Leeds Inventions

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Tue 16 Nov, 2010 9:06 am

The thread about the Mouse Trap being invented in Leeds set me thinkinghttp://www.secretleeds.com/forum/Messages.aspx ... D=2848What else has been invented in LeedsThe site has some items I didn't know abouthttp://www.mylearning.org/jpage.asp?jpageid=718&journeyid=200

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Tue 16 Nov, 2010 9:07 am

Portland Cement by Joseph Aspdinhttp://www.mylearning.org/jpage.asp?jpageid=719&journeyid=200

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Tue 16 Nov, 2010 9:09 am

Cinematographer by Wordsworth Donisthorpehttp://www.mylearning.org/jpage.asp?jpageid=763&journeyid=200

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Tue 16 Nov, 2010 9:13 am

Corrugated flue by Samson Fox (how come so many of these guys have great names!)http://www.mylearning.org/jpage.asp?jpa ... rneyid=200

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Tue 16 Nov, 2010 9:16 am

A modern oneConcertainer by Jimi Heseldenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesco_bastion

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Tue 16 Nov, 2010 9:19 am

Yarn spinning machine by Matthew Murrayhttp://www.mylearning.org/jpage.asp?jpageid=767&journeyid=200

Leeds Hippo · Post by **Leeds Hippo** » Tue 16 Nov, 2010 9:23 am

Short stemmed clinical thermometer by Clifford Allbutthttp://www.leeds.ac.uk/medicine/history/allbutt.html

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Tue 16 Nov, 2010 9:32 am

Leeds Hippo wrote: Cinematographer by Wordsworth Donisthorpehttp://www.mylearning.org/jpage.asp?jpageid=763&journeyid=200 Is that why there are streets in south Leeds know as Donisthorpe and also an old peoples home on Shadwell Lane called Donisthorpe?

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Tue 16 Nov, 2010 12:40 pm

I dont know if they were invented in Leeds but at school we were told that Leeds was the first city to have traffic lights. Is this right or wrong.?

Post by **chameleon** » Tue 16 Nov, 2010 12:41 pm

tilly wrote: I dont know if they were invented in Leeds but at school we were told that Leeds was the first city to have traffic lights. Is this right or wrong.? Tilly, there is some info about this on the site - somewhere.....I think the first ones in this country were in London though.