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page 3British inventions
dreadnaught wheel
wheel with articulated rails attached
Theatrograph
350px|thumb|Animatograph in Rossio, [[Lisbon]]
The Theatrograph is the first commercially produced 35mm film projector in Britain. It was first demonstrated by R.W. Paul at Finsbury Technical College on February 20, 1896. The use of Paul's Theatrograph in music halls up and down the country popularised early cinema in Britain. It was first revealed to the public at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London.
plastic bullet
less-lethal projectile
Intelligent banknote neutralisation system
system for invalidating banknotes from ATM or bank robbery

pedrail wheel
type of wheel used to transit over irregular terrain
D2-MAC
thumb|The simultaneous PAL transmission of all TV-picture elements and the multiplexed transmission of the TV picture elements with D2-MAC.
300px|thumb|A preview of actual D2-MAC signal. From left to right: digital data, chrominance and luminance with teletext packets between fields.
thumb|D2-Mac processing on a Philips satellite receiver from 1990
D2-MAC is a satellite television transmission standard, a member of Multiplexed Analogue Components family. It was created to solve D-MAC's bandwidth usage by further reducing it, allowing usage of the system on cable and satellite broadcast. It cou
Radio-paging code No. 1
thumb|right|An NEC pager, using POCSAG coding branded for the Skyper networkRadio-paging code No. 1 (usually and hereafter called POCSAG) is an asynchronous protocol used to transmit data to pagers. Its usual designation is an acronym of the Post Office Code Standardisation Advisory Group, the name of the group that developed the code under the chairmanship of the British Post Office that used to operate most telecommunications in Britain before privatization.
Sellotape
Sellotape () is a British brand of transparent, cellulose-based, pressure-sensitive adhesive tape. Founded in the 1930s, it is the leading brand in the United Kingdom and is generally used for joining, sealing, attaching, and mending.
Penny Penates
penny Penates postcard used in a public postal system
turret deck ship
ship type
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standard set of codes for television or set-top-box decoders
peak programme meter
quasi-peak meter originally developed by the BBC