1. Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36

   …tition with the Catseye after rival models either broke during the trial or were deemed to be ineffective. == Wartime Solution == Nonetheless '''Reflecting Roadstuds''' found it difficult to drum up orders until **World War II** when driving at n…

2. Reflecting Telescope — 2021-08-14 20:51:21

   …*. {{Image url="NewtonsOriginalReflector.jpg" class="left" title="Newtons Original Reflector" width="400" }} Newton's solution was to replace the lenses with mirrors. == Modern Reflector == {{Image url="ModernReflectorTelescope.jpg" class="rig…

3. Photography — 2021-08-14 19:57:18

   …chemically speed up the process to develop a useful negative. The image on this negative was then fixed with a chemical solution. This removed the light-sensitive silver making it safe to view the picture in bright light. With the negative image, F…

4. Saline Drip — 2021-08-12 20:46:29

   …th="300" }} == Cholera Killer == Thomas Latta was born in Edinburgh [[Scotland]]. He correctly ascertained that a salt solution could substitute for blood. His experiments were undertaken on five patients in the Edinburgh Cholera Hospital basing …
   …lmost immediately. The results of Latta's experiments were published in The Lancet on 23 June 1832 and this life saving solution began to gain merit. {{Image url="Catheter.jpg" class="right" title="Catheter placed into a vein connected to a saline…

5. Antiseptic — 2021-08-12 20:38:14

   …od and treating sewage. Lister tested the results of spraying instruments, the surgical incisions, and dressings with a solution of **carbolic acid**. Lister found that the solution swabbed on wounds remarkably reduced the incidence of gangrene. H…
   …67. He instructed surgeons to wear clean gloves and wash their hands before and after operations with 5% carbolic acid solutions. Instruments were also washed in the same solution and assistants sprayed the solution in the operating theatre. == L…

6. Fire Extinguisher — 2021-08-09 21:05:28

   … house fire in Edinburgh. It consisted of a copper vessel of 3 gallons (13.6 litres) of pearl ash (potassium carbonate) solution contained within compressed air. == Earlier == The first fire extinguisher, of a sort, was patented in 1723 by **Ambr…
   … of gunpowder. This was connected with a system of fuses which were ignited, exploding the gunpowder and scattering the solution. The idea of the device was to a limit the extent of the fire.…

7. Milk of Magnesia — 2020-08-09 19:55:03

   …e.jpg" class="right" title="James Murray Plaque" width="" }} == Honour == In 1829, Sir James Murray used a "condensed solution of fluid magnesia" preparation of he created from Magnesium sulphate to treat the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the Marqu…

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