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It was inaugurated in 1901. Since the valley is so densely populated the only way to build an urban railway service was to built it above the river Wupper. The inventor was the Cologne born engineer Eugen Langen.
Laycock country house with monastic roots, once home to William Henry Fox Talbot, inventor of the photographic negative
From my journal,punk watercolor painting on a3 with a bit textured,thanks for the visit have a great day
Pepsi was first invented in 1893 as "Brad's Drink" by Caleb Bradham, who sold the drink at his drugstore in New Bern, North Carolina. It was renamed Pepsi-Cola in 1898, "Pepsi" because it was advertised to relieve dyspepsia (indigestion) and "Cola" referring to the cola flavour.
Candid shot at "The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride" Exeter 2023.
Where would we be without a simple thing like a pen? - The first people to invent the pen as a basic tool to write were the ancient Egyptians. - On May 25, 1827, Romanian inventor Petrache Poenaru received patent from the French government for a fountain pen which had a barrel made from a large swan quill. In America in 1848, Azel Storrs Lyman got a patent for a fountain pen with “method of supplying ink to pens from a reservoir in the handle.
built orginally for our Oamaru Brickshow, which was steampunkish themed. Oamaru down here is considered the capital of steampunk, so it was fitting for the occassion. Enjoy
“Rupertswood” in Sunbury on the outskirts of Melbourne is one of Australia's most important mansions, both historically and architecturally. Built as a residence for Sir William John Clarke (1831 – 1897), the first Australian born Baronet, in 1874 – 1876 it became a power seat in the great English tradition. The property covered an area of 31,000 acres. Today the estate has been greatly reduced due to subdivision to a more modest 1,100 acres.
Designed by local architect George L. Browne, "Rupertswood" is a 50 room bluestone mansion built for Sir William John Clarke by contractors George Sumner & Co. Designed in the Victorian Italianate style, the two storey mansion is surmounted by a 100 foot tower with a Mansard roof and widow's walk. The foundation stone for “Rupertswood” was laid on 29 August 1874 with some 1000 people in attendance. The house was completed in 1876. The grand entrance is paved with Victorian tessellated tiles and the house is flanked by splendid wide and shady verandahs on three sides. The ballroom was added in late 1881 or 1882. Interior decorations were carried out by Schemmel and Shilton. There are six magnificent stained glass panels made by Urie and Fergeson in 1874-76, considered some of the finest examples in the world. The elaborate mansion with its large estate demonstrates the important status of Clarke whose prominence as a colonist was recognised in 1882 by his appointment as a baronet.
William Sangster designed the gardens at “Rupertswood” originally covering an area of 99 acres, and once boasted tennis courts, croquet lawns and an underground fernery. “Rupertswood” also had its own private railway station where hundreds of guests to grand balls would arrive from Spencer Street. Balls, hunt meets and weekend house parties were frequent. Anyone of note, in Victorian and Edwardian society, was entertained by Sir John and Lady Eliza Clarke. Many historical figures visited “Rupertswood” during its history, including the then Duke and Duchess of York, (later to become King George V and Queen Mary), Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba and several Governors of Victoria. The estate also had its own half battery of horse artillery when Sir William John Clarke formed a small permanent force in 1885.
“Rupertswood” holds a place in the great sporting rivalry between Australia and England, as it was on a field at “Rupertswood” that the “Ashes” were created. On Christmas Eve of 1882, after a congenial lunch, Sir William Clarke suggested a social game between the English Cricket team and a local side, made up largely of “Rupertswood” staff. By all accounts, it was an enjoyable game with no one really keeping score, however, it was generally agreed that the English won. Pat Lyons, a worker at “Rupertswood”, clearly remembered the afternoon many years later. It was his understanding that Lady Clarke, at dinner that evening, had presented Ivo Bligh with a pottery urn. It was purported to contain the ashes of a burnt bail. This was a light hearted gesture to commemorate England's win at “Rupertswood”.
By 1922, “Rupertswood” had passed from the Clarke family into the possession of Hugh Victor McKay (1865 – 1926), a self-made millionaire, industrialist and inventor of “Sunshine Harvester”. His dream of owning “Rupertswood” had been realised, if however, a little short lived. He died at “Rupertswood” only four years after acquiring it. A short time later one of Australia's greatest pastoralist, Queenslander William Naughton acquired the property. One year later he sold the mansion and 1,100 acres to the Roman Catholic Salesian Order. The mansion then became a school for under privileged boys.
Today “Rupertswood” is open to the public. The mansion has undergone extensive restoration, with the help of interior designer and Victorian architecture specialist Jacqui Robertson, reinstating elaborate Victorian colour and decorative schemes, and operating as a boutique hotel.
Opening on May 17, 1968,
the park was closed permanently on Oct. 14, 1993.
In August of 2014, Charles L. Pelsor (the inventor of the spill less doggy bowl) purchased the property for a little over 8 million American dollars. In October 2014, he and some volunteers started renovating the remaining buildings and cleaning up the park. On December 6 and 7 of 2014, he gave two "river walk" tours. The weekend of May 16 and 17 of 2015 being the second "river walk".
Dogpatch USA is located on Hwy. 7 between the towns of Harrison and Jasper, in Northwest Arkansas.
"By golly, look at it go, Branston!" the older businessman said, pleasantly surprised at the unexpected mannerism of the robot that. Branston just raised an eyebrow in scrutiny. He had to be sure of the thing they were about to invest in.
"So how do you like him, gentlemen? He's ready to work, self-sufficient, intelligent, and he'll definitely do good work in the mines," the inventor said. His partner grinned in satisfaction, sure of their creation, knowing that with this one chance, they can and will finally land their first big break. He just hoped that Branston agrees as well, of course.
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A small lil' steampunk vignette, because everyone needs a lil' bit of steampunk every now and then ;)
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Dr. Yoshiro NakaMats (subject) , "The Invention of Dr. Nakamats"
by director Kaspar Astrup Schröder , May 1, 2010, Hot Docs © Linda Dawn Hammond / IndyFoto.com 2010
The Invention of Dr. Nakamats
Director(s) : Kaspar Astrup Schröder
In this fun and charming portrait of the iconic Japanese inventor, we find Dr. Yoshiro NakaMats on the brink of his 80th birthday, fully intending to live to the age of 144. Dr. NakaMats proudly boasts of his 3,375 patents (compared to Thomas Edison’s mere 1,093), which include everything from the floppy disk and CDs to Dr. NakaMats Brain Drink. He was also awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for Nutrition after photographing and analyzing every meal he has eaten for the last 34 years. A devoted family man and quirky superstar, Dr. NakaMats’ days are filled with cruising around Tokyo, routine visits to the patent office, fan club book signings, consultations at Dr. NakaMats Invention Institute, underwater swims, and talks with his creative muse. Danish visual artist Kaspar Astrup Schröder’s illustration presents the many delightful facets of this inventor, advocating imagination and the limitlessness of innovation. - Karina Rotenstein
Thomas A. Edison invented his first phonograph in 1877. The sound was recorded on tinfoil around a grooved cylinder.
Despite its limited sound quality and that the recordings could be played only a few times, the phonograph made Edison a celebrity. Although Edison obtained a patent for the phonograph in 1878, he did little to develop it until Alexander Graham Bell and others produced phonograph-like device in the 1880s that used wax-coated cardboard cylinders.
Shot for Our Daily Challenge :“Thomas Edison”
The Mercedes Knight models were equipped with special sleeve-vales engines, which had been licensed by the Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft from its inventor, the American Charles Y. Knight, in 1909.
The combustion process was not controlled by normal valves, but by two tubular slide valves with ports that moved between cylinder and piston. Between 1910 an 1923 about 5,350 units of this model were built. The engines rotated rather slowly (max. 1,800 rpm) but had an enormous torque.
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The historical Lo Pan Temple (魯班先師廟) on Ching Lin Terrace (青蓮臺) has proven to be a much more resilient establishment. Listed as a Grade 1 historical building, Lo Pan Temple was erected in 1884 by the Contractor Guild, way before Li Po Lung laid hands on the area. The temple construction was supported by 1172 donors, mostly contractors and builders from all over Guangdong (Canton) and Hong Kong. The temple is the city’s only religious establishment solely dedicated to Lo Pan, the patron saint for all Chinese contractors and builders. Lo Pan (魯班) or Lu Ban in Mandarin, was a renowned structural engineer, inventor, carpenter, builder and craftsman in the Spring and Autumn Period in China. During his lifetime, (507 – 444 BC), Lo Pan was responsible for inventing a variety of tools from the saw and prototype of a kite, to military tools and seige ladder used in warfare. Lo Pan was considered to be the master of all craftsmen in the Chinese culture, and has become a deity and patron saint for all contractors.
Maintained by a very old temple keeper “Uncle Fun” (芬叔) in his late 90s, Lo Pan Temple (魯班先師廟) is a remnant from a distinct past, a time when traditional values in the three general construction trades (三行), namely carpentry, cement work, and paint work, were strong. In the old days, paying respect to Lo Pan was a common routine to start the day for all contractors. They would celebrate Lo Pan’s birthday, on the 23rd of June in the Lunar Calendar, with heart beating drums and dragon dances, and share a big pot of “Lo Pan meal” (魯班飯). It was the contractors’ respect to the Lo Pan heritage that has sustained the temple to the present day. Even “Uncle Fun” is serving his temple keeping responsibility out of appreciation for his former patron saint, after a 60-year career in the paint trade until retirement at 80. Working together with architectural conservationist and master carpenter Wong Hung Keung (王鴻強), Uncle “Fun” was also involved in the temple’s major renovation in 2007, repairing structural damages and restoring some of the magnificent wall paintings, stone carvings, and clay sculptures that make Lo Pan Temple one of the most precious architectural gems in Hong Kong.
built orginally for our Oamaru Brickshow, which was steampunkish themed. Oamaru down here is considered the capital of steampunk, so it was fitting for the occassion. Enjoy
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NameSKANDI INVENTOR
FlagDenmark
IMO9753935
MMSI219366000
Call signOYRS2
vessel typeOffshore Supply Ship
Length (m/ft) 138.0/452.8
Beam (m/ft) 27.0/88.6
Gross Tonnage14908
Year of Build 2018
Builder COSCO SHIPPING HEAVY INDUSTRY (DALIAN) CO.,LTD
Il est constitué de terrasses superposées, chacune étant consacrée à une nationalité ou une religion différente. Parmi les « riches hivernants » anglo-saxons, remarquez la tombe du révérend Webb Ellis, le prétendu inventeur du rugby, ainsi que de quelques princes russes aux noms légendaires (Troubetzkoy, Volkonsky). Belle vue sur la vieille ville, la mer et la côte, du cap Martin à la pointe Mortola, en Italie.
It consists of superimposed terraces, each one dedicated to a different nationality or religion. Among the "rich wintering" Anglo-Saxon, note the grave of Reverend Webb Ellis, the alleged inventor of rugby, as well as some Russian princes with legendary names (Troubetzkoy, Volkonsky). Nice view of the old town, the sea and the coast, from Cape Martin to Mortola Point, Italy.
Carte de visite by H.H. Freeman of Belvidere, Ill. A man stands next to what appears to be a model of an engineering improvement. He may have been the brain behind the invention, and intended this image to be submitted to the patent office in Washington, D.C. Using photography for this came of age when the carte de visite became all the rage in the U.S.
I encourage you to use this image for educational purposes only. However, please ask for permission.
Wheat paste resist with ink and watercolor on 140 lb rag paper. Part of a steam punk series and based on photos from Roderick Bus Biker in Julia Kay Portrait Party
Alfred Nobel´s aluminium hulled naphta sloop Mignon photographed in 1892-1896 in Switzerland by R. Guber. My colorization of an image in the Swedish Digital Museum.
"A naphtha launch, sometimes called a "vapor launch", was a small motor launch, powered by a naphtha engine. They were a particularly American design, brought into being by a local law that made it impractical to use a steam launch for private use." --
"The first naphtha launch appears to have been British, reported in the French journal La Nature in 1888. This launch, Zephyr, was the invention of Alfred Yarrow, a well-known builder of steam launches for some years previously. Similar launches were produced in the same year by the Swiss company Escher Wyss AG. One of these was Alfred Nobel's graceful aluminium-hulled sloop Mignon, of 1892."
"Alfred Bernhard Nobel ( 21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish businessman, chemist, engineer, inventor, and philanthropist. He held 355 different patents, dynamite being the most famous. The synthetic element nobelium was named after him. He owned Bofors, which he redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments. Having read a premature obituary which condemned him for profiting from the sales of arms, he bequeathed his fortune to institute the Nobel Prize."
(Both excerpts from Wikipedia)
Hattie: Hello, what are you doing?
Tina: I'm inventing kids. Duh! What does it look like?
Hattie: Perhaps kidnapping to start with. Then unscrupulous handling of minors.
Tina: Pah! My dear child, this is science at its best. Only this little chap didn't fit in the oven. A setback I'll admit.
Hattie: Hm. Oh, that little nipper is getting away.
Tina: Quick! Grab the tongs and get him! He'll fit in there for sure.
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For the theme "Kid Inventors" in the Blythe a Day group.
- How do you mean "this isn't what Kid Inventors are all about"?
(Kids has indeed invented some great things, like the Popsicle and Braille!!)
*****ALL CHILDREN WERE SAVED IN TIME****
His Genius lives despite massive cover-up.
Nikola Tesla's prediction of a smartphone, Collier’s magazine interview, 1926:
"When wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth will be converted into a huge brain, which in fact it is, all things being particles of a real and rhythmic whole. We shall be able to communicate with one another instantly, irrespective of distance.
Not only this, but through television and telephony we shall see and hear one another as perfectly as though we were face to face, despite intervening distances of thousands of miles; and the instruments through which we shall be able to do his will be amazingly simple compared with our present telephone.
A man will be able to carry one in his vest pocket."
“To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” —Thomas Edison
These Blythe dolls are Simply Mango and Simply Guava, posing for “Kid Inventors” in Blythe a Day on Flickr.
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Otis_Inf's injectable camera system; hotsampling via SRWE (~43MP); bicubic smother resampling; reshade 4.3.0
Grade II listed. Standing proudly in front of Camborne's library (also grade II listed) the memorial was created by LS Merrifield and erected in the 1928.
Richard Trevithick was an engineer, inventor, and one of Cornwall's most famous and influential sons. He was a pioneer of steam-powered road and rail transport, developing the first high-pressure steam engine (1799) and the first working railway steam locomotive (1802). In 1801 he built the road locomotive 'Puffing Devil', and tested it on Christmas Eve by taking 6 passengers up the hill from Camborne to Beacon. This historic journey provided the inspiration for the popular Cornish folk song 'Camborne Hill'.
He worked on many projects in England and spent some time in Peru and Costa Rica, but despite this, he was not wealthy. In 1833 whilst designing an engine for a new steamship in Dartford, Kent, he contracted pneumonia, and he passed away a week later at his lodging house aged 62. He was penniless.
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The interior of the ground level of the Stables features a carriage room with wooden trusses, mahogany stalls and Spanish tile flooring.
The stalls still bear the names of Pellet's much loved horses. Some of the horses were carriage horses, and others saddle horses, but almost all had won numerous prizes and championships throughout North America.
When Pellett moved out of Casa Loma for the last time in 1923, his horses moved with him to the fine accommodations of Mary Lake.
In 1941 the Stables would serve as a top secret location for the assembly of a newly developed technology. ASDIC, named for its inventors, stands for Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Committee. It was an early form of sonar and could detect a U-boat at a distance of 8 km (5mi) enabling naval vessels to search for and destroy enemy submarines.
Wilbur Day was born in New York City. As a scientist, inventor, and engineer, he was employed by Carl Kaxton who invented a hydraulic ram device.
Wilbur stole Kaxton's designs and used them to engineer a pair of extremely long, telescopic metal legs, which allowed him to tower high over the ground. He incorporated these hydraulic stilts into an armored battlesuit, which he created for use in robberies as the professional criminal Stilt-Man.
He battled Daredevil, and was seemingly shrunk into nothingness when he was accidentally hit by an experimental molecular condenser ray.
His able to return from the limbo-like "microverse" and he attempted to help Leap-Frog escape from custody. Stilt-Man was defeated by Daredevil again, but was helped to escape by the Masked Marauder.
Stilt-Man teamed with the Masked Marauder in an attempt to trap Daredevil; however, he battled Spider-Man and was defeated by Daredevil.
His escape from Daredevil aided by Electro was later recounted. Stilt-Man teamed with Electro, Matador, Leap-Frog, and Gladiator to form the original Emissaries of Evil and battle Daredevil.
Stilt-Man was later hired by mobsters to kill district attorney candidate Foggy Nelson, and battled Daredevil once again.
He disguised himself as Stunt-Master, and attacked Daredevil on a Hollywood movie set.
In San Francisco, he kidnapped his former employer Carl Kaxton and his daughter, to force him to recreate his molecular condenser. However, Stilt-Man battled and was defeated by Daredevil and the Black Widow.
Besides Stilt-Man's long, unsuccessful career against Daredevil, he encountered other superheroes in the meantime. He was hired by Los Angeles mobsters to kill the Falcon, and in the process stole various weapons and devices from the Trapster.
He robbed a Los Angeles bank, and battled Black Goliath. He teleported Black Goliath and his companions to an alien planet using the Z-ray weapon.
Stilt-Man attacked Black Goliath at Champions headquarters in search of an alien power source. He battled the Champions, and his Z-ray weapon was destroyed by Darkstar, but he managed to escape from the Champions.
He was later freed from prison by Blastaar and F.A.U.S.T., and given a special new battlesuit constructed of secondary adamantium with additional weaponry. He stole some radioactive isotopes, and battled Thor, but lost the fight and was stripped of his suit by the victorious Thunder God, who confiscated it.
Stilt-Man was hired to kidnap assistant District Attorney Maxine Lavender. He was waylaid in his civilian identity by Turk Barrett, a small-time crook and an even greater loser than Day, who cold-cocked Day, stole his armor, and took on the Stilt-Man identity.
Turk contacted the Kingpin and offered to become his new assassin, only to be refused, being told "It does not matter what armor or weapons you may have acquired, Turk. You are an idiot. I do not employ idiots." Enraged by Turk's audacity, Day contacted Daredevil and informed him of a weakness in the armor.
Thanks to Day's information, Daredevil easily disabled the auto-gyroscopes necessary for the armor to keep its balance and brought Turk down.
Day later modified the armor to prevent Daredevil from using this newfound knowledge against him. Stilt-Man sought to regain his reputation by defeating Spider-Man. He turned an automated Cordco factory against Spider-Man, but when Spider-Man saved his life, Stilt-Man returned the favor by not taking the opportunity to kill him.
Stilt-Man continued to make sporadic appearances wherein he has continued his criminal career and fought several superheroes, but without much success.
One of his most prominent appearances during this time was during the Iron Man "Armor Wars", where he was one of the many armored super-villains whose armors had been secretly upgraded with technology stolen from Tony Stark; Iron Man quickly defeated the villain in their confrontation by throwing one of his own hydraulic legs at him to knock him out.
Stilt-Man later attempted to kill District Attorney Blake Tower for sending him to prison, but was captured by She-Hulk.
Stilt-Man was among the villains assembled by Doctor Doom to attack the Fantastic Four in Washington, D.C. during the Acts of Vengeance. Even though he had several other villains with him, he failed miserably.
He was also among the villains who attempted to attack the Avengers at the site of their reconstructed mansion, but was foiled by the construction workers.
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Secret Identity: Wilbur Day
Publisher: Marvel
First appearance: Daredevil #8 (June 1965)
Created by:
Wally Wood (writer/artist)