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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…

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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…

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25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: THE TOILET & VIBRATE-A-SEAT

  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…

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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…

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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…

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25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: FINGER PRINTS & THE HUNGRY NO MORE VENDING MACHINE

  Juan Vucetich In 1892, after studying Galton’s pattern types, Vucetich set up the world’s first fingerprint bureau.                        …

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25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: SLINKY & REACHER SHOES

  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…

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25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: POST IT NOTE & THE NOTES & REMINDERS MACHINE

  Post it note Arthur Fry A Post-it note is a small piece of paper with a strip of low-tack adhesive on the back that allows it to be temporarily…

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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…

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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…