25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: THE CHRISTMAS CRACKER & THE SELF POURING GRAVY
Crackers In 1848, a British confectioner, Tom Smith, pioneered a new way to sell sweets. Inspired by the Parisian tradition of wrapping bon bons in twists of paper, Smith…
25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: SATELLITES & SATELLITES WITH CONCAVE MIRRORS TO REFLECT THE SUN’S LIGHT BACK TO SCOTLAND
Who invented satellites It all started with basketball-sized pack of technology known as Sputnik 1. The world’s first ever satellite was launched on October 4, 1957 by the Soviet…
Thomas Crapper “He started a business and created a legend” In 1861 Thomas Crapper started a plumbing and sanitary engineering business. He quickly gained a reputation for high quality…
25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: FOOTBALL BOOTS & SWITCHY SOUL
Football boots The first pair of football boots noted in history are those made for King Henry VIII of England, who ordered a pair from his Great Wardrobe in…
25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: THE ALARM CLOCK & THE RUN AWAY CLOCK
The alarm clock Alarm clock: The first alarm clock was created in ancient Greece, by Ctesibus, a Hellenistic engineer and inventor. He developed an elaborate system of dropping pebbles on…
Slinky Richard James In 1943, naval engineer Richard James was trying to develop a spring that would support and stabilize sensitive equipment on ships. When one of the…
25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: TELEPHONE BOX & THE — USEFUL TELEPHONE BOX
Telephone box by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott The red telephone box was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (1880- 1960) and, along with the red post box and the…
25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL & DESIGNING ROAD & RAIL TUNNEL
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a great English civil engineer who lived during the 19th century. He was the man who built the Great Western Railway, the…
