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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: 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…

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25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: FOLDING CHAIR & THE ROLL OVER BENCH

  Nathaniel Alexander and the Folding Chair On July 7, 1911, Nathaniel Alexander of Lynchburg, Virginia patented a folding chair. According to his patent, he designed his chair to be…

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25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: THE MEDICAL SYRINGE & THE CALPOL LOLLY

The Medical Syringe by Letitia Geer   Nowadays, living without a medical syringe is simply not possible. It is widely and excessively used in medial centres, hospitals, private clinics, and…

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25 DAYS OF INVENTOR (ENGINEER): TIM PEAKE & THE SPACE VIEWING DOME

Tim Peake Tim Peake is a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut of British nationality. He finished his 186-day Principia mission working on the International Space Station for Expedition 46/47 when…

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25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: LEGO & THE LEGO HOOVER

The Lego Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891–1958), a carpenter from Billund, Denmark, who began making wooden toys in 1932. In 1934, his company came to…

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25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: ELECTRIC BLANKET & THE ICE BLANKET

The Electric Blanket 1912: Dr. Sidney I. Russell invented the first ever electric blanket in 1912. Russell intended for the electric blanket as an easier way to keep patients warm…

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ENGINEERS IN THE MAKING OR CARVING?

  When the Leaders Award opens its doors to school to register, we usually have to wait a while until the pupils interview engineers, consider their or the worlds problems…