Science and invention in Birmingham 1054 Mk XVIs) had been built. CBAF became the largest and most successful plant of its type during the 1939–45 conflict. As the largest Spitfire factory in the UK, by producing up to 320 aircraft per month, it built over half of the approximately 20,000 aircraft of this type. 1944: Anthony Ernest Pratt takes out his first patent for a board game named 'Murder', this is later to become the world-renowned murder mystery game 'Cluedo'. 1946: Chance Brothers produce the first all-glass syringe with interchangeable barrel and plunger, thereby allowing mass sterilisation of components without the need for matching them.
The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1950 The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1950 The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1950 is a 1950 anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty. An abridged edition was published in the UK by Grayson in 1951 under the title "The Best Science Fiction Stories". The stories had originally appeared in 1949 in the magazines "Astounding", "The Saturday Evening Post", "Fantasy and Science Fiction", "Fantastic Adventures", "Maclean’s", "Thrilling Wonder Stories", "Blue Book" and "Startling Stories". The anthology was later combined with the and reissued as "Science Fiction Omnibus". P. Schuyler Miller received the anthology favorably,