Introduced Collection (page 4)

Old Age Pensions 1909
Old age pensions are introduced for the first time in Britain

VIETE (1540 - 1603)
FRANCOIS VIETE French mathematician and cipher expert, introduced methods of algebra & trigonometry

Steamship dreadnought
Dreadnough, the Royal Navy battleship which introduced a new era of construction : her all big gun design made all earlier battleships obsolete. She fought in WW1, scrapped 1923

Philippe Lebon
PHILIPPE LEBON French chemist who introduced coal gas lighting for streets with his Thermolampe 1799

Christianity in Russia
Christianity is introduced to Russia, for better or worse, - according to legend, by the Princess Olga

Dolls Introduced
Two very small girls introduce their dolls to each other

Cycling / Celerifere / 1818
CELERIFERE Celerifere of 1818, first introduced in 1791

Tom Raw : Meets Colonel
Tom Raw, a young officer newly arrived in India, is introduced to the Colonel of his regiment

C-P Oberkampf
CHRISTOPHE-PHILIPPE OBERKAMPF German-born manufacturer who introduced important technology into the French cotton industry

Nicot and Tobacco
JEAN NICOT French diplomat who introduced tobacco from Portugal into France, depicted presenting it to Catherine de Medicis; he gave his name to nicotine

Flame-Resistant Clothing
Mefisto flame-resisting clothing introduced by Merryweathers in the late 1920s, allowing firemen to enter a burning area and continue to work

Open Election, Britain
Scene at a hustings in the days of OPEN ELECTRION, before the secret ballot was finally introduced in 1872 after being rejected time and time again

New Male Fashion 1666
A man of fashion at the time of Charles II wearing the costume introduced by the King in 1666 of a long vest or sleeved waistcoat after the Persian or Turkish coat

Kid Introduced
A shy kid is introduced to an old dog

School / Ist Day, 1852
A young child is introduced to the teacher by her father on her first day at school

Drugs / Tobacco Plant
THE TOBACCO PLANT named after Jacques Nicot, French ambassador at Lisbon who introduced the plant to France in 1860

Japan Buddhist Temple
After Shintoism, Buddhism - introduced from China in the 6th century - is the most popular belief-system

Tending Flowers
A young barefoot boy in a greenhouse is introduced to the mysteries of horticulture

Telegraph / Tibet / 1922
The electric telegraph is introduced to Tibet

Metric System Introduced
Usage des nouveaux poids et mesures - the Metric System is introduced in France by the Revolutionary government

Discovering the Potato
Spanish conquistadors in South America are introduced to the potato by the inhabitants of Peru and Chile

French Incubators-
Dr Tarniers Couveuse pour Enfants (= incubators) in use at La Maternite Hospital, Port Royal, Paris; introduced in 1881, gas heating maintains temperature at 32o Celsius

Stamp Act, New York
Stamp Act introduced in New York - troops escort the stamped paper to the city hall, New York

Casanova meeting the Duchess of Northumberland
Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) is introduced to the Duchess of Northumberland by Lady Harrington

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