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  • Elisha Graves Otis

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    MCI wants to celebrate the invention of the lift (elevator to our friends across the Atlantic). Elisha Graves Otis, born on the 3rd August 1811, was an American industrialist and inventor. His names still graces many lifts today. Not only did Otis invent the first lift, but Elisha Otis also…

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  • National Marine Week

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    MCI is celebrating the marine environment this week, as it is currently National Marine Week. At this time, we are all encouraged to take a minute to think about the immense importance of the sea and all the diverse life that lives in it. It’s not only an essential part…

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  • Paper Bag Day

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    MCI fixes many a packaging machine, so it is not surprising that we are celebrating Paper Bag Day today. Whether you are using them to hold your groceries or hold your burger and fries, paper bags are an indispensable part of our lives. The ‘first generation’ paper bag making machine…

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  • Wimbledon’s Historic Beginnings

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    While we were enjoying strawberries and cream a few nights ago (with a helping of Andy and Jamie Murray playing doubles for the last time), we thought of the beginnings of Wimbledon. The very first Wimbledon was held this week, 9th July in 1877. Let us set the scene for…

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  • The Barcode

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    Today, MCI wants to celebrate a very small but important invention that has forever changed the way we shop… the barcode. This week in history, the first UPC (unique product code) item was scanned at a checkout in a store for the public. This happened on June 26, 1974 in…

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  • Doughnuts!

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    Who doesn’t love a doughnut? We at MCI love them. Whether it’s glazed, filled or sprinkled, pretty much everyone has had one or might even be having one after reading this! Well, the 22nd of June is the anniversary of the holed doughnut’s invention. Doughnuts themselves have an extremely long…

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  • John Logie Baird

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    Today MCI celebrates the live of one of its favourite inventors, John Logie Baird. Not only was he an inventor extraordinaire, but also an electrical engineer and innovator. The best bit was that he was also Scottish, just like MCI. He was born in Helensburgh in Dunbartonshire and, after he…

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  • Robert the Bruce

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    Today, MCI is proud to commemorate the death of one of Scotland’s kings and national hero, Robert the Bruce. Robert the Bruce, or Robert I was King of the Scots from 1306 until his death this day in history in 1329. He is most famous for leading Scotland in the…

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  • Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén

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    MCI visits Sweden today to celebrate the life of Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén, who was born today, 30 May in 1908. He is close to our hearts because he was an electrical engineer, a plasma physicist and winner of the Nobel prize in 1970 for physics. His Nobel prize was…

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  • William Gilbert

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    Today MCI goes back in time…. way, waaay back in time to the Elizabethan period. In fact, the person we want to celebrate today is William Gilbert. He was Elizabeth I’s doctor. This extremely clever man was at the dawn of science as we know it and was the first…

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