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  1. Stockings — 2023-12-30 23:58:55
    …="William Lee" width="300" born="1563" birth_place="Calverton" died="1614" death_place="" }} === William Lee 1589 === [[Society]]:[[1500s]] William Lee invented the first stocking frame knitting machine in 1589. His machine took the traditional h…
  2. Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36
    … a model condensing steam engine in the 1760s, which he showed to '''Richard Lovell Edgeworth''', a member of the Lunar Society. In **1769** '''James Watt''', another member of the Lunar Society, **patented** the first significant improvements to …
  3. Society — 2023-09-27 16:03:30
    Society :: === [[CategoryInventions Inventions]] > Category Society === ---- {{Category}} …
  4. English Bible — 2023-09-25 23:57:13
    …English Bible :: === William Tyndale 1526 === ~-[[Literature]]:[[Society]]:[[1500s]] {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="WilliamTyndale.jpg" Who="William Tyndale" width="300" born="1494" birth_…
  5. Winston Churchill — 2023-08-27 16:11:42
    …Winston Churchill :: == Winston Churchill == ~-[[Society]]:[[1800s]] {{Databox Image="WinstonChurchill.jpg" class="right" title="Winston Churchill" Birth_date="30 November 1…
  6. National Trust — 2022-07-02 09:18:26
    …National Trust :: == National Trust == [[Society]]:[[1800s]] In 1895 the world's first National Trust was set up in [[England]]. {{Image url="NationalTrust.jpg" class="…
    … areas surrounding London. === Hill, Rawnsley and Hunter 1895 === In **1876** Hill became the treasurer of the **Kyrle Society**, founded in that year by her eldest sister, Miranda, as a "Society for the Diffusion of Beauty". It was a template fo…
    …ained support from **Canon Rawnsley**, Ruskin and **Sir Robert Hunter** who was solicitor to the **Commons Preservation Society**. On 16 November **1893**, Hill, Hunter and Rawnsley agreed on the name **'National Trust'** to protect open spaces an…
  7. Full Breakfast — 2022-05-20 12:26:19
    …ding** (yum!). == Full Irish == Fried potato **farl**, **boxty** or soda bread. == Links == [[http://englishbreakfastsociety.com/full-english-breakfast.html English Breakfast Society EBS]]…
  8. Police — 2022-05-20 08:52:50
    …eel" width="300" birth_date="5 February 1788" birth_place="" death_date="2 July 1850" death_place="" }} ==Police == ~-[[Society]]:[[1800s]] {{{toc}}} === Robert Peel 1829 === Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850) born in …
  9. British Empire — 2022-05-20 08:45:03
    …British Empire :: === The British Empire 1497 === [[Society]] :[[1400s]] The British empire was the **largest **empire in history, it covered more than **13,000,000 square mile…
  10. YMCA — 2022-05-17 05:19:39
    …r 1821" birth_place="Dulverton" death_date="6 November 1905" death_place="London" }} === George Williams 1844 === ~-[[Society]]:[[1800s]] George Williams founded the '''**Young Men's Christian Association**''' in [[London]], [[England]], on Jun…
  11. Loch Ness Monster — 2022-05-03 17:06:34
    …h Ness Monster 500 == {{Databox width="" caption="Nessie" Image="Loch-ness-monster.jpg" title="Loch Ness monster" }} [[Society]] == Cryptozoology == Stories of an //aquatic beast// living in Scotland’s Loch Ness date back 1,500 years, the moder…
  12. Microphone — 2021-11-07 21:26:04
    …n_microphone.png" class="right" title="Hughes carbon microphone" width="" }} He demonstrated his apparatus to the Royal Society by magnifying the sound of insects scratching through a sound box and there were many other witnesses to his microphone…
  13. Trouser Press — 2021-08-26 11:11:31
    …ly 8 1924" birth_place="Leamington Spa" death_date="5/8/2021" death_place="" }} === Peter Corby 1930 === [[Domestic]]:[[Society]]:[[1900s]] The Corby trouser press, an electrical appliance used to smooth the creases from a pair of trousers, was in…
  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 the only suc…
  15. Intraocular Lens — 2021-08-20 10:40:24
    …or free**. Ridley continued in private practice in Harley Street until he was 85. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1986, and **knighted in 2000**. Among the many medical honours he received were the **Gullstrand Medal** of the Swe…
    …dish Medical Society, and the **Gonin Medal **from the International Council of Ophthalmologists. At the end of the 1980s he himself had th…
  16. Scouts — 2021-08-14 20:35:19
    …7" birth_place="London" death_date="8 January 1941" death_place="Kenya" }} === Lord Robert Baden-Powell 1907 === ~-[[Society]]:[[1900s]] Baden-Powell created the **Scout** movement in August 1907. He was born **Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Po…
  17. Public Park — 2021-08-14 20:30:20
    …3, 1803" birth_place="Bedfordshire" death_date="June 8, 1865" death_place="Sydenham" }} === Joseph Paxton 1847 === ~-[[Society]]:[[1800s]] Joseph Paxton designed the first public park in **1847**. He was born in [[Bedfordshire]], [[England]] on 3…
  18. Photography — 2021-08-14 19:57:18
    …elbury, Dorset" death_date="17 September 1877" death_place="" }} === Henry Fox Talbot 1835 === ~-[[CategoryScience]]:[[Society]]:[[1800s]] {{TOC}} William Henry Fox Talbot (11 February 1800 – 17 September 1877) took the first **reproducible pho…
  19. Football — 2021-08-14 19:52:33
    …on upon Hull" death_date="20 November 1924" death_place="London" }} === Ebenezer Morley 1863 === ~-[[CategorySport]]:[[Society]]:[[1800s]] The rules for the modern game of **football** and the creation of the **Football Association** (the English…
  20. Steel — 2021-08-12 20:31:45
    …ild towering skyscrapers. In America the introduction of the Bessemer Converter had an enormous impact on an expanding society and shrinking the nation. The availability of cheap, durable steel rails allowed pioneers to build over 30,000 miles of…
  21. Everest — 2021-08-11 11:40:16
    …r 1866" }} Mount Everest was named in honour of **George Everest** in the English language by the //Royal Geographical Society.// Known in Nepal as ''Sagarmāthā'' and in Tibet as ''Chomolungma''. === Sir George Everest 1865 === [[1800s]] Evere…
  22. Blood transfusion — 2021-08-10 08:28:02
    …Lower gave a demonstration of blood transfusion between animals in front of his distinguished colleagues from the Royal Society.…
  23. Nature Reserve — 2021-08-09 22:30:53
    …2" birth_place="Walton Hall, Wakefield" death_date="27 May 1865" death_place="" }} === Charles Waterton 1820 === ~- [[Society]]:[[1800s]] {{toc}} In the 1820s Waterton, an English naturalist and explorer, built a nine-foot-high wall around three…
  24. Guillotine — 2021-08-09 22:22:29
    …Guillotine :: === Halifax 1280 === ~-[[Society]]:[[1200s]] {{Image url="HalifaxGibbet.jpg" class="right" title="Halifax Gibbet" width="400" }} The first use of a guil…
  25. Zoo — 2021-08-09 22:18:40
    …ate="6 July 1781" birth_place="Ship Ann, Jamaica" death_date="5 July 1826" death_place="London" }} == London Zoo == ~-[[Society]]:[[1800s]] [[London]] Zoo [[England]] is the world's oldest zoo. Intended for scientific and conservation of wild anim…
    … First zoo opens in London */ Opened April 27 **1826**, was initially called "Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society of London." It is managed under the //Zoological Society of London// ZSL established in **1826**. It was founded by Sir…
  26. USA anthem — 2021-08-09 22:14:22
    …e="Gloucester" death_date="September 21, 1836" death_place="London" }} === John Stafford Smith 1770 === ~-[[Music]]:[[Society]]:[[1700s]] The national anthem of the United States of America was composed by John Stafford Smith, born in Gloucester…
    …and]] on 30 March 1750. === The Star-Spangled Banner song === Smith was elected as a member of the select Anacreontic Society who's members included such persons as Samuel Johnson. In the 1770s, Smith composed music for the society's constitutio…
    …mlinson** (1744–1778). The song became popular in Britain and America following the establishment of the Anacreontic Society there. {{Image url="JohnStaffordSmith01.jpg" class="left" title="John Stafford Smith memorial in Gloucester cathedral" …
  27. Shire Horse — 2021-08-09 21:35:31
    …url="ShireBeer.jpg" class="right" title="Shire Horse & cart delivering Beer" width="400" }} == The English Shire Horse Society == The English Cart Horse Society was founded in **1878**, later changing its name to the Shire Horse Society. The earl…
    …y years of the Society encouraged the export of Shires and in 1888 issued a record breaking 1,400 pedigree export certificates. Shires were in…
  28. Pub — 2021-08-09 21:19:14
    …Pub :: ===British Pub === ~-[[Society]]:[[CategoryFood]] {{Image url="Pub1.jpg" title="A typical English country pub" class="right" }} ::c:: == Beginnings ==…
  29. Sparkling Wine — 2021-08-08 20:32:53
    …h its much livelier quality. As early as 1662 when '''Christopher Merret''' presented a paper to the newly formed Royal Society in which he stated that sugar and molasses were being added to wines of all sorts to make them sparkling. Using this pr…
  30. Sunday School — 2021-08-08 18:39:06
    …Sunday School :: === Robert Raikes 1780 === ~-[[Society]]:[[1700s]] {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="RobertRaikes.jpg" title="Robert Raikes" width="300" birth_date="14/9…
  31. Salicylic acid — 2021-08-08 18:32:13
    … == On April 25, 1763, Reverend Stone wrote to George Parker, second earl of Macclesfield, and president of the **Royal Society** in a letter read before the Royal Society on June 2, 1763, describing the use of dried willow bark as a remedy for fe…
  32. Vaccination — 2021-08-07 23:07:23
    …ently proved that having been inoculated with cowpox Phipps was immune to smallpox. He submitted a paper to the **Royal Society** in 1797 describing his experiment but was told that his ideas were too revolutionary and that he needed more proof. U…
    …Image url="Jennerstatue.jpg" class="right" width="200" }} == Other Interests == He was elected '''Fellow of the Royal Society''' in 1788, following a careful study combining observation, experiment and dissection into a description of the previo…
    …ot remain in the area for sufficiently long. His findings were published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in '''**1787**'''. == Ballooning == During his lifetime 'Hot Air Ballooning' become popular and Jenner held many exp…
  33. Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
    …eat Exhibition" }} Stringfellow demonstrated a steam-powered triplane at an exhibition arranged by the '''Aeronautical Society of Great Britain''' (founded in 1866) at the Crystal Palace, London, in 1868. The plane was flown indoors from a wire u…
  34. Patent Leather — 2021-01-31 22:10:03
    … {{Image url="PatentLeatherShoes.jpg" class="right" title="Patent Leather Shoes" width="400" }} === Mr. Hand 1793 === [[Society]]:[[1700s]] The waterproof and glossy treatment of leather used for shoes was patented in 1793 by a gentleman from Birm…
  35. Mensa — 2020-12-03 00:59:15
    …roup was like a round table where no one had precedence.. One of the objectives of the society is to ~& identify and foster human intelligence for the benefit of humanity. Mensa is non-political and free from rac…
    … on the Cattell test. == Worldwide == Mensa International has around 130,000 members in 100 countries. {{Tag ids="IQ society intelligence MENSA "}}…
  36. Suffolk Punch — 2020-11-30 16:25:44
    …n 1768 by a horse owned by //Thomas Crisp of Ufford// and was simply known as ‘Crisp’s horse’. The Suffolk Horse Society, was formed in Britain in 1877 to promote the Suffolk Punch and started to be exported all over the world. Canada in 18…
  37. Slavery Abolition — 2020-08-17 15:00:36
    …irth_place="Kingston upon Hull" death_date="29 July 1833" death_place="London" }} === William Wilberforce 1833 === ~-[[Society]]:[[1800s]] Wilberforce was a pioneer in the campaign for the complete abolition of slavery, this was achieved with the…
  38. Life Boat — 2020-08-17 09:00:19
    …sex]]" 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. {{TOC}} Luk…
  39. Greenwich Meridian — 2020-08-06 08:03:21
    …="GlobeLongitude.png" class="right" title="Prime Meridian Longitude 0°" width="300" }} === Prime Meridian 1884 === ~-[[Society]]::[[1800s]] In 1884 the **Greenwich Meridian** became the **Prime Meridian** of the World. {{toc}} == Greenwich Merid…
  40. Stonehenge — 2018-01-26 21:52:34
    …Stonehenge :: [[CategoryInventions]]>[[Society]] == Stonehenge == {{image url="stonehenge.jpg" class="right" title="Stonehenge" width="600" }} {{toc}} The prehistoric…
  41. English Language — 2018-01-26 21:45:55
    …English Language :: === English Language === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]>[[Society]] >>{{image url="English-as-Official-Language.png"}}>> {{{toc}}} The English language is the nearest the world has seen…
  42. Emergency Telephone Number — 2017-07-06 10:16:06
    …Emergency Telephone Number :: == Emergency call service == ~-[[Society]] {{Image url="999Operator.jpg" class="right" title="Policeman with 999 Operator" width="450" }} {{TOC}} === London 193…
  43. Salvation Army — 2016-01-07 15:19:48
    …Salvation Army :: [[CategoryInventions]]>[[Society]] === William and Catherine Booth 1865 === {{image url="williamecatharinebooth.jpg" class="right" title="William and Ca…

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