Edward Montagu, 1st Earl. Heraldic achievement of the Earls of Sandwich. Earl of Sandwich is a noble title in the Peerage of England and the House of Montagu, nominally associated with Sandwich, Kent. It was created in 1660 for the prominent naval commander Admiral Sir Edward Montagu. John Montagu, Lord…
It was started in 1932 by brothers Charles and Joseph Revson and Charles Lachman who unveiled a revolutionary nail enamelnail enamelNail polish (also known as nail varnish or nail enamel) is a lacquer that can be applied to the human fingernail or toenails to decorate and protect the nail plates.…
Discover how Richard ArkwrightRichard ArkwrightAfter establishing the mill at Cromford, Arkwright returned to Lancashire and took up a lease of the Birkacre mill at Chorley, which was to become a catalyst for the town’s growth into one of the most important industrialised towns of the Industrial Revolution.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki ›…
He commanded all French forces at the Siege of Yorktown and retired after fifty years of service as a Maréchal de France. The future comte de Rochambeau was born in Vendôme 1725. The Seven Years War was a disaster for France, and after the war King Louis XV appointed Rochambeau…
In the late-19th century, a London plumbing impresario named Thomas Crapper manufactured one of the first widely successful lines of flush toilets. Crapper did not invent the toilet, but he did develop the ballcock, an improved tank-filling mechanism still used in toilets today. The first design of the modern flush…
Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan co-invented the modern demand regulator. And in 1943 the Aqua-Lung was bornRedesigneded from a car regulator that automatically provided compressed air to a diver on an intake of breath. This fundamentally improved apparatus was used in 1947 for a 94-metre dive. Who invented scuba diving?…
Mormon handcart pioneers. The Mormon handcart movement began in 1856 and continued until 1860. Motivated to join their fellow Church members in Utah but lacking funds for full ox or horse teams, nearly 3,000 Mormon pioneers from England, Wales, Scotland and Scandinavia made the journey from Iowa or Nebraska to…
The Solar Tent’s creator, Abeer Seikaly, had in mind the millions of refugees driven from their homes due to the aftermath of global wars. The Solar Tents provide a means for them to settle in a new land. The KATABATIC Solar Powered Tent is a three- person, four-season expedition solar…
Ancient Egypt (2500 BC) The earliest evidence of the harp is found in Ancient Egypt circa 2500 BC. They were shaped liked bows or angular and had very few strings (because they lacked a column they could not support much string tension). Irish Harps (800 AD) The Celtic harp resembles…
The word ‘stir fry’ was used for the first time in the 1945 cookbook How to Cook and Eat in Chinese by the author Buwei Yang Chao 楊步偉. The word was invented by Yang’s husband Yuen Ren Chao (趙元任), an American linguist who helped devising the Gwoyue Romatzyh transcription system…