New Technology?<\/span><\/p>\n\n
We don’t usually associate Brighton with a hotbed of technological innovation, but the guy above was an absolutely passionate enthusiasm for electricity.<\/p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
… which still bears his name.<\/p>\n
If you are a bit confused as fbb was, note that tht the early railway (NOT the one on stilts) did run on a bit of a viaduct which no longer exists. Although what you ride on today is not the original, Magnus Volk was the pioneer.<\/p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
… and built a four wheeler for an eminent Sultan of Turkey which looked something like this (the car, not the sultan!).<\/p>\n
But the problem was the huge batteries which offered a very limited range. Petrol took you further and was much cheaper and much lighter in weight overall!<\/p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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One theory is that horse-drawn vehicles “floated” on thick squidgy tyres, Carnival trailers often looked as if they were floating and electric milk carts glided silently across the waves of suburban roads.<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Northampton’s were also green but (fbb’s memory permitting) a darker shade of green.<\/p><\/div>\n
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… over jealousy about the appropriateness of a thank offering to God. Abel’s was good and heartfelt; Cain’s was nominal and meaningless. Yet Cain was not executed by God, but was punished as a “wanderer”.\u00a0<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n
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The builders of The Ziggurat at Babylon (a k a the Tower of Babel) were seen as using human wit and wisdom to challenge God. It all ended in tears as the tiers were abandoned.<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n
It certainly wasn’t a boat because Noah had no need of matitime technology. The box would be taken where the flood droiive it – where God intended. (P.S. The “Ark of the Covenant” as in “Raiders of the Lost ditto” was also a box, but smaller and posher than Noah’s!)<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n
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