd plaque" width="200" }} They would …
Stainless Steel — 2023-10-09 23:42:45
…48" death_place="Torquay" }} === Harry Brearley 1913 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]: [[Domestic]]: [[1900s]] Brearley first produced his 'Rustless Steel' in an electric furnace on 13th August 1913. {{TOC}} == Determination == Harry was born into a p…
Phototherapy — 2023-10-09 23:41:51
…L. The blood sitting on the windowsill was measured again, and read even lower, at 9 mg/100 mL. This was able to be reproduced again and again and caused researchers to investigate the effect of light on **bilirubin**. == Modern Treatment == {…
Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36
…bored and wanted to play with the other children he set up ropes to automate the process.) '''Humphrey Gainsborough''' produced a model condensing steam engine in the 1760s, which he showed to '''Richard Lovell Edgeworth''', a member of the Lunar …
…ving the **Industrial Revolution**. The term '**watt**' in electricity is named after James Watt to describe the power produced. And he coined the term **horsepower** when describing his engines saying that they 'could do the work of six horses' w…
Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51
…940, Watson-Watt, assisted by John Randall and Henry Boot of Birmingham University, invented the cavity magnetron. This produced a compact source of short-wave radio waves and allowed Fighter Command to detect incoming enemy planes from a much grea…
Electronic Computer — 2023-10-07 10:38:05
…n Turing**, and other great minds at **Bletchley Park** codebreaking establishment, were already busy decoding messages produced the **Enigma** device. Help was needed to solve the far more complicated encrypted German coded messages made by **Lor…
Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35
…cat food tin inside a coffee tin, a vacuum cleaner and a pair of kitchen scales. This led to the first hovercraft to be produced commercially, the SRN1. == Floating on Air == Christopher Cockerell's idea was not a new one. Many men had tried to m…
Marshall Amplification — 2023-10-07 09:45:58
…, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page **were using his equipment. These amps were powered by [[Vacuum_Tube| Vacuum tubes]] and produced a tone that some musicians still favour today. So the Marshall production facility, sited in Bletchley, England, still…
LCD — 2023-09-23 15:53:09
…**. This resulting liquid crystal was less viscous, thereby providing faster response times and more transparent, which produced a pure-white colour display for the first time. == Re-invent the Display == {{Image url="LCDweather.jpg" class="left"…
Electric Motor — 2023-09-23 15:52:02
… the next few years several inventors made magnetic rotating devices including Rev. William Ritchie. In 1830, Sturgeon produced a vastly improved form of battery – known as the amalgamated zinc battery which had a longer battery life than that p…
Digital Photography — 2023-09-23 12:04:21
…ploited the device’s potential for digital imaging and, together with his team, developed a series of CCD cameras and produced the first pixel CCD colour image. ::cl:: == Recognition == {{Image url="TompsettSelfie.jpg" class="right" title="Tomps…
ATM — 2023-09-23 12:02:41
…managing director of **De La Rue Instruments**. A division of De La Rue the banknote and credit card printing firm who produced more than 140 currencies, as well as stock certificates for the New York Stock Exchange.. John's inspiration for the A…
Worcestershire Sauce — 2023-09-18 19:06:46
… wonderfully unique taste. Lea & Perrins Original '''Worcestershire Sauce''' was '''invented''' and in 1837 began to be produced commercially. == How Original == But this was not the first mention of **"Worcester sauce"**. A local delicacy from t…
Mousetrap — 2023-08-31 23:02:31
… a pushbike, but he is probably grateful now. The contract terms of the play stipulate that //no film adaptation can be produced until the West End production has been closed for at least six months.// == Top Author == Agatha Christie is also the …
Pay Toilet — 2022-09-27 07:23:49
…ock" width="100" }} == Other Interests == The Maskelyne was the first typewriter to be manufactured in Britain. It was produced by the Maskelyne British Typewriter and Manufacturing Company Ltd of London from 1889, two years before a patent was is…
Cambridge Cream — 2022-05-20 08:48:45
…Cambridge Burnt Cream" }} ~-[[CategoryFood]]:[[1600s]] Chefs at the **Trinity College** in Cambridge, [[England]] first produced **'Cambridge Burnt Cream'** dessert no later than **1630**. ||{{{toc}}}||{{amazon type="book" items="1906507317" }}|…
Cheddar cheese — 2022-05-03 17:03:04
…vide the ideal humidity and temperature for maturing the cheese. === Cheddar Gorge ~1170 === Cheddar Cheese has been produced in the gorge since at least the **12th century**. It does not have //Protected Designation of Origin// but only Chedda…
…r produced from local milk within four counties of south west England may use the name** "West Country Farmhouse Cheddar".** {{Ima…
KitKat — 2022-05-03 17:00:51
…jpg" width="300" class="left" title="War-time issue Kitkat " }} It was changed to a blue wrapper in 1945, when it was produced with a plain chocolate covering due to shortages of milk after the war. It reverted back to red in 1947 when the standa…
Trouser Press — 2021-08-26 11:11:31
… very popular and soon became a fixture in hotel rooms across the globe. Corby sold the company in 1977 but it is still produced in Britain.…
Beatles — 2021-08-20 10:46:43
…on, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Forming around 1958 'The Beatles' first sessions in September 1962 produced a minor UK hit, "Love Me Do". == Beatlemania == **Beatlemania** began in Britain on 13 October 1963 with a televised …
Automatic Kettle — 2021-08-14 20:44:42
…e="Automatic Kettle" width="350" }} {{{toc}}} **William (Bill) Russell **(1920-2006) and **Peter Hobbs** (1916 - 2008) produced the first automatic electric kettle in 1955.::c:: {{image url="RussellHobbs1952.jpg" class="left" title="Bill Russell a…
…pour-controlled K1, appeared in 1955 and was superseded by the more elegant K2, a modestly curvaceous design originally produced in spun copper and polished chrome. ==1955== Before this kettle was introduced in 1955, boiling water by electricity…
Steel — 2021-08-12 20:31:45
… creating oxides of silicon and manganese, which become part of the slag. Within a few minutes an ingot of steel can be produced. {{Image url="BessemerConvertor.jpg" class="left" title="Bessemer Convertor" width="500" }} Bessemer Converter was ins…
Horlicks — 2021-08-12 20:30:08
… Eton College, the building was operational in 1908. The entire project cost £28,800 and by 1969, the extended factory produced 30 million pounds of powder a year. In 1945 British Horlicks company bought the American Horlicks out. == Worldwide =…
Adjustable Spanner — 2021-08-10 08:22:45
…ck and worm// that he would have discussed with engineering work colleague [[Lawn_mower| Edwin Budding]]. Clyburn even produced a double ended adjustable spanner. == Longevity == {{Image url="BahcoClyburn.jpg" class="right" title="Bahco Clyburn…
Sparkling Wine — 2021-08-08 20:32:53
…2. Merret was born in Winchcombe [[Gloucestershire]] [[England]]. Although Britain is not renown for wine, it has been produced here for at least 2000 years introduced by the Romans. But the sparkle was added much later. == Superior Bottles and…
… in England in the early 17th century and industrialised the process; his coal-powered factories in Newcastle upon Tyne produced much stronger bottles than were available in France. As a result the English could deliberately induce a secondary fer…
…//“Come quickly, I am tasting the stars’’//. French made their first sparkling Champagne, which was in a document produced in 1718. …
Refrigeration — 2021-08-08 18:50:45
…ainer's surroundings, causing it to cool. This was recorded in his only published chemistry-related paper, "Of the Cold produced by Evaporating Fluids, and of some other Means of producing Cold". == Frozen in Time == The reaction to Cullen's inve…
Toothbrush — 2021-01-28 15:14:07
…mAddisBrushes.jpg" class="right" width="250" }} == Nylon era == By **1938** the first toothbrush with nylon fibres was produced, which proved sturdier and more efficient than bristles. But in the **United States** it wasn’t until soldiers return…
Float Glass — 2020-12-08 00:24:27
… successful manufacture of high quality flat glass. {{Image url="FloatGlass.jpg" class="left" title="Float Glass being produced" width="390" }}Alistair joined the Pilkington Brothers (there was no family connection) as a technical officer in 1947.…
Petroleum — 2020-12-03 01:07:44
…at natural petroleum somehow originated from the action of heat on the coal seam and from this thought that it might be produced artificially. After many experiments Young found that by slow distillation he could obtain a number of useful liquids …
… reserves. In 1859, an oil well was drilled in Titusville Pennsylvania and within 2 years, American petroleum was being produced. {{Image url="YoungsParaffin.jpg" class="right" title="Youngs Paraffin" width="" }} Soon American petroleum, that they…
Pencil — 2020-11-30 16:27:31
…h="400" }} === Borrowdale 1560 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[Literature]]:[[1500s]] The modern graphite pencil was first produced in Cumberland now [[Cumbria]], [[England]]. == Discovery == The pure graphite was discovered in the 1500s near Keswic…
Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52
…d, only 5 turned up and just 3 functioned well enough to take part in the Rainhill Trials. The winner was '''Rocket''', produced by the Stephensons. Stephenson went from strength to strength. He was chief engineer for the Manchester & Leeds, Birmi…
Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
…ar School, Guildford. The first recorded cricket match took place at Coxheath in Kent, England in 1646. This match also produced the first record of betting on cricket. The world's first cricket club was formed in Hambledon in the 1760s and the wor…
Cricket — 2020-08-26 21:18:47
…ford. The first //recorded// cricket match took place at Coxheath in [[Kent]], [[England]] in **1646**. This match also produced the first record of betting on cricket. === Marylebone Cricket Club 1787 === The world's first cricket club was formed…
Eraser — 2020-08-18 10:06:20
…Sandwich [[Kent]]" death_date="1/9/1806" death_place="" }} === Edward Nairne 1770 === ~-[[Domestic]]:[[1700s]] Nairne produced the first [[rubber]] writing eraser, for an inventions competition. The invention was described by [[Carbonated_water…
Bicycle — 2020-08-15 09:22:15
…e="29 October 1901" 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…
… the penny farthing. {{Image url="RoverBicycle.jpg" class="right" title="Rover Bicycle" width="400" }} In 1885 Starley produced the //Rover// Safety Bicycle. He was the first to use the term //Rover// for a mode of transport changing the company…
Angus Cattle — 2019-08-31 10:40:52
…l cattle were used by breeders. **Hugh Watson** became tenant of Keillor in Angus in 1808. He gathered stock widely and produced cattle of outstanding quality and character. Hugh Watson could be considered the founder of the breed, and was instrume…

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