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    The Guiness Book of Records came to be after an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe.

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An Improved Fire-Escape Ladder was patented by J. Winters

On the 8th April, 1879, Joseph Winters received a patent for his Improvement in Fire-Escape Ladders.

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