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.
Anthony Neil Smith Anthony Neil Smith Anthony Neil Smith is a mystery/crime fiction writer who has had over thirty of his short stories published in literary magazines and crime writing zines, and has also published numerous novels. He is co-creator of the well-received online noir journal "Plots with Guns". He was also an associate editor with the highly regarded literary magazine "Mississippi Review", having put together several special issues featuring crime fiction for the online edition. He is Chair of the English, Philosophy, Spanish & Humanities Department at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, MN. As Smith was born and raised on the