1. Internal Combustion Engine — 2023-10-09 23:51:33

   …right" title="Herbert Akroyd plaque" width="200" }} They would provide electricity for lighting the **Taj Mahal**, the Rock of Gibraltar, the **Statue of Liberty** (chosen after Hornsby won the oil engine prize at the Chicago World's Fair of 1…

2. Glastonbury Festival — 2023-10-09 23:45:46

   …h="" birth_date="17 October 1935" birth_place="Pilton" death_date="now" death_place="" }} {{amazon type="menu" items="Rock Festival " }} == Glastonbury Festival == ~- [[Music]]: [[Entertainment]]: [[1900s]] {{toc}} Glastonbury is the **large…
   …always** sell out. With one exception, 2008 when headline act was rapper Jay-Z, it is a //music// festival. {{Tag ids="Rock music festival "}}…

3. Electronic Computer — 2023-10-07 10:38:05

   …** [[Thermionic_valve|Thermionic valves]]. Colossus could work at 5000 characters per second with an interval between sprocket holes of 200 microseconds. In this time Colossus performed up to 100 Boolean calculations simultaneously on each of t…

4. Marshall Amplification — 2023-10-07 09:45:58

   …s="right" title="Lemmy and a Marshall stack" width="" }} In 1985, Marshall was invited to add his hand prints to the **Rock Hall of Fame **in Hollywood alongside the instrument pioneers Leo Fender, Robert Moog, Les Paul and Bill Ludwig. He was…

5. Match — 2021-08-09 22:35:30

   … class="right" title="Congreve matchbox" width="" }} He called his matches “**Congreves**” after the Congreve’s rocket invented in 1808. The price of a box of 50 matches was one shilling. Included with each box was a piece of sandpaper…

6. Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52

   …ss="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-upon-Tyne [[Nor…
   …the opening journey. It was the first time passenger traffic had been run on a steam locomotive railway. {{Image url="Gsrocket.jpg" title="Stephensons Rocket" class="right" }} Stephenson was hired by other railways, such as the '''Bolton & Lei…
   …ines entered, only 5 turned up and just 3 functioned well enough to take part in the Rainhill Trials. The winner was '''Rocket''', produced by the Stephensons. Stephenson went from strength to strength. He was chief engineer for the Manchester…

7. Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25

   …ver the first W.1 production engine before Gloster's experimental airframe was ready. So manufacturing started at GAC Brockworth near Gloucester, but was later moved to Regent Motors in Regent Street Cheltenham because fear of possible bombing…
   …ember 14, 1940'''. This engine powered the Gloster E.28/39 for taxi testing when it took to the air for a short hop at Brockworth on '''April 7, 1941'''. == In Honour == There is now a monument to Sir Frank Whittle in the town of Gloucester. …
   …class="left" title="Whittle Arch in Coventry" }} A redevelopment of the Airfield where the first test took place near Brockworth has been named the 'Whittle Centre' it includes a pub called the **Whittle**. == Shrinking the World == ~& The j…

8. Thriller — 2017-05-19 15:12:25

   …*most weeks at No. 1 **on the Billboard 200 chart: 37 weeks – Thriller, Michael Jackson, 2/26/1983. He also wrote 'Rock With You' and 'Off the Wall'. ::c:: == Career == >>{{amazon type="book" items="075098256X" }}>> Rod's career started …

9. Grand Theft Auto — 2017-05-11 15:45:29

   …] Dan is video game producer as well the co-founder (along with his brother Sam) and vice president of creativity for **Rockstar Games**. === Rockstar North === **Grand Theft Auto V **is the Highest 24 hour revenue generating entertainment pro…
   …duct, and the Fastest entertainment property to gross **$1 billion**. {{Image url="RockstarNorth.gif" class="right" title="Rockstar North" width="100" }} Released on 17 September 2013 part of the game serie…
   …s. Developed by **Rockstar North** and published by Rockstar Games, the action-adventure video game sold 11.21 million units in its first 24 hours, and generated revenue of £5…

10. Jimi Hendrix Experience — 2016-06-02 09:48:10

    …url="HendrixExperience.jpg" class="right" title="Hendrix Experience" width="250" }} One of the world's most influential rock bands was formed in [[London ]] 1966. /* event_date="1966" Jimi Hendrix Experience was formed */ Jimi Marshall Hendr…

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