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One hundred and fifty years ago this week, the St Helens Newspaper published an article hailing a new invention, writes Stephen Wainwright.

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After graduating from Brown University, Thurber took a teaching role at Worcester Latin Grammar School, before becoming a principal and later opening an arms manufacturing company in 1831 with his ...

ONE day in 1826, chemist John Walker was in his home in Cleveland Row on the Quayside facing the River Tees in Stockton, tending to the fire.

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When people name the most important inventions in history, light bulbs are usually on the list. They were much safer than earlier light sources, and they made more activities, for both work and play, ...