Triturus vulgaris. Common newts are olive green or pale brown with a bright orange, black spotted underside. In the breeding season males develop a wavy crest from their heads to their tails. They are widespread throughout mainland Britain.Common newts are nocturnal and spend the day hiding under large stones or compost heaps.n the breeding season males develop a wavy crest from their heads to their tails. They are widespread throughout mainland Britain. Common newts are nocturnal and spend the day hiding under large stones or compost heaps.
On October 8, 1945 Raytheon filed a U.S. patent for Spencerâs microwave cooking process, and a prototype was developed for testing. It was almost six feet tall, weighed 670 pounds, and sold for the equivalent of $20,000 in todayâs dollars.
Arriving in a kitchen near you in the 1980s would probably have been a microwave oven. These wonderful contraptions had actually existed since the 1960s, but it was all a matter of cost, often prohibitive with new technological arrivals. So, microwave ovens remained the preserve of those with dosh-to-spare until the 1980s. I never even saw one! But then, in the early 1980s, ping!, a cafe in my local city centre suddenly installed a microwave.