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In what year were the first gas-lit traffic signals installed outside the Houses of Parliament in London?
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1868
In what year was the first commercially produced Christmas card sent in London?
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1843
Which British chemist invented the first synthetic plastic, Parkesine, in 1862?
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Alexander Parkes
Which French inventor built the first practical internal combustion engine in 1860?
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Étienne Lenoir
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Which British chemist invented the first synthetic plastic, Parkesine, in 1862?
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Alexander Parkes
Which Swiss chocolatier invented milk chocolate in 1875?
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Daniel Peter
Which French inventor built the first practical internal combustion engine in 1860?
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Étienne Lenoir
Which British engineer invented the first self-propelled torpedo in 1866?
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Robert Whitehead
Which German physicist discovered X-rays in 1895?
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Wilhelm Röntgen
Which German inventor built the first automobile in 1885?
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Karl Benz
Which British civil engineer designed London's modern sewer system after the Great Stink of 1858?
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Joseph Bazalgette
What was the name of the first London Underground line, which opened in 1863?
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Metropolitan Railway
Which British author created the character Sherlock Holmes?
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Which British nurse became known as 'The Lady with the Lamp' during the Crimean War?
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Florence Nightingale