CARBON FIBRE AND CATSEYE AND STEAM ENGINE

CARBON FIBRE

 It is called carbon fibre,This marvelous material is one of many inventions developed by the military that are incredibly useful. Today carbon fibre has thousands of applications in boats, cars, motorbikes, sports equipment, and even in the fuselages of jumbo jets. It was invented by Royal Aircraft Establishment Engineers.

 CATSEYE

 It is called catseye, Percy Shaw was a Yorkshire road contractor who devised the Catseye in 1933. He liked to claim that inspiration struck when he was driving home from the pub on a foggy night and saw the reflection of his headlights in the eyes of a cat, sitting by the road. Shaw’s Catseye was voted the greatest invention of the 20^th century. It was invented by Percy Shaw.

STEAM ENGINE

 Trevithick’s invention would become the father of the steam train and the father of portable steam power. On Christmas Eve 1801 he tested a steam car, known as the Puffing Devil, which successfully climbed the Camborne Hill in Cornwall. Trevithick became the first person to power a piston using high-pressure steam – and in doing so he transformed the world. It was invented by Richard Trevithick