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  1. Elevator — 2023-12-30 12:44:08
    …Elevator :: === Thomas Hornor 1829 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]::[[CategoryTransport]]:[[1800s]] {{Image url="AscendingRoom.jpg" class="right" title="Ascending Room" width="" }} In 1823 Thomas Hornor buil…
  2. Airport — 2023-10-11 15:23:36
    …Airport :: === Southampton 1919 === ~-[[CategoryTransport]]: [[1900s]] {{Image url="Air-Port.jpg" class="right" title="Southampton, the first 'Air Port'" width="450" }} In 1910…
    …en the wars, the Solent area in [[Hampshire]] became a hub for aircraft production to meet the growing civilian air transportation sector. {{Image url="Saunders-Roe_Princess.jpg" class="left" title="Flying boats became immense like the Saunder…
  3. Internal Combustion Engine — 2023-10-09 23:51:33
    …Internal Combustion Engine :: === Hornsby-Akroyd 1891 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]: [[CategoryTransport]]: [[1800s]] {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Herbert_Akroyd_Stuart.jpg" Who="Herbert Akroyd Stuart" width="300" bir…
  4. Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36
    … 1890" birth_place="Halifax" death_date="01 Sep 1976" death_place="Boothtown" }} [[CategoryInventions]]: [[CategoryTransport]] === Percy Shaw - 1934 === Percy Shaw (1890 - 1976) was born in Halifax in West [[Yorkshire]] in 1890, the son of Jim…
    …idth="220" }} == A Winner == Concerned about the growing number of night-time road accidents, the **Department for Transport** staged a competition in 1937 to find a robust road reflector. Percy Shaw won the competition with the Catseye after r…
  5. Mayday — 2023-10-08 00:53:45
    …Seaford" death_date="Mar 01 1962" death_place="Chelmsford" }} === Frederick Stanley Mockford 1923 === ~-[[CategoryTransport]] The international distress call 'Mayday' was devised by Mockford 1923. Pilots needed a clear panic call. Calling out…
  6. Pedestrian Crossing — 2023-10-07 11:08:59
    …ft" title="Abbey Road Zebra Crossing" width="400" }}The idea of painting broad white stripes was put forward by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory and eventually approved. MP James Callaghan commented that the design resembled zebra mar…
  7. Air Traffic Control — 2023-10-07 10:51:35
    …Air Traffic Control :: === Croydon Airport 1921 === ~-[[CategoryTransport]]: [[Communication]]: [[1900s]] The first ATC, Air Traffic Control was introduced in Croydon [[London]] in 1921. {{Imag…
  8. Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35
    …eath_place="Hythe" }} === Christopher Cockerell 1956 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]: [[CategoryIndustry]]: [[CategoryTransport]]: [[1900s]] The first working hovercraft was invented and patented by the English inventor Christopher Cockerell (19…
  9. Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21
    …e [[Shropshire]]" death_date="5 December 1915" death_place="Ironbridge" }} === Thomas Parker 1884 === ~-[[CategoryTransport]]:[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[1800s]] The first production Electric Vehicle **EV** car was made by Thomas Parker in 1884. {{…
  10. YMCA — 2022-05-17 05:19:39
    …r Abbey, complete with a red triangle, is dedicated to Sir George and the YMCA work during the first World War. == New Sports == Because of the popularity of the YMCA there was a need to develop activities and games that would amuse the young …
  11. Pneumatic Tyre — 2022-05-03 16:45:33
    …idth="" birth_date="05 Feb 1840" birth_place="Dreghorn" death_date="23 Oct 1921" death_place="Dublin" }} [[CategoryTransport]]:[[1800s]] === John Boyd Dunlop 1888 === {{toc}} Dunlop (1840 to 1921) was born in [[Ayrshire]], [[Scotland]] and qua…
  12. Television — 2021-11-06 16:35:18
    … demonstrated stereoscopic television. In 1932 he was the first to demonstrate ultra-short wave transmission. == Live Sport == In 1927 Baird transmitted a long-distance television signal over 438 miles of telephone line between London and Gla…
  13. Titanic — 2021-08-20 11:12:19
    …Titanic :: == RMS Titanic == ~-[[CategoryInventions]]:[[CategoryTransport]]:[[1900s]] {{image url="Titanic.jpg" class="right" title="Titanic" width="" }} {{toc}} === White Star Line 1912 === Pe…
  14. Concorde — 2021-08-20 11:08:12
    …Concorde :: === Concorde 1969 === ~-[[CategoryTransport]]:[[Society]]:[[1900s]] {{Image url="Concorde.jpg" class="right" title="Concorde in flight" width="500" }} Concorde is …
  15. Paralympic Games — 2021-08-20 10:59:53
    …Tost, Prussia " death_date=" 18 March 1980 " death_place=" Aylesbury " }} === Sir Ludwig Guttmann 1948 === ~-[[CategorySport]]:[[Medical]]:[[1900s]] Professor Sir Ludwig "Poppa" Guttmann, (1899 - 1980) held the first Paralympic event in 1948. …
    …He was a German-born British neurologist. {{toc}} == From Stoke Mandeville == The first Paralympic sports competition were held in [[Buckinghamshire]], **[[England]] in 1948** and became known as the **Stoke Mandeville Games…
  16. Four-minute Mile — 2021-08-20 10:55:12
    …te="March 23, 1929" birth_place="Harrow" death_date="3 March 2018" death_place="" }} == Four-minute Mile == ~-[[CategorySport]]:[[1900s]] The first person to run the mile in under four minutes was first achieved on 6 May 1954 by **Roger Bannist…
  17. Roundabout — 2021-08-16 09:58:53
    …Roundabout :: === Sollershott Circus 1905 === ~-[[CategoryTransport]]:[[1900s]] {{Image url="SollershottCircus.jpg" class="right" title="Sollershott Circus" width="400" }} The first moder…
    …turned to traffic lights because of the high accident rate associated with them. - In 1926 the UK Ministry of Transport (circular 302) officially used the term **'Roundabout'.** - In 1950s the priority rule was changed. - Now entering…
    …talled, savings of up to 40% on fuel can be saved, due to the fact the traffic is flowing more freely. Pennsylvania Transport Department has shown that roundabouts result in 90% reduction in fatalities, 76% reduction in injuries and 35% reductio…
  18. Vitamins — 2021-08-16 09:52:16
    …image url="Lind_james.jpg" class="right" title="James Lind" width="" }} **James Lind** (1716 in Edinburgh – 1794 in Gosport) was the pioneer of naval hygiene in the Royal Navy. The number of sailors that died from mal-nutrition was a serious p…
  19. Modern Olympics — 2021-08-14 20:26:14
    …ck [[England]]" death_date="11/12/1895" death_place="Much Wenlock" }} ===Dr William Penny Brookes 1850 === ~-[[CategorySport Sport]]:[[1800s]] "If the Olympic Games that Modern Greece has not yet been able to revive still survive today, it is …
    …ng the ordinary citizens of the locality. The first games he held were a mixture of old Greek style athletics and local sports such as football and cricket. By 1851 competitors from all over the West Midlands were attending and by the end of the…
  20. Bovril — 2021-08-14 20:09:04
    …ask of providing all this beef was a [[Scotland | Scotsman]] living in Canada named **John Lawson Johnston.** The transportation and storage of such vast amounts of food were problematic. This led to Johnston creating a product he called //'Jo…
  21. Football — 2021-08-14 19:52:33
    …th each other. Little did he know this would become the **biggest sport in the world!** == The Football Pitch Dimensions == {{Image url="football_pitch.png" class="center" title="football p…
  22. Lawn Mower — 2021-08-10 08:19:36
    …ngmower.jpg" title="Budding Mower" width="300" class="left" }}Budding's mower was designed primarily to cut the lawn on sports grounds and expansive gardens as a superior alternative to the scythe. His patent of **25 October 1830** described //"…
  23. Tarmac — 2021-08-09 21:38:37
    …Tarmac :: == Tarmac sealed road surface== ~-[[CategoryInventions]]:[[CategoryTransport]] {{Databox Image="EdgarPurnellHooley.jpg" width="300" title="Edgar Purnell Hooley" birth_date="5/6/1860" birth_pla…
  24. Industrial Revolution — 2021-08-08 21:48:46
    …was the first to make durable rails of steel rather than cast iron, providing the basis for the development of rail transportation throughout the world in the late Nineteenth century. The first of Mushet's steel rails was delivered to Derby Midl…
    …Railway''', a series of famous steamships, and numerous important bridges and tunnels, hence revolutionising public transport and modern day engineering. During his short career, Brunel achieved many engineering "firsts", including assisting in…
  25. Bearings — 2021-08-08 20:30:19
    …Bearings :: {{draft}} === Philip Vaughan 1794 === ~-[[CategoryTransport]]:[[1700s]] Philip Vaughan, an iron master from Carmarthen [[Wales]], patented the first ball bearing mechanism. He de…
    …ised in the coming years and now just about every moving device has bearings to reduce friction. == Bearing == - Transport - every car lorry bicycle - Home - Washing machine, foodmixer, Vacuum, DVD - Factory - Machinary, robotics, trolly, f…
  26. Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
    …Powered Flight :: === John Stringfellow 1848 === ~- [[CategoryInventions]]:[[CategoryTransport]]:[[1800s]] {{Databox width="260" caption="Pioneer" Image="StringFellow.jpg" title="John Stringfellow" birth_date="6 D…
    … lift, drag, and gravity. He successfully flew a gliding aircraft in **1804** and later there are reports that he transported his butler across his land on his glider. ::cl:: ^^ "About 100 years ago, an Englishman, Sir George Cayley, carried t…
  27. Petroleum — 2020-12-03 01:07:44
    …ow" death_date="13 May 1883" death_place="Wemyss Bay" }} === James Young 1850 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[CategoryTransport]]:[[1800s]] {{Toc}} James Young (1811-1883) was a chemist from Glasgow, [[Scotland]]. In 1847 he noticed a natural pet…
  28. Jet airliner — 2020-11-30 22:29:36
    …Jet airliner :: === de Havilland Comet 1952 === ~-[[CategoryTransport]]:[[1900s]] {{image url="De-Havilland-Comet-DH106.jpg" class="right" title="De Havilland Comet DH106" width="400" }} Th…
  29. Golf — 2020-11-30 16:29:33
    …Golf :: == Golf == ~-[[CategorySport]]:[[1500s]] {{Image url="Golf-Course.jpg" class="right" title="Golf Course " width="400" }} Golf was first played offic…
  30. Curling — 2020-11-30 16:26:54
    …Curling :: [[CategorySport]] === Scotland 1541 === [[Scotland]] [[1500s]] {{redirect page="Sport"}}…
  31. Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52
    …Railway :: == Locomotive Transportation == [[CategoryInventions]]:[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[1800s]] {{Image url="TrevithickPuffingDevil.jpg" class="right" ti…
    …tle="Trevithick Puffing Devil" width="300" }}No one person is said to have invented railway transportation but there are several people that helped move the early wagonways, that were used to [[CategoryTransport]] coal ou…
  32. Badminton — 2020-11-30 00:52:31
    …Badminton :: [[CategorySport]] === Badminton, Gloucestershire 1887 === [[Gloucestershire]] [[England]] [[1800s]] {{redirect page="Sport"}}…
  33. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
    …tationed there brought the game back to England in the 1860's. The army men introduced the game to friends, but the new sport was definitely launched there at a party given in 1873 by the Duke of Beaufort at his country place, "Badminton" in Glo…
    …887 the modern rules were laid down. The Bath Badminton Club was setup and standardized the rules, that still guide the sport today. In 1895, the Badminton Association (of England) was formed to take over the authority of the Bath Badminton Club…
    …f the town in 1846 and survives to this day as a private club. == Table Tennis 1880 == The earliest known form of the sport, called indoor tennis, was played in Victorian England among the upper-class as an after-dinner parlour game. In the …
    … pong," representing the sounds of the ball hitting the paddle and then the table. However, an English manufacturer of sporting goods, John Jacques, registered "Ping Pong" as a trade name in 1901 and sold American rights to Parker Brothers, who…
  34. Cricket — 2020-08-26 21:18:47
    …Cricket :: == Cricket 1787 == ~-[[CategorySport]]:[[1700s]] {{Image url="Cricketgame.jpg" class="right" title="A typical game of Cricket being played" width="450" }} …
  35. Bungee Jumping — 2020-08-17 13:17:46
    …e into manhood. == Links == [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8DLooHqJMc |David Kirke 1979 jump]] {{tag ids="Bristol Sport Bungy Bungee"}} {{paypal}}…
  36. Life Boat — 2020-08-17 09:00:19
    …unmow, [[Essex]]" death_date="16 February 1834" death_place="Hythe, Kent" }} === Lionel Lukin 1785 === ~-[[CategoryTransport]]::[[Society]]::[[1700s]] Lionel Lukin designed the world’s first unsinkable boat and patented it on 2 November 1785.…
  37. Bicycle — 2020-08-15 09:22:15
    …irth_place="Walthamstow" death_date="29 October 1901" death_place="" }} === John Kemp Starley 1885 === ~-[[CategoryTransport]]:[[1800s]] In 1885 Starley produced the first modern style bicycle, the **//Rover// Safety Bicycle**. //Cycling Mag…
    … //safety// bicycle. A rear-wheel, chain-driven cycle with two similar-sized wheels. Two wheeled forms of [[CategoryTransport ]], like the 'Penny Farthing', were fairly dangerous way to travel. So the need for a safer design was being sought. …
    …} In 1885 Starley produced the //Rover// Safety Bicycle. He was the first to use the term //Rover// for a mode of transport changing the company name from J. K. Starley and Co. to Rover Cycle Co who were eventually to become **Rover cars.** …
  38. Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25
    … 1996" death_place="" }} === Sir Frank Whittle 1930 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]:: [[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 would transform world transport shrinking the globe like never before. {{Image url="Motorized-jet-engine.jpg" class="left" width="200" title="Whittle …
  39. Disc Brakes — 2020-08-09 19:54:18
    …" birth_place="Lewisham" death_date="8 march 1946" death_place="" }} === Frederick Lanchester 1902 === ~-[[CategoryTransport]]:[[CategoryIndustry]]::[[1900s]] Frederick William Lanchester patented the vehicle disc brake in 1902. == Car Enthusi…
  40. Underground Railway — 2019-10-23 19:35:16
    …: {{Image url="TubeLogo.jpg" title="Underground Logo" class="right" width="300" }} === London 1863 === ~-[[CategoryTransport]] The world's first underground railway, the Metropolitan Railway, opened {{Datediff from="10/1/1863"}} years ago on th…
  41. Paternoster — 2018-09-18 13:06:34
    …birth_place="Liverpool" died="1884" death_place="" }} === Peter Ellis - 1868 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]::[[CategoryTransport]] Peter Ellis installed the first paternoster lift or elevator in Oriel Chambers, Liverpool in 1868. He was born in Liv…
  42. Motor Racing Circuit — 2018-05-20 20:38:53
    …Motor Racing Circuit :: [[Sport]] == Brooklands 1907 == {{Databox width="" Image="HughLockeKing.jpg" Who="Hugh Locke King" width="300" birth_date=" 7…
  43. Steam Train — 2017-07-06 13:56:59
    …Steam Train :: {{redirect page="Railway"}} [[CategoryTransport]]…
  44. Harrier Jump Jet — 2017-01-18 16:14:57
    …Harrier Jump Jet :: === Hawker Siddeley 1960 === ~- [[CategoryInventions]]>[[CategoryScience]]>[[CategoryTransport]] {{image url="HarrierJet.jpg" class="right" title="Harrier Jump Jet" width="400" }} The **Harrier Jump Jet** is the …
  45. Rounders — 2016-06-23 13:12:37
    …Rounders :: [[CategorySport]] === Ireland 1884 === == Rounders == {{redirect page="Sport"}}…
  46. Rugby — 2016-06-23 13:07:05
    …Rugby :: [[CategorySport]] === Rugby, Warwickshire 1871 === [[Warwickshire]] [[England]] {{redirect page="Sport#hn_Rugby_1871"}}…
  47. Table Tennis — 2016-06-23 13:01:14
    …Table Tennis :: [[CategorySport]] === Victorians 1880 === == Table Tennis == {{redirect page="Sport"}}…
  48. Snooker — 2016-06-23 12:55:03
    …Snooker :: [[CategorySport]] === Sir Neville Chamberlain 1875 === == Snooker == {{redirect page="Sport"}}…
  49. Tennis — 2016-06-23 12:50:18
    …Tennis :: [[CategorySport]] === Major Thomas Harry Gem 1859 === == Tennis == {{redirect page="Sport"}}…
  50. Hockey — 2016-06-23 12:47:04
    …Hockey :: [[CategorySport]] === Eton College 1860 === {{redirect page="Sport#hn_Hockey_1860"}}…
  51. Pool — 2016-06-23 11:10:24
    …Pool :: [[CategorySport]] == Pocket Billiards == === Charles Cotton 1647 === {{redirect page="Billiards"}}…
  52. Billiards — 2016-06-23 11:09:55
    …Billiards :: [[CategoryInventions]]>[[CategorySport]]== Pocket (Pool) Billiards == {{image url="BilliardTable.jpg" class="right" title="Traditional Billiard Table" width=…
    …"400" }} The game of table **Billiards**, a cue sport for two players on a green baize cloth covered table with pockets, has various forms from the 15th century in Europe. …
  53. Tank — 2016-05-16 11:27:53
    …Tank :: [[CategoryIndustry]]>[[CategoryTransport]] {{amazon type="menu" items="Model Tank, Mark IV Tank" }} === Military Tank 1916 === {{Datetext event_date="15 Sept…
  54. Darts — 2016-02-02 00:46:51
    …Darts :: [[CategorySport]] === Darts 1900 === [[England]] {{redirect page="Sport"}}…
  55. Bobsleigh — 2016-02-02 00:43:33
    …Bobsleigh :: [[CategorySport]] === Bobsleigh 1890 === {{redirect page="Sport"}}…
  56. CategoryTransport — 2015-10-31 18:43:05
    …CategoryTransport :: [[CategoryInventions]] > Transport ---- {{category}}…
  57. CategorySport — 2015-08-29 09:18:39
    …CategorySport :: [[CategoryInventions Inventions]] > Sport ---- {{category}}…

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