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5 days ago · Following the 2024 edition of Clerkenwell Design Week in London, we've compiled 12 pieces that British design brands have listed on Dezeen Showroom.
1 day ago · This early attempt at making fire-lighting more convenient eventually led to the redesigned firearms called matchlock guns, which filled the gap until the invention of strike-able matches in the 1800s. Carl Auer von Welsbach's 1903 patent for ferrocerium, often confused with flint, made the creation of modern lighters possible.
5 days ago · People are still going to be saying this in 100 years' time and only linguistic scholars will know it originated in an advert for Ronseal quick-drying wood stain. He used it in reference...
2 days ago · Sir Humphry Davy creates the first incandescent light by passing a current from a battery, at the time the world's most powerful, through a thin strip of platinum. 1804. The world's first locomotive-hauled railway journey is made by Richard Trevithick's steam locomotive. 1807
12 hours ago · The Jaguar E-Type is widely considered one of the greatest sports cars of all time, first being shown to the public on March 15, 1961. Its one-of-a-kind style set itself apart from any car at the ...
4 days ago · This British Classic Car Graveyard sat tucked away behind an abandoned farmhouse in the midlands of England. Cloaked by a thicket of trees, this photographer’s oasis was accessed by crawling through hawthorns and nettles. Sunbeams peak through the trees, casting just enough dappled light for moss to grow on the faded paintwork and tarnished ...
2 days ago · The original Mini is considered an icon of 1960s British popular culture. [13] [14] [15] [16] Its space-saving transverse engine and front-wheel drive layout – allowing 80% of the area of the car's floorpan to be used for passengers and luggage – influenced a generation of car makers. [17] .
