Tag: General Knowledge
Who produced plastic carrier bags first? PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS were produced in 1960 by the Swedish firm of Akerlund and Ransing and featured advts for Strom shoe stores and …
Who discovered plastic? PLASTIC was Parkesine, a thermo-plastic material produced by Alexander Parkes of Birmingham in 1866, from nitrocellulose, camphor and alcohol. An almost exactly similar thermoplastic was …
Who took the first photograph? First PHOTOGRAPH. The first PHOTOGRAPH from nature, permanently fixed, was taker. by Nicephore Niepce from an upper-storey window at his house at Gras, near …
Who developed the drycopier? First DRY COPIER. The first DRY COPIER was the Xerox Model A, an oversize 600 lbs machine developed by Chester Carlson and known to its …
Who marketed the first photocopier? First PHOTOCOPIER. The first PHOTOCOPIER was marketed by the Rectigraph Co. of Rochester, New York in 1907. The patentee of the Rectigraph machine was …
Who made the first petrol pump? First PETROL PUMP. The first PETROL PUMP was made by ‘Sylvanus F. Bowser of Fort Wayne, Ind. and delivered to local store-keeper Jake …
When was the first personal organizer, the Lefax, used? First PERSONAL ORGANIZER. The first PERSONAL ORGANIZER was the Lefax, produced in Philadelphia in 1910 primarily for the benefit of …
Who discovered Penicillin? Who prepaid the first purified Penicillin? First PENICILLIN. The first PENICILLIN was discovered by Dr Alexander Fleming at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London in September 1928. …
When was the first pedestrian crossing established? First PEDESTRIAN CROSSING. The first PEDESTRIAN CROSSING in the UK was established in Parliament Square, London at the instigation of the London …
Who used the first parachute to descend from a height? First PARACHUTE. The first PARACHUTE descent by an aeronaut was made over the Parc Monceau, Paris on 22 October …
