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Airport — 2023-10-11 15:23:36
…e plane to open water ready for take-off. Between the wars, the Solent area in [[Hampshire]] became a hub for aircraft production to meet the growing civilian air transportation sector. {{Image url="Saunders-Roe_Princess.jpg" class="left" title…
Carbonated water — 2023-10-09 23:52:55
…his second voyage to the Pacific, in hope of its ability to alleviate scurvy. Unfortunately this didn't work. == Mass Production == {{Image url="SodaDrink.jpg" class="right" title="Soda Drink" width="250" }} Priestley’s paper would however cap…
…his initial success in Switzerland, Schweppe moved his company to [[England]] in **1792** where he set up his first mas production factory in London at 141 Drury Lane.…
Internal Combustion Engine — 2023-10-09 23:51:33
…retor. {{Image url="Hornsby-Akroyd-Engine.jpg" class="left" title="Hornsby-Akroyd Engine" width="400" }} == Into mass Production == Akroyd-Stuart's engines were built from **26 June 1891** by Richard Hornsby and Sons, a large manufacturer of ste…
Lever Brothers — 2023-10-09 23:43:45
…r. == Soap == {{Image url="SunlightSoap.jpg" class="left" title="Sunlight Soap" width="300" }} They first called their product 'Honey Soap' then later named it "**Sunlight Soap**". The product sold quickly and production soon reached 450 tons pe…
Portland Cement — 2023-10-08 00:16:46
…"Aspdinblueplaque.jpg" class="right" title="Aspdin Blue Plaque" width="300" }} == A Classic Title == Aspdin called the product Portland cement because when set, it resembled '**Portland stone**', a limestone that is quarried on the Isle of Portla…
Marshall Amplification — 2023-10-07 09:45:58
…re 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 uses "valves". ::c:: == Recognition == {{Image url="MArshallLemmy.jpg…
Vacuum Tube — 2023-09-23 15:57:19
…echnology today. This invention made possible or improved: ~[[Radio]] ~[[Television]] ~[[Radar]] ~Sound recording and reproduction ~Telephone networks, ~Analogue and Digital computers == War Needs == The outbreak of World War 2 was a key point …
Electric Generator — 2023-09-23 12:04:37
…lectric transformer**. /* In a second series of experiments in September he discovered magneto-electric induction: the production of a steady electric current. To do this, Faraday attached two wires through a sliding contact to a copper disc. By …
ATM — 2023-09-23 12:02:41
… asked him for 90 seconds to pitch his idea for a cash machine. He said, 'Come and see me on Monday morning'. == Into Production == {{Image url="FirstATMWithdrawal.jpg" class="left" title="First ever ATM Withdrawal by actor Reg Varney" width="3…
Worcestershire Sauce — 2023-09-18 19:06:46
… sauce seem unique and possibly invented the events to make their sauce stand out from the competition. == Commercial Production == {{Image url="JohnWheeleyLea.jpg" class="left" title="John Wheeley Lea" width="270" }} **Lea and Perrins** decided…
… to advertise. The product became so popular that they took the premises next door to have the room to manufacture the large quantities required. …
Mousetrap — 2023-08-31 23:02:31
…bly 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 worlds **most translated** …
Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21
…eath_place="Ironbridge" }} === Thomas Parker 1884 === ~-[[CategoryTransport]]:[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[1800s]] The first production Electric Vehicle **EV** car was made by Thomas Parker in 1884. {{toc}} == Inventive genius == Parker was a very inv…
KitKat — 2022-05-03 17:00:51
… 1935 and was renamed #%KitKat#% in 1937. The best selling chocolate bar in the world began life in [[Yorkshire]]. This product was developed as a four-finger wafer crisp, launched in London in September 1935 as **'Rowntree’s Chocolate Crisp**'…
Loudspeaker — 2021-11-07 21:26:37
…lify recorded music, that was still in its infancy, but telephone communication was pushing the need for better audio reproduction. Lodge's cone loudspeaker, which he referred to as a "bellowing telephone", used the basic principle of the conven…
Heroin — 2021-08-20 11:14:28
…oin' an analgesic and "sedative for coughs" in 1888. But when its addictive quality became a problem , Bayer ceased its production in 1913.…
Workmate — 2021-08-20 11:10:56
…he helped to style the **105E Ford Anglia**. Ron was not your average amateur inventor: he was already an accomplished product designer, and went on to design the famous **Lotus Elan**, as chief engineer for the car company. But this still did n…
… was an instant hit. Black & Decker saw the potential and took on exclusive rights of the Workmate in 1973 and started production. To date more than '''60 Million''' Workmates have been sold. @@{{adsense}}@@ …
IVF — 2021-08-16 10:02:09
…urdy and Edwards with first baby " width="250" }} == A Great Team == Both Steptoe and Edwards worked in the field of reproductive health before their collaboration in 1966, they were especially interested in problems of human fertility. Edwards h…
Automatic Kettle — 2021-08-14 20:44:42
…s' school, where he was keen on drama. Working from a rundown factory at Croydon, Russell took charge of developing new products while Hobbs concentrated on sales. {{Tag ids="Kettle Automatic kitchen appliance K1 Boil thermostat bimetallic"}} …
Bovril — 2021-08-14 20:09:04
…ston.** The transportation and storage of such vast amounts of food were problematic. This led to Johnston creating a product he called //'Johnston's Fluid Beef'//, that was later called **Bovril.** He returned to Britain in 1880 where he develo…
Christmas Cracker — 2021-08-12 20:39:19
…-cracker.jpg" class="left" title="christmas cracker" width="" }} He tried adding trinkets or small toys to inspire the product sales with limited success. Then after throwing a log onto a fire it gave out a loud crackle that gave him the idea of …
…h="400" }} Eureka! Now it all came together. The tube to hold the toy, a corny joke and a paper hat all flew out of the product when two people pulled it apart with cracking sound. By 1900 the company were producing 13 million crackers a year. Ov…
Steel — 2021-08-12 20:31:45
…essemerConvertor.jpg" class="left" title="Bessemer Convertor" width="500" }} Bessemer Converter was instrumental in the production of armaments. Guns, cannons and warships became relatively inexpensive to produce. Steel frames could now be used to…
… over 30,000 miles of railroad and colonise the western part of the country. Sheet steel could now be used in consumer products like washing machines, electric ovens, refrigerators and the car. By 1914 car manufacturing become the leading consume…
Horlicks — 2021-08-12 20:30:08
…m in 1873. That same year, they started their own company (J&W Horlicks) to make a malted milk drink. They called their product 'Diastoid' and their advertising slogan read: 'Horlick's Infant and Invalids Food' under a US patent in 1883. == Back …
…tle="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 establishing its own plant. James Horlick b…
…Kline"". The largest markets for Horlicks today are the UK, India and Malaysia. It is ""GlaxoSmithKline's"" top selling product in Malaysia. In 1930 Horlicks even had an Antarctic mountain named after it. == Links == [[http://www.deanweb.info/h…
Rubber — 2021-08-12 20:24:10
… He made many improvements in the manufacture of rubber and thought of a multitude of ways in which this remarkable new product could be used. Hancock died in 1865 at Stoke Newington, London. ||{{Image url="Tyre.jpg" width="90" title=" Road tyre…
Adjustable Spanner — 2021-08-10 08:22:45
…rl="BahcoClyburn.jpg" class="right" title="Bahco Clyburn" width="450" }} Clyburns adjustable spanner design remained in production in Birmingham factories and worldwide, and appeared in tool catalogues up until about **1964**. Today the adjustabl…
Chocolate Bar — 2021-08-09 22:11:02
…ly but it could output greater amounts of ground cocoa. This gave the chocolateers more time and energy to improve the product to the confectionery candy bar that is now consumed all over the world. {{Image src="Chocolatebar.jpg" class="left" wi…
…r that launched the new smooth chocolate process and is now the //oldest chocolate confectionery bar//, and is still in production. == Easter Eggs == Fry's also invented the **Chocolate Easter Egg** which is now common throughout the world and p…
Can — 2021-08-09 21:53:19
…anging and life saving invention. {{Image url="Tincan.jpg" class="left" title="Soup can" width="150" }} == Improved Production == In 1813 **John Hall** and **Bryan Dorkin** acquired the Durand patent and opened the first commercial canning fa…
…ble was later merged into Crosse & Blackwells. The patent was re-sold in America some six years later in 1818. == Mass Production == In 1846, **Henry Evans** invents a machine that can manufacture tin cans at a rate of sixty (60) per hour, a sign…
Industrial Revolution — 2021-08-08 21:48:46
…ng a blast furnace fueled by coke rather than charcoal to produce high-grade iron. This was a major step forward in the production of iron as a raw material for the Industrial Revolution. {{{toc}}}{{amazon type="menu" items="Darby, Industrial Revo…
Sandwich — 2021-08-08 20:40:14
…arl was able to continue his gambling while eating his snack; and from that incident, we have inherited that quick-food product that we now know as the **sandwich**. He apparently had the meat put on slices of bread so he wouldn’t get his finger…
Sparkling Wine — 2021-08-08 20:32:53
…ed, and so exploding bottles were an occupational hazard of winemaking. Sir Robert Mansell obtained a monopoly on glass production in England in the early 17th century and industrialised the process; his coal-powered factories in Newcastle upon Ty…
…induce a secondary fermentation in wine without the risk of blowing up the bottle that was a huge hazard in French wine production. == Anglais 'Champagne' == {{ image url="Vineyard.jpg" class="right" tilte="Three Choirs English vineyard"}} The …
Marmite — 2021-04-03 10:38:16
…from **beer!** /* Gilmours? Edwyn Ongar Essex? Press reader Contrary to numerous tales of a Continental origin, the product was created by brewer's clerk Alfred Oxford, employed not far from where the Marmite company was founded in Burton-on-T…
… yeast from the huge brew-ing industry in the area. He and his brother Leonard, a grocer, planned to market one of the products which he considered palatable for humans. By putting their initials together and adding a Z they created Zalo. But Al…
…pent brewer's yeast, a substance whose original and only use was to ferment sugars into alcohol. For many years this by-product of the brewing process was seen as a nuisance rather than potentially valuable food source. It has been reported that J…
Toothbrush — 2021-01-28 15:14:07
…e. Addis starting mass-producing his contraption after leaving prison in Whitechapel, east [[London]], [[England]]. == Production == His business boomed having to move premises. William died a wealthy man in 1808 leaving business to his eldest so…
…n, also called William. Addis began exporting products abroad to the US in the 1880’s. By the time WWII came along Addis employed 650 people and the first injection mouldi…
Float Glass — 2020-12-08 00:24:27
…ed. The glass then had to be ground and polished to produce the parallel surfaces of optical perfection to the finished product. == Pilkingtons process == Pilkingtons new process works by floating a piece of glass that has been rolled flat onto a…
Petroleum — 2020-12-03 01:07:44
…first truly **commercial oil-works and oil refinery in the world.** In **1852** Young took out a **US patent** for the production of paraffin oil by distillation of coal. == Worldwide Demand == Many entrepreneurs sought to emulate Young's succes…
… causing explosions and house fires. The Scottish oil industry continued to fight a fierce battle against the American product. In 1865 James Young bought out his business partners and a year later formed **Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil C…
Jet airliner — 2020-11-30 22:29:36
…*British de Havilland Comet** which first flew in 1949 and entered service in 1952. The **DH 106 Comet** was the first production commercial jetliner. It was developed and manufactured by de Havilland at its Hatfield Aerodrome, [[Hertfordshire]]…
Pop Rivet — 2020-08-17 14:41:51
… of the assembly making it a very labour intensive, time consuming task. The "Pop" rivet freed up workers and increased production. This was particularly useful in Aircraft manufacture. == Naval and Aircraft == Wylie was an engineer and Royal Na…
…] also began manufacturing the "Pop" rivet as war increased the need for aircraft. {{tag ids="Rivet Aviation Engineer Production"}}…
Linoleum — 2020-08-17 08:43:03
…tually calling it **Linoleum**, derived from the Latin words “linum” (“flax”) and “oleum” (“oil”). == Production == {{Image url="LinoleumStaines.jpg" class="right" title="Linoleum sculpture in Staines" width="" }} In **1864**, he…
Cyclonic Vacuum Cleaner — 2020-08-15 09:18:21
…cuum cleaner. == Patents and Japan == James Dyson spent two years looking for someone to license his Dual Cyclone™ product. Dyson had to turn to Japan where he began to work with a company on his invention and in 1986 start to sell the G-Forc…
…ice president for Europe, Mike Rutter, said on U.K. national TV, "I do regret that Hoover as a company did not take the product technology off Dyson; it would have lain on the shelf and not been used." …
Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25
…ale development was immediately sent to Power Jets, later a number of tenders to various companies were asked to set up production lines for up to 3,000 engines a month in 1942, all of a sudden the Government could find the money. Manufacturing of…
…o GAC (Gloster Aircraft Company) for an aircraft to test Whittles jet engine. Rover was unable to deliver the first W.1 production engine before Gloster's experimental airframe was ready. So manufacturing started at GAC Brockworth near Gloucester…
Milk of Magnesia — 2020-08-09 19:55:03
…e oral liquid had proved difficult. {{Image url="FluidMagnesia.jpg" class="left" title="Fluid Magnesia" width="" }} == Production == Murray patented a production process for ‘fluid magnesia’ as a mild laxative and antacid, setting up a facto…
…ry in Belfast to produce the medicine commercially. By-products of the process included sodium, potassium bicarbonates and silicates, which when treated with sulphuric acid could be …
Disc Brakes — 2020-08-09 19:54:18
…ster Motor Company. {{Image url="DiscBrake.jpg" class="left" title="Disc Brake" width="" }} == Patents Galore == As production increased Fred developed many improvements for their automobiles including his disk brake system. The discs were thi…
Viagra — 2017-06-01 14:56:53
…er decided to market the drug as an erectile enhancer. Wood and Dunn established the process to turn it into a pill and production was off. March 27th 1998, the FDA approved Viagra as the first drug to treat impotence. Between 1999 and 2001 sales …
Meccano — 2017-05-14 01:23:25
…xt to the office where he worked to pursue his ideas. With this move, Elliot and Hornby became partners. ::c:: == Into Production == {{Image url="Meccano_logo.jpg" width="600" }} With the financial assistance of his partner, "**Mechanics Made Eas…
Grand Theft Auto — 2017-05-11 15:45:29
…ockstar Games**. === Rockstar North === **Grand Theft Auto V **is the Highest 24 hour revenue generating entertainment product, and the Fastest entertainment property to gross **$1 billion**. {{Image url="RockstarNorth.gif" class="right" title="R…
…d £624.45 million ($1b) in sales after just three days on September 20 2013. It is the fastest selling entertainment product in history. {{Image url="Grand-Theft-Auto.jpg" class="left" title="Grand Theft Auto" width="300" }} >>{{amazonad}}>> B…
Whisky — 2016-05-26 10:22:03
…n gathering steam between 11th and 13th century. But records show that Ancient Celts practiced distillation during the production of their **"uisge beatha"** (//water of life//). Through the decades the process was perfected to become the world…
… leaders in production of quality whisky. == Enter the Thirsty Monks == {{Image url="WhiskyJohnCor.jpg" class="right" title="Friar John C…
… James IV, making **Lindores Abbey** the (unofficial) birthplace of Scotch whisky. But it was still a mainly monastic production and when King Henry VIII of England dissolved the monasteries in 1541 production was forced underground and overnigh…

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