Inventions Archives - Leaders Award https://leadersaward.com/tag/inventions/ If you could be an engineer, what would you do?® Fri, 15 Dec 2017 10:55:03 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 https://leadersaward.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-leadersaward_favicon-01-32x32.png Inventions Archives - Leaders Award https://leadersaward.com/tag/inventions/ 32 32 25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: THE CHRISTMAS CRACKER & THE SELF POURING GRAVY https://leadersaward.com/25-days-inventors-christmas-cracker-self-pouring-gravy/ Mon, 25 Dec 2017 09:30:59 +0000 https://leadersaward.com/?p=4140   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 https://leadersaward.com/25-days-inventors-satellites-satellites-concave-mirrors-reflect-suns-light-back-scotland/ https://leadersaward.com/25-days-inventors-satellites-satellites-concave-mirrors-reflect-suns-light-back-scotland/#comments Sun, 24 Dec 2017 09:30:06 +0000 https://leadersaward.com/?p=4133   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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]]> https://leadersaward.com/25-days-inventors-satellites-satellites-concave-mirrors-reflect-suns-light-back-scotland/feed/ 12 25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: THE TOILET & VIBRATE-A-SEAT https://leadersaward.com/25-days-inventors-toilet-vibrate-seat/ https://leadersaward.com/25-days-inventors-toilet-vibrate-seat/#comments Sat, 23 Dec 2017 09:30:29 +0000 https://leadersaward.com/?p=4123   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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]]> https://leadersaward.com/25-days-inventors-toilet-vibrate-seat/feed/ 15 25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: FOOTBALL BOOTS & SWITCHY SOUL https://leadersaward.com/25-days-inventors-football-boots-switchy-soul/ https://leadersaward.com/25-days-inventors-football-boots-switchy-soul/#comments Fri, 22 Dec 2017 09:30:08 +0000 https://leadersaward.com/?p=4110   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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]]> https://leadersaward.com/25-days-inventors-football-boots-switchy-soul/feed/ 17 25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: THE ALARM CLOCK & THE RUN AWAY CLOCK https://leadersaward.com/25-days-inventors-alarm-clock-run-away-clock/ https://leadersaward.com/25-days-inventors-alarm-clock-run-away-clock/#comments Thu, 21 Dec 2017 09:30:43 +0000 https://leadersaward.com/?p=4087   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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]]> https://leadersaward.com/25-days-inventors-alarm-clock-run-away-clock/feed/ 15 25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: FINGER PRINTS & THE HUNGRY NO MORE VENDING MACHINE https://leadersaward.com/25-days-inventors-finger-prints-hungry-no-vending-machine/ Wed, 20 Dec 2017 09:30:08 +0000 https://leadersaward.com/?p=4076   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 https://leadersaward.com/25-days-inventors-slinky-reacher-shoes/ https://leadersaward.com/25-days-inventors-slinky-reacher-shoes/#comments Tue, 19 Dec 2017 09:30:47 +0000 https://leadersaward.com/?p=4066   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: TELEPHONE BOX & THE — USEFUL TELEPHONE BOX https://leadersaward.com/25-days-inventors-telephone-box-useful-telephone-box/ Sun, 17 Dec 2017 09:30:54 +0000 https://leadersaward.com/?p=4047   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 https://leadersaward.com/25-days-inventors-isambard-kingdom-brunel-designing-road-rail-tunnel/ https://leadersaward.com/25-days-inventors-isambard-kingdom-brunel-designing-road-rail-tunnel/#comments Sat, 16 Dec 2017 09:30:35 +0000 https://leadersaward.com/?p=4037   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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