1. FAX — 2023-10-09 23:52:19

   …]: [[1800s]] The first facsimile machine was devised by Alexander Bain in 1843. He declared that: "a copy of any other surface composed of conducting and non-conducting materials can be taken by these means". {{TOC}} == Electric clocks 1841 == …
   …sage. He attached 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" }} == Improv…

2. Modern Farming — 2023-10-09 23:44:30

   …sh) can still be seen today. His genius design allowed for grass and weeds to be pulled from the ground and left on the surface to die. <<{{amazon type="book" items="1166260496" }}<< Jethro Tull wrote a book “**Horse hoeing husbandry**” for f…

3. Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36

   …th asphalt. When vehicles drove over the dome the rubber contracted and the glass beads dropped safely beneath the road surface. {{image url="cats-eyes-night.jpg" class="right" title="night road" width="" }} == Self Cleaning == Aiming for minima…

4. Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35

   …a vehicle that could move over the ground and water, floating on a layer of air. This would reduce friction between the surface and the vehicle. ^^"The Admiralty said it was a plane and not a boat, the Royal Air Force said it was a boat and not a …

5. Cambridge Cream — 2022-05-20 08:48:45

   …ving, preheat the grill to its highest temperature. Sprinkle the remaining sugar over the top of the cream, coating the surface evenly and thickly. Place under the grill as close to the heat as possible and allow the sugar to caramelise to a deep …

6. Loch Ness Monster — 2022-05-03 17:06:34

   …Courier related an account of a local couple who claimed to have seen: ^^an enormous animal rolling and plunging on the surface.^^ /* event_date="May 2, 1933" First sighting of Nessie */ Loch Ness, located in the Highlands of [[Scotland]], has t…

7. Lawn Mower — 2021-08-10 08:19:36

   …the cutting of grass if the mechanism could be mounted in a wheeled frame to make the blades rotate close to the lawn's surface. He went into partnership with a local engineer, **John Ferrabee**, and together they made mowers in a factory at Strou…
   …830** described //"a new combination and application of machinery for the purpose of cropping or shearing the vegetable surfaces of lawns, grass-plats and pleasure grounds. Country gentlemen may find in using my machine themselves an amusing, usef…

8. Tarmac — 2021-08-09 21:38:37

   …ss of heating **tar**, adding **slag** to the mix and then breaking **stones** within the mixture to form a smooth road surface. {{Image url="NottinghamRadcliffeRoad.jpg" class="center" title="First Tarmac road. Radcliffe Road, Nottingham" width="…
   …" }} Having perfected the operation, Hooley began transforming road surfaces. Nottingham's **Radcliffe Road** became the** first tarmac road in the world**. …

9. Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49

   …was 2 feet wide at its widest part tapering to a point at the tip with a rigid leading edge and a slightly curved upper surface. {{Image url="Stringfellow.jpg" title="Stringfellow design" class="left" width="250" }} Henson, Stringfellow, Frederic…

10. Float Glass — 2020-12-08 00:24:27

    … and wasteful plate process that the Pilkington Brothers had also innovated. Because there was glass-to-roller contact, surfaces were marked. The glass then had to be ground and polished to produce the parallel surfaces of optical perfection to th…

11. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47

    …d to have came about as a mix of other billiard games, mainly English [[Billiards]], this new billiard sport of snooker surfaced around 1875. The term snooker was used as a derogatory term for the first year recruits of the Royal Military Academy…

12. Underwater Tunnel — 2020-10-11 23:44:16

    … tunnel is 35 feet (11 m) wide by 20 feet (6 m) high, it is 434 yards (396 m) long, and 25 yards (23 m) below the river surface. When it was completed it was called the "**Eighth wonder of the world**". ::c:: Brunel was the third attempt to build …

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

    …e the dirt was collected. The 'suction' was essentially similar to the 'suction' of an air compressor. Little more than surface dirt and dust were removed. == 1903 by Royal Appointment == {{Image url="BoothVacuumCleaner.jpg" class="right" width="…

14. Stevenson Screen — 2020-08-17 08:38:43

    …ources of heat such as buildings, airports and brick walls, where free circulation of air can occur, and over a natural surface, grass is recommended as other surfaces such as concrete can cause significant error leading to all time high temperatu…

15. Motor Racing Circuit — 2018-05-20 20:38:53

    …06 to build the nearly 3 mile long track that had two huge banked sections nearly 30 ft. high. It was 100 ft. wide hard-surfaced with two long straights. It became the home of British motor racing until 1939. {{Image url="Brooklands.jpg" class="l…

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