1. Elevator — 2023-12-30 12:44:08

   …conjured up an elaborate scheme to create a 360 degree panorama view of London on the inside of a dome of his Colosseum specially built in Regents Park resembling the Roman Pantheon. {{Image url="LondonColosseum.jpg" class="left" title="London Col…

2. Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35

   …uccessfully designed a craft which proved his ideas were correct. He was not surprised. The modified punt he used had a special pump to blow high pressure air down under and around the rim of the craft. == Military == A strong rubber curtain rega…

3. ATM — 2023-09-23 12:02:41

   …The Process == Plastic bank cards with magnetic strips had still to be invented, Shepherd-Barron's early machines used special cheques called "Barclaycash" that were chemically coded with impregnated carbon-14. Customers placed the cheque into a…

4. Plastic — 2022-09-01 08:57:23

   …lastics can take decades to decompose and modern industry has replaced many recyclable materials with plastic. This is especially so with single use items that are discarded and not reused blotting the oceans and countryside. Things made of Pla…

5. MRI Scan — 2021-08-20 11:04:59

   …search student Dr Andrew Maudsley, complete with bone, bone-marrow, nerves and arteries. The images were presented at a special meeting of the Medical Research Council in 1976. /* https://aberdeenmedlib.wordpress.com/2016/03/21/worlds-first-mri-s…

6. Intraocular Lens — 2021-08-20 10:40:24

   …d Ridley announced the operation to an ophthalmological congress at Oxford. The news provoked **intense opposition**, especially from **Sir Stewart Duke-Elder**, who was surgeon-oculist to the **Queen**. It was objected because ~'//an ophthalmi…

7. IVF — 2021-08-16 10:02:09

   …m == 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 had developed a way to fertilise human eggs within the laboratory …

8. Vitamins — 2021-08-16 09:52:16

   …lliam Fletcher** was born in 1872 in [[Leicestershire]], [[England]]. He was the first scientist to determine, that if special factors (vitamins) were removed from food, disease occurred. {{{toc}}} {{Image url="Vitamins.jpg" width="100" class="l…
   …t eating unpolished rice prevented Beriberi and eating polished rice did not. William Fletcher believed that there were special nutrients contained in the husk of the rice. == Naming == However, it wasn't until 1912 that Polish scientist Cashmir …
   …Funk named those special nutrients "vitamines" after "vita" meaning life and "amine" from the vitamin thiamine. Later on the word was shortened …

9. Sparkling Wine — 2021-08-08 20:32:53

   …ing wine as French glass was fragile, this led to explosions of flying glass. So barrels was the fall back container, especially for export. {{Image url="Sir_Kenelm_Digby.jpg" class="left" title="Sir Kenelm Digby" width="300" }} === Sir Kenelm D…

10. Vaccination — 2021-08-07 23:07:23

    …tin 'vacca' for cow. == Ridicule == {{Image url="Syringe.jpg" class="right" }} Jenner was widely ridiculed. Critics, especially the clergy, claimed it was repulsive and ungodly to inoculate someone with material from a diseased animal. A satiric…

11. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47

    …ame comes from the way teams bobbed their heads to try and gain more speed. The new sport immediately caught on and a special track, complete with banked curves, made of ice, was constructed next to the road in 1902. The sport started as a leis…

12. English Language — 2018-01-26 21:45:55

    …g many other languages. From Latin, Germanic, French, Celtic and many more. == And Onward == English has official or special status in at least '''75 countries''' around the world. English is the primary international language in many fields in…

13. Speedfit — 2017-05-11 00:37:50

    …ed for oil and water even at mains pressure and high temperatures. These fittings have revolutionized tube connection especially for domestic plumbing. Now any novice with DIY experience can make 100% water-tight connections when fitting in a new…

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