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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…

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25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: WALKING STICK & SMART STICK

  James Biggs – walking stick The origin of the white cane had it’s beginning in the time between the two World Wars. James Biggs of Bristol claims to have…

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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: MODERN ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR & FRIDGE FOOD SAVER

  Modern Electric Refrigerator by Florence Parpart Florence Parpart invented the modern electric refrigerator in 1914. During 1900, she worked on several research projects and had a chance to patent…