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Rolls-Royce was established by Henry Royce and Charles Rolls on this day in 1906. Did you know that: • Coenraad J. van Houten was a Dutch chemist and chocolate maker born on this day in 1801• Liberty Hyde Bailey was an American horticulturist and botanist born on this day in 1858• Jesse W. Reno received […]

Dutch mathematician, Christiaan Huygens, patented the pocket watch on this day in 1675. Did you know that: • William Griggs, the inventor of the photo-chromo lithography, was born on this day in 1832• The first escalator was installed at London Underground at Earl’s Court Station on this day in 1911• The patent for an antibiotic […]