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  1. Stockings — 2023-12-30 23:58:55
    …Stockings :: {{draft}} {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="WilliamLee.jpg" Who="William Lee" width="300" born="1563" birth_place="Calverton" died="1614" death_place="" }}…
  2. Elevator — 2023-12-30 12:44:08
    …[[Zoo | Decimus Burton]] was an architect known for London **Wellington Arch** and Hornor was a panoramist surveyor and inventor. Born on 12 June 1785 into the Quaker family of a grocer in Kingston upon Hull [[Yorkshire]]. Hornor (or Horner 12/6/1…
  3. Carbonated water — 2023-10-09 23:52:55
    …Carbonated water :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Joseph_Priestley.jpg" width="300" title="Joseph Priestley" birth_date="24/3/1733" birth_place="" death_date="06…
  4. FAX — 2023-10-09 23:52:19
    …FAX :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Alexander_Bain.jpg" Who="Alexander Bain" width="" birth_date="12/10/1810" birth_place="Watten, Caithness, Scotl…
  5. Internal Combustion Engine — 2023-10-09 23:51:33
    …ion Engine :: === Hornsby-Akroyd 1891 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]: [[CategoryTransport]]: [[1800s]] {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Herbert_Akroyd_Stuart.jpg" Who="Herbert Akroyd Stuart" width="300" birth_date="28 January 1864" birth_place="Ha…
  6. Vacuum Flask — 2023-10-09 23:46:28
    …Vacuum Flask :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="James-dewar.jpg" Who="James" width="300" birth_date="20 September 1842" birth_place="Kincardine" death_date="27…
    …s helped to reflect heat. He was knighted in 1904 and died on March 27, 1923. == Cordite == Dewar is also the joint inventor of cordite with **Sir Frederick Abel** in **1889**. The disadvantage of gunpowder was that it gave away the location o…
  7. Modern Farming — 2023-10-09 23:44:30
    …Modern Farming :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Jtull.jpg" width="" title="Jethro Tull " birth_date="30/3/1674" birth_place="" death_date="21/2/1741" death_pla…
  8. Stainless Steel — 2023-10-09 23:42:45
    …Stainless Steel :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="HarryBrearley.jpg" Who="Harry Brearley" width="400" birth_date="18 February 1871" birth_place="Sheffield, [[Yo…
  9. Cinematography — 2023-10-09 23:41:17
    …Cinematography :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Louis_Le_Prince.jpg" Who="Louis Le Prince" width="330" birth_date="28 August 1841" birth_place="Metz, France" d…
    …tember 1890 to visit his family. Le Prince's widow and son, Adolphe, felt aggrieved and wanted Louis recognised as the inventor of cinematography. Edison, once again, used the American courts to establish himself as the sole inventor of cinematog…
  10. Computer — 2023-10-09 23:40:16
    …Computer :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Babbage.jpg" Who="Charles Babbage" width="300" birth_date="26 December 1791" birth_place="London" death_date=…
  11. Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36
    …Cat Eyes :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Percyshaw.jpg" Who="Percy Shaw" width="" birth_date="15 Apr 1890" birth_place="Halifax" death_date="01 Sep 1976…
  12. Webcam — 2023-10-09 11:44:50
    …Webcam :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="QuentinStaffordFraser.jpg" Who="Quentin Stafford Fraser" width="350" birth_date="18/5/1967" birth_place="Dunsta…
  13. Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51
    …Radar :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Robertwatsonwatt.jpg" Who="Robert Watson-Watt" width="" birth_date="13/4/1892" birth_place="Brechin" death_date…
    …935. Born April 13, 1892 in Brechin in Angus, [[Scotland]], he was a descendant of James Watt, the famous engineer and inventor of the practical steam engine. {{{toc}}} == Air defence in the UK == In 1933 the Air Ministry had recently set up a co…
  14. Portland Cement — 2023-10-08 00:16:46
    …Portland Cement :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Joseph-Aspdin.jpg" Who="Joseph Aspdin" width="300" birth_date="25 Dec 1778" birth_place="Leeds" death_date="2…
    …(or Aspden) (1778 - 1855) was a bricklayer living in the Hunslet district of Leeds, [[Yorkshire]]. In his kitchen the inventor heated a mixture of finely ground limestone and clay in his stove and ground the mixture into a powder to create a hydr…
  15. Pedestrian Crossing — 2023-10-07 11:08:59
    …Pedestrian Crossing :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="John_Peake_Knight.jpg" Who="John Peake Knight" width="" birth_date="13/1/1828" birth_place="Nottingham" death_d…
  16. Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35
    …Hovercraft :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Cockerell.jpg" Who="Christopher Cockerell" width="300" birth_date="4 June 1910" birth_place="Cambridge" death_d…
    …oryIndustry]]: [[CategoryTransport]]: [[1900s]] The first working hovercraft was invented and patented by the English inventor Christopher Cockerell (1910 - 1999) in **1956.** {{{toc}}} One of the most successful inventions of the 20th century, t…
  17. Anaesthetic — 2023-10-04 16:27:18
    …may probably be used with advantage during surgical operations. ^^ === James Young Simpson 1847 === {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="SimpsonJamesYoung.jpg" Who="Simpson James Young" width="200" birth_date="7/6/1811" birth_place="Bathgate, [[Sco…
  18. SMS — 2023-10-04 10:30:06
    …SMS :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="NeilPapworth.jpg" Who="Neil Papworth" width="400" birth_date="28 December 1969" birth_place="Reading" death_dat…
  19. WorldWideWeb — 2023-09-23 15:57:32
    …WorldWideWeb :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Bernerslee.jpg" width="280" title="Tim Berners-Lee" birth_date="8 Jun 1955" birth_place="London" death_date="…
  20. Vacuum Tube — 2023-09-23 15:57:19
    …Vacuum Tube :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="JohnAmbroseFleming.jpg" width="250" title="John Ambrose Fleming" birth_date="29/11/1849" birth_place="Lancaste…
  21. Telephone — 2023-09-23 15:57:07
    …Telephone :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="AlexBell.jpg" width="" title="Alexander Graham Bell" birth_date="March 3, 1847" birth_place="Edinburgh" death…
  22. Telegraph — 2023-09-23 15:56:52
    …Telegraph :: == Electrical Telegraphy == ~-[[Communication]]:[[Technology]]:[[1800s]] {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="FrancisRonalds.jpg" Who="Francis Ronalds" width="220" birth_date="21 February 1788" birth_place="London" death_…
    …6" The first working electrical telegraph system. */ The first working electrical telegraph system was built by English inventor Francis Ronalds in **1816** at 26 Upper Mall in Hammersmith, [[London]] . He laid eight miles of wire insulated in glas…
    …device but after the Napoleonic wars there was little enthusiasm. ::cl:: === Charles Wheatstone === {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="CharlesWheatstone.jpg" Who="Charles Wheatstone" width="280" birth_date="06 Feb 1802" birth_place="Gloucester" d…
  23. Stereo — 2023-09-23 15:56:38
    …Stereo :: === Alan Blumlein 1931 === ~-[[Technology]]:[[Music]]:[[1900s]] {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Alan_Dower_Blumlein.jpg" Who="Alan Dower Blumlein" width="250" birth_date="29/6/1903" birth_place="Hampstead" d…
  24. Lithium-ion Battery — 2023-09-23 15:53:22
    …Lithium-ion Battery :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="MichaelStanleyWhittingham.jpg" Who="Michael Stanley Whittingham" width="250" birth_date="22/12/1941" birth_plac…
  25. LCD — 2023-09-23 15:53:09
    …LCD :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="george_gray.jpg" title="George Gray" width="260" birth_date="4 September 1926" birth_place="Denny Scotland" d…
  26. iPod — 2023-09-23 15:52:55
    …iPod :: === Kane Kramer 1979 === ~-[[Technology]]:[[Music]]:[[1900s]] {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Kane.jpg" title="Kane Kramer" width="280" birth_date="April 23, 1956" birth_place="" death_date="now" death_pl…
  27. Electric Motor — 2023-09-23 15:52:02
    …Electric Motor :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="WilliamSturgeon.jpg" width="350" title="William Sturgeon" birth_date="22 May 1783" birth_place="Whittington" …
    …ommutator**. {{{toc}}} == Early Life == {{Image url="WilliamSturgeonPlaque.jpg" class="left" title="William Sturgeon inventor of the electro-magnetic motor plaque" width="250" }} Sturgeon was born in Whittington, near Carnforth, [[Lancashire]], …
    … in 1821, physicists were excited to make the electric motor a useful, stronger device. Over the next few years several inventors made magnetic rotating devices including Rev. William Ritchie. In 1830, Sturgeon produced a vastly improved form of b…
  28. Electric Generator — 2023-09-23 12:04:37
    …Electric Generator :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Michael_faraday.png" width="250" title="Michael Faraday" birth_date="22 Sep 1791" birth_place="" death_date="2…
  29. Digital Photography — 2023-09-23 12:04:21
    …Digital Photography :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Michael_Tompsett.jpg" Who="Michael Tompsett" width="" birth_date="1/6/1939" birth_place="[[Surrey]], [[England]…
    …00s]] The first digital colour image, as featured on the cover of //Electronics Magazine//, was taken by physicist and inventor Michael Francis Tompsett in **1972.** Tompsett was a researcher at **English Electric Valve Company** (EEV now E2V) i…
  30. ATM — 2023-09-23 12:02:41
    …ATM :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="John-Shepherd-Barron.jpg" Who="John Shepherd Barron" width="400" birth_date="23 June 1925" birth_place="Shillon…
  31. Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21
    …Electric Car :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="ThomasParker.jpg" Who="Thomas Parker" width="330" birth_date="22 December 1843" birth_place="Coalbrookdale [[S…
  32. Hose clamp — 2023-04-06 17:55:49
    …Hose clamp :: {{draft}} {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="JubileeClip" Who="Commander Lumley Robinson" width="350" born="1877" birth_place="Leeds" death_date=" 20 August…
  33. Pay Toilet — 2022-09-27 07:23:49
    …Pay Toilet :: === John Nevil Maskelyne 1892 === [[1800s]] {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="John_Nevil_Maskelyne.jpg" width="200" title="" birth_date=" 22/12/1839" birth_place="Cheltenham" death_date="18…
  34. Custard — 2022-09-19 23:50:44
    …Custard :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="AlfredBird.jpg" Who="Alfred Bird" width="250" birth_date="25/8/1811" birth_place="Nympsfield" death_date="15 De…
  35. Plastic — 2022-09-01 08:57:23
    …Plastic :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Alexparkes.jpg" width="300" title="Alexander Parkes" birth_date="December 29, 1813" birth_place="Birmingham" …
    …00s]] Parkes was born December 29, 1813, Birmingham, [[Warwickshire]], [[England]]. Alexander was a British chemist and inventor noted for his development of various industrial processes and materials and for having invented the first plastic that …
  36. Lava Lamp — 2022-08-29 08:39:00
    …Lava Lamp :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="EdwardCravenWalker.jpg" Who="Edward Craven Walker" width="400" birth_date="4/7/1918" birth_place="Singapore" de…
  37. HomePage — 2022-05-03 16:49:56
    …nd Discoveries====@@ {{Picturegrid grid="5"}} ::c:: @@Many of the wonders of modern living are thanks to great British Inventors. These people had a dream and fulfilled it.@@ **This is a salute to the British Inventors and their Inventions, Creat…
  38. Pneumatic Tyre — 2022-05-03 16:45:33
    …Pneumatic Tyre :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="JohnDunlop.jpg" title="John Dunlop" width="" birth_date="05 Feb 1840" birth_place="Dreghorn" death_date="23 O…
  39. Loudspeaker — 2021-11-07 21:26:37
    …Loudspeaker :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Oliver_Joseph_Lodge.jpg" Who="Oliver Joseph Lodge" width="350" birth_date="12 June 1851" birth_place="Penkhull,…
  40. Microphone — 2021-11-07 21:26:04
    …Microphone :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="DavidEdwardHughes.jpg" Who="David Edward Hughes" width="" birth_date="16/5/1831" birth_place="Corwen" death_dat…
  41. Television — 2021-11-06 16:35:18
    …rst person to produce a live, moving television image in halftones by reflected light. Baird achieved this, where other inventors had failed, by obtaining a better photoelectric cell and improving the signal conditioning from the photocell and the …
  42. Postage Stamp — 2021-11-06 16:32:56
    …d was educated. In 1807 Rowland Hill became a student-teacher at his father's school. As a sideline Rowland was also an inventor, although most of his ideas were never used. …
  43. Trouser Press — 2021-08-26 11:11:31
    …Trouser Press :: {{draft}} {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="PeterCorby.jpg" Who="Peter Corby" width="" birth_date="July 8 1924" birth_place="Leamington Spa" death_date="5/…
  44. Heroin — 2021-08-20 11:14:28
    …Heroin :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="CharlesWright.jpg" Who="Charles Wright" width="400" birth_date="7/9/1844" birth_place="Southend" death_date="25…
  45. Workmate — 2021-08-20 11:10:56
    …Workmate :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Ronhickman.jpg" Who="Ron Hickman" width="100%" birth_date="21 October 1932" birth_place="Greytown, S.Africa" de…
    …at Dagenham as a clay modeller and later 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 fo…
  46. MRI Scan — 2021-08-20 11:04:59
    …MRI Scan :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="PeterMansfield.jpg" Who="Peter Mansfield" width="" birth_date="9/9/1933" birth_place="Lambeth, [[London]]" deat…
  47. Atomic Clock — 2021-08-20 10:45:05
    …Atomic Clock :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="LouisEssen.jpg" Who="Louis Essen" width="" birth_date="6 September 1908" birth_place="Nottingham" death_date="2…
  48. Intraocular Lens — 2021-08-20 10:40:24
    …Intraocular Lens :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="HaroldRidley.jpg" width="" title="Harold Ridley" birth_date="10/7/1906" birth_place="Kibwoth" death_date="25/…
    …alisbury" width="300" }} === Harold Ridley 1950 === ~-[[Medical]]:[[1900s]] {{toc}} An innovator in eye surgery and the inventor of the **intraocular lens** (IOL). **Nicholas Harold Lloyd Ridley** was born on July 10 1906 at Kibworth Harcourt, [[L…
  49. Automatic Kettle — 2021-08-14 20:44:42
    … not only to be a highly popular design, but a most durable one as well. == Working combination == {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Peter_Hobbs.jpg" Who="Peter Hobbs" width="250" birth_date="May 3 1916" birth_place="Wells Kent" death_date="1…
  50. Fingerprints — 2021-08-14 20:06:49
    …Fingerprints :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="William_James_Herschel.jpg" Who="William James Herschel" width="" birth_date="09 Jan 1833" birth_place="Slough"…
  51. Photography — 2021-08-14 19:57:18
    …Photography :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="William-Henry-Fox-Talbot.jpg" width="" title="William Henry Fox Talbot" birth_date="11 February 1800" birth_pl…
  52. Saline Drip — 2021-08-12 20:46:29
    …Saline Drip :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="ThomasLatta.jpg" Who="Thomas Latta" width="330" born="1796" birth_place="Edinburgh" death_date="19/10/1833" dea…
  53. Christmas Cracker — 2021-08-12 20:39:19
    …Christmas Cracker :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="TomSmith.jpg" Who="Tom Smith" width="300" birth_date="18/10/1823" birth_place="London" death_date="13/3/1869" d…
  54. Steel — 2021-08-12 20:31:45
    …Steel :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="HenryBessemer.jpg" Who="Henry Bessemer" width="" birth_date="19 Jan 1813" birth_place="Charlton, [[Hertfordshi…
  55. Horlicks — 2021-08-12 20:30:08
    …Horlicks :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="WilliamHorlick.jpg" Who=" William Horlick " width="280" birth_date="23 February 1846" birth_place="Ruardean" de…
  56. Rubber — 2021-08-12 20:24:10
    …Rubber :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Hancockrubber.jpg" width="350" title="Thomas Hancock" birth_date="08 May 1786" birth_place="Marlborough" deat…
  57. Colgate — 2021-08-11 11:43:11
    …Colgate :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="WilliamColgate.jpg" Who="William Colgate" width="" birth_date="January 25, 1783" birth_place="Hollingbourne" de…
  58. Sewing Machine — 2021-08-11 11:41:32
    …Howe exhibit. Thus visitors to the celebration were confronted with a gigantic Howe display with the words "Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine 1846" emblazoned across the façade. Next to it, on a smaller stand, was just one machine that re…
    …plica and the words Thomas Saint, inventor of the sewing machine, 1790. */ == Links == [[http://ismacs.net/sewing_machine_articles/who_invented_the_sewing_machi…
  59. Blood transfusion — 2021-08-10 08:28:02
    …Blood transfusion :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="JamesBlundell.jpg" Who="James Blundell " width="350" birth_date="27 December 1790" birth_place="Holborn" deat…
  60. Lawn Mower — 2021-08-10 08:19:36
    …Lawn Mower :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" image="Head.jpg" width="220" Who="Edwin Beard Budding" birth_date="25 August 1796" birth_place="Eastington" death_d…
  61. Match — 2021-08-09 22:35:30
    …Match :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="JohnWalker.jpg" title="John Walker" width="300" birth_date="29 May 1781" birth_place="Stockton-on-Tees" death…
    …hilling. Included with each box was a piece of sandpaper to **strike a light** with. == Improvements == In 1829, Scots inventor Sir Isaac Holden invented an improved version of Walker's match. A version of Holden's match was patented by Samuel Jon…
  62. Kaleidoscope — 2021-08-09 22:20:04
    …Kaleidoscope :: {{draft}} {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="David-Brewster.jpg" Who="David Brewster" width="360" birth_date="11/12/1781" birth_place=" Jedburgh, Roxburghsh…
  63. Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27
    …ber 1880. On December 28th **1881** Swan's electric lighting was used to light the stage of the Savoy Theatre. == Many Inventors were needed == It took many small steps by several inventors to find the right formula for the electric light bulb. <…
  64. Fire Extinguisher — 2021-08-09 21:05:28
    …Fire Extinguisher :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="George_William_Manby.jpg" Who="George William Manby" width="360" birth_date="28 November 1765" birth_place="De…
  65. Industrial Revolution — 2021-08-08 21:48:46
    …al Revolution :: === Abraham Darby 1708 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]:[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[1700s]] {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="A-Darby.jpg" width="300" title="Abraham Darby the Elder" birth_date="14/4/1678" birth_place="Sedgley" death_dat…
  66. Sparkling Wine — 2021-08-08 20:32:53
    …Sparkling Wine :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Christopher_Merret.jpg" Who="Christopher Merret" width="" birth_date="16 February 1614" birth_place="Winchcomb…
  67. Refrigeration — 2021-08-08 18:50:45
    …Refrigeration :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="WilliamCullen.jpg" width="" title="William Cullen" birth_date="15 Apr 1710" birth_place="Hamilton" death_date=…
    …t the world. The industry was a big employer and Britain was a cold country anyway. == [[Domestic]] Refrigerator == A inventor called Jacob Perkins came to England in 1818 and was granted the first patent for a '//vapor-compression refrigeration …
  68. Plywood — 2021-08-08 18:44:16
    …Plywood :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="samuelbentham.jpg" Who="Samuel Bentham" width="350" birth_date="11 January 1757" birth_place="[[London]] Englan…
  69. Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
    …field" death_date="13 December 1883" }} {{toc}} The '''first''' aircraft to fly under its own power was flown by its inventor, '''John Stringfellow''' (1799-1883), in Chard [[Somerset ]] [[England ]] in '''1848'''. {{Image url="PoweredFlightChar…
    …illiam Samuel Henson" width="200" Born="1812" Died="1888" }} Long before the **Wright brothers** aviation engineer and inventor Henson, born in Nottingham England, Henson worked in Chard lace-making business. In 1842 he designed a large passenge…
  70. Patent Leather — 2021-01-31 22:10:03
    …came colour == {{Image url="PatentLeatherBag.jpg" class="left" title="Patent Leather Bag" width="" }} In November 1799, inventor Edmund Prior, of Holborn, London, England, patented a method of painting and colouring leather. {{Image url="PatentLeat…
  71. Float Glass — 2020-12-08 00:24:27
    …Float Glass :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="AlastairPilkington.jpg" Who="Alastair Pilkington" width="300" birth_date="7 January 1920" birth_place="Calcutta…
  72. Electric Toaster — 2020-12-01 01:05:39
    …Electric Toaster :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Alan_MacMasters.jpg" Who="Alan MacMasters" width="300" birth_date="20 March 1865" birth_place="Edinburgh" deat…
    …s contacted the English electrical engineer Crompton & Co. with an idea. Alan Alexander MacMasters was a scientist and inventor from [[Scotland]], and had created a prototype electric toaster for bread. {{{toc}}} == First Toaster == {{Image url="…
  73. Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52
    …event_date="21 February 1804" The world's first locomotive-hauled railway journey. */ Trevithick (1771 –1833) was an inventor from [[Cornwall]], England. On 21 February **1804** the **world's first locomotive-hauled railway journey** took place …
    …ephenson.gif" class="right" title="George Stephenson" width="240" }} Stephenson was a pioneering railway engineer and inventor of the 'Rocket', the most famous early railway locomotive. George Stephenson was born on 9 June 1781 near Newcastle-up…
  74. Underwater Tunnel — 2020-10-11 23:44:16
    …Underwater Tunnel :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="MarcIsambardBrunel.jpg" Who="Marc Isambard Brunel" width="280" birth_date="25 Apr 1769" birth_place="Hacquevill…
  75. Vacuum cleaner — 2020-10-11 23:24:10
    …ting the dust to fly from one side of the carriage into a dustbox on the other side. '''Booth''' asked the '''American inventor''' why he did not use suction instead of blowing. The angry inventor said that sucking dust was impossible, but Booth c…
    …er. This started a long round of legal battles as would-be competitors attempted to cash in on his invention, and other inventors staked their claims. When a serious outbreak of '''Spotted Fever''' broke out among soldiers stationed at **Crystal …
  76. Eraser — 2020-08-18 10:06:20
    …Eraser :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Head.jpg" Who="Edward Nairne" width="300" born="1726" birth_place="Sandwich [[Kent]]" death_date="1/9/1806" dea…
  77. Safari Park — 2020-08-17 14:54:27
    …Safari Park :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="HenryThynne.jpg" Who="Henry Thynne 6th Marquess of Bath" width="" birth_date="26 January 1905" birth_place="" d…
  78. Hydraulics — 2020-08-17 13:24:35
    …Hydraulics :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="JosephBramah.jpg" Who="Joseph Bramah" width="300" birth_date="13 April 1748" birth_place="Barnsley Yorkshire" d…
    …nd compact a machine could be until the Bramah Press. The hydraulic press is still known as the Bramah Press after its inventor. {{amazon items="Joseph Bramah, Hydraulics"}} ::c:: == Hydraulic Crane == {{Image url="WilliamArmstrong.jpg" class="ri…
  79. Life Boat — 2020-08-17 09:00:19
    …Life Boat :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="LionelLukin.jpg" Who="Lionel Lukin" width="300" birth_date="18 May 1742" birth_place="Great Dunmow, [[Essex]]" …
    …on the reverse side of his tombstone: @@“This LIONEL LUKIN Was the first who built a Life-boat, and was the original Inventor of that principle of safety, by which many lives and much property have been preserved from Shipwreck; and he obtained …
  80. Stevenson Screen — 2020-08-17 08:38:43
    …Stevenson Screen :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="ThomasStevenson.jpg" Who="Sir Thomas Stevenson" width="300" birth_date="22 July 1818" birth_place="Edinburgh" d…
  81. Bicycle — 2020-08-15 09:22:15
    …Bicycle :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="john_kemp_starley.jpg" Who="" width="240" birth_date="24 December 1855" birth_place="Walthamstow" death_date="2…
  82. Cyclonic Vacuum Cleaner — 2020-08-15 09:18:21
    …Cyclonic Vacuum Cleaner :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="James-Dyson.jpg" Who="James Dyson" width="350" birth_date="2/5/1947" birth_place="Norfolk" death_date="now" dea…
  83. Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25
    …Jet Engine :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="FrankWhittle.jpg" title="" width="370" birth_date="1 June 1907" birth_place="Earlsdon, Coventry " death_date=…
    …nventions]]:: [[CategoryScience]]:: [[CategoryTransport]]::[[1900s]] Sir Frank Whittle (1 June 1907 - August 1996), the inventor of jet propulsion, patented in January 1930. {{toc}} By the end of the war, Whittle's efforts resulted in engines that…
  84. Milk of Magnesia — 2020-08-09 19:55:03
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