The first steamboat constructed of iron, the Aaron Manby was laid down in the Horseley Ironworks in Staffordshire in 1821 and launched at the Surrey Docks in Rotherhithe. After testing in the Thames, the boat steamed to Paris where she was used on the River Seine. Three similar iron steame...
WhenAyds diet candy was trademarked in 1946, hope for dieters came in three flavors: chocolate, butterscotch, and caramel—plus a big dose of phenylpropanolamine. Not until the 1970s and 1980s did Ayd’s became top-selling diet food. The diet pills were outlawed in Canada andfell out o...
In the dense areas, most of the concentration is via medium- and high-rise buildings. London's skyscrapers, such as 30 St Mary Axe, Tower 42, the Broadgate Tower and One Canada Square, are mostly in the two financial districts, the City of London and Canary Wharf. High-rise development ...