Smallest pub

Who

Gunter Sommer

Where

Switzerland

When

July 2007

Details

The smallest permanent licensed bar in the world is called the ‘Smallest Whisky Bar on Earth’ and has a total floor area of 8.53 m² (91.82 ft²).The bar owned by Gunter Sommer (Switzerland) is in Sta. Maria, Graubünden, Switzerland, and was measured in July 2007.

Smallest dog living (height)

Who

Lana Elswick

Where

United States

When

May 12, 2007

Details

The smallest dog living, in terms of height, is a long haired, female Chihuahua called Boo Boo, who measured 10.16 cm (4 in) tall on 12 May 2007 and is owned by Lana Elswick of Raceland, Kentucky, United States. 

Smallest multimedia player

Who

MPIO-One

Where

United Kingdom

When

August 2005

Details

In August 2005, MPIO (UK) launched the MPIO-One, a 34-g (1.2-oz) media player measuring just 3.2 x 5.4 cm (1.2 x 2.1 in). It can play MPEG-4, WMV, AVI and Div-X video files (as well as MP3, WMA and OGG audio files), and has a 2.64-cm (1.04-in) OLED screen capable of displaying up to 26,000 colours.

Smallest watch movement

Who

Cal.G720

Where

Japan

When

August 22, 2002

Details

The smallest watch movement is Cal.G720, developed and manufactured by Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. (Japan) in 2002, which measures 30 mm² (0.046 in²) in surface area and 73 mm³ (0.004 in³) in volume.

Smallest Guru Granth Sahib

Who

Mehmood Imran

Where

Hong Kong

When

October 01, 2006

Details

The smallest known copy of the Guru Granth Sahib measures 29.61 x 29.59 x 23.36 mm (1.17 x 1.16 x 0.92 in) and contains 1,430 pages. The book is owned by Mehmood Imran (India) and was measured on 1 October 2006.

Smallest working cannon

Who

Joseph Brooks

Where

United States

When

October 22, 2006

Details

The smallest working cannon measures 3.175 cm (1.25 in) in length, 2.2 cm (0.86 in) in width and 1.6 cm (0.62 in) in height. The cannon was made by Joseph Brooks (USA) and fired in Okeechobee, Florida, USA, on 22 October 2006.

Smallest cinema - seat capacity

Who

Palastkino

Where

Germany

When

November 09, 2006

Details

The smallest cinema by seat capacity to operate as a regular commercial venture has 9 seats. The Palastkino on Bahnhofstraße, Radebeul, Germany, owned by Johannes Gerhardt (Germany), opened on 30 October 2006 with the film Smoke (Germany/ USA/ Japan, 1995). The record was acknowledged as part of Guinness World Records Day. 

Smallest species of dinosaur

Who

Microraptor zhaoianus

Where

China

When

1999

Details

The smallest species of dinosaur is the feathered Microraptor zhaoianus, measuring a total length of 39 cm (15.3 in), of which 24 cm (9.4 in) is its tail. A fossil of the species was discovered in Chaoyang, Liaoning province, China in 1999, and dated back to 110 - 120 million years ago.

Smallest gun, revolver

Who

SwissMiniGun

Where

Switzerland

When

Details

The smallest working revolver has a calibre of 2.34 mm and measures 5.5 cm (2.2 in) long, 3.5 cm (1.4 in) high, 1 cm (0.4 in) wide and weighs 19.8 g (0.7 oz). The model C1ST is manufactured by SwissMiniGun (Switzerland) and fires the smallest live and blank rimfire ammunition. The revolver is produced in stainless steel or 18 K gold, with prices ranging from CHF 6,500 (£2,750; $5,200) to CHF 60,000 (£25,380; $48,000) depending upon the finish.

Smallest living horse

Who

Paul & Kay Goessling

Where

United States

When

June 13, 2006

Details

As of 7 July 2006, the record for the smallest living horse is Thumbelina, a miniature sorrel brown mare who measures 44.5 cm (17.5 in) to the withers and is owned by Kay and Paul Goessling (Both USA) who live on the Goose Creek Farm Inc, St Louis, Missouri, USA.

Smallest nanotube brushes

Who

Vinod Veedu

Where

United States

When

September 2005

Details

The smallest nanotube brushes have bristles with an average diameter of 30 nm, which means that they are more than a thousand times smaller than current commercial brushes. The brushes have been created by researchers of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, New York (Dr. Pulickel M. Ajayan), and the University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu (Mr. Vinod P. Veedu, Dr. Anyuan Cao and Dr. Mehrdad N. Ghasemi-Nejhad).

Smallest submarine

Who

Pierre Poulin

Where

Canada

When

June 26, 2005

Details

The smallest submarine was made by Pierre Poulin (Canada) and has a displacement of 620 kg (1366.9 lb). Its official dive was made in the Memphremagog Lake, in Magog, Quebec on 26 June 2005.

Smallest commercial brewery

Who

Mark Phillips

Where

United Kingdom

When

Details

The world's smallest commercial brewery is the Bragdy Gwynant in Capel Bangor, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK, which has a maximum brewing capacity of 40.9 litres (9 gal) per batch, and supplies the adjacent Tynllidiart Arms pub exclusively.

Smallest dog living (length)

Who

Brandy

Where

United States

When

Details

The smallest dog in terms of length is Heaven Sent Brandy, a female chihuahua who measured 15.2 cm (6 in) from the nose to the tip of the tail on 31 January 2005. Brandy lives with her owner, Paulette Keller in Largo, Florida, USA.

Smallest atomic clock

Who

Where

United States

When

August 30, 2004

Details

In August 2004 the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), in Boulder, Colorado, USA, unveiled a prototype atomic clock the size of a grain of rice. With a volume of less than 10 mm³ (0.0006 in³), and drawing just 75 milliwatts of power, the chip-scale vapour atomic clock is accurate to one second in 3,000 years.

Smallest test tube (open-ended)

Who

David Britz

Where

United Kingdom

When

February 08, 2005

Details

The world's smallest test tube is made from a single-walled carbon nanotube measuring just 2 micrometres long and 1.5 nanometres wide, giving an internal volume of only 3.5 zeptolitres (3.5 x10^-21 litres), or a billionth of a billionth or a millilitre. It was created by a team of scientists led by David Britz (UK) from the Department of Materials at Oxford University, Oxford, UK, and published in the journal Chemical Communications in December 2004. 

Smallest hominid

Who

Where

Indonesia

When

October 28, 2004

Details

The smallest known member of the hominid family is Homo floresiensis, discovered by Indonesian and Australian scientists in a cave at Liang Bua on the island of Flores, Indonesia. Standing just 1m (3 ft 3 in) tall, it inhabited Flores as recently as 13,000 years ago. This means it existed at the same time as modern humans, and probably interacted with them. This new species, nicknamed 'the hobbit' by dig workers, was announced in the journal Nature on 28 October 2004.

Smallest animal used in detecting land mines

Who

Honeybee

Where

United States 

When

August 2003 

Details

The smallest animal currently being trained to potentially detect land mines is the honeybee (Apis mellifera), which measures 12 mm (0.5 in) long. In August 2003, field tests led by researchers from the University of Montana, in cooperation with Sandia National Laboratories, S&K Electronics and Montana State University (all USA), noted a 98% success rate in tests observing the insects hovering in response to chemicals leaking into the air from buried explosives. 

Smallest aircraft, jet aircraft

Who

Juan Jimenez

Where

United States

When

2004

Details

The smallest jet aircraft is the home-built Bede BD-5J Microjet owned by Juan Jimenez of San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA, which weighs 162 kg (358 lb), is 3.7 m (12 ft) long, has a 5.7 m (17 ft) wingspan, and can fly at 483 km/h (300 mph).

Smallest dinosaur footprint

Who

Where

United Kingdom

When

October 11, 2004

Details

The smallest dinosaur footprint discovered to date measures just 1.78 cm (0.7 in) from the heel to the tip of digit III. it was discovered on the Isle of Skye, Highland, UK by Dr Neil Clark (UK) of the Hunterian Museum of the University of Glasgow, UK, and announced in June 2004. The footprint was made during the Middle Jurassic period, around 165 million years ago.

Smallest microchain drive

Who

Sandia National Laboratories

Where

United States

When

Details

The smallest microchain drive has chain links with centres only 50 micrometres apart. It is constructed of silicon and designed to transmit power in microelectromechanical devices. It was created by Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, and announced in January 2002.

Smallest scale three dimensional map

Who

Merrifield

Where

United Kingdom

When

Details

The smallest scale three dimensional map is a representation of the 2df survey of galaxies in a glass cube. It has a scale of 1cm=1 billion light years (around one to one billion billion billion) and is produced by Crystal Nebulae (UK).

Smallest age differential - married couple

Who

Mr. and Mrs. Ramirez

Where

United States 

When

October 31, 2000

Details

The married couple with the smallest known age difference is Allan Ramirez (b. 19 December 1980, 12:14pm) and Elizabeth Ramirez (b. 19 December 1980, 12:16pm) of Texas, USA who were born two minutes apart. The couple married on 4 November 2000 in Plantersville, Texas, USA. 

Smallest mousetrap

Who

Franz Rosenberger

Where

Austria

When

March 31, 2003

Details

The world's smallest functioning mousetrap measures 9mm x 5mm (0.35 x 0.19 inches). It was constructed by Franz Rosenberger (Austria). It is made of wood and metal.

Smallest tooth extracted

Who

Scott Harden 

Where

United States

When

October 30, 2002

Details

A primary tooth (tooth E) extracted under local anaesthesis from Colton Laub (USA) on 30 October 2002 by Dr. Scott Harden (USA) at Fountain View Family Dentistry, Acworth, Georgia, USA, measured 3mm (0.1 in) long. The average length of a microdont tooth is 13 mm (0.5 in).

Smallest commercially available stitched teddy bear

Who

Cheryl Moss

Where

South Africa

When

Details

The smallest commercially available stitched teddy bear measures 9 mm (0.29 in) and was made by Cheryl Moss (South Africa). 

Smallest colour television screen

Who

Microemissive Displays Ltd 

Where

United Kingdom

When

February 17, 2003

Details

Microemissive Displays Ltd, Edinburgh, UK developed a tiny colour television/video screen which measured just 3.84x2.88mm (0.15x0.11in). The ME1602, which could be linked to video cameras, dvd players, and videos, had a resolution of 160x120 pixels. It worked using organic light emitting diode technology. It was later discontinued. 

Smallest radio-controlled car

Who

Sony

Where

Japan

When

2002

Details

The record for the smallest radio controlled car is a 25 mm long model (1/90 perfect scale) of a Mercedes Benz Smart car developed by Michihiro Hino, Tokyo, Japan in 2002.

Smallest printed book

Who

Anatoli Konenko

Where

Russia

When

1996

Details

The smallest ever printed book measures 0.9 x 0.9 mm and is an edition of 'Chameleon' by the Russian author Anton Chekhov. The book was made and published by Anatoliy Konenko, of Omsk, Siberia, Russia in 1996. Each book consists of 30 pages, has three colour illustrations and 11 lines of text to a page. 

Smallest centipede

Who

Nannarrup hoffmani

Where

United States

When

Details

The smallest centipede in the world called Hoffman's dwarf centipede ( Nannarrup hoffmani ) measures 10.3 mm (0.4 in) long and has 41 pairs of legs.  Ten of the centipedes were collected in Central Park, New York, USA in 1998 by researchers Liz Johnson.and Kefyn Catley of the American Natural History Museum and sent to Richard Hoffman, curator of invertebrates at the Virginia Museum of Natural History.  Hoffman sent the centipede to experts in Italy who officially recognised it in 2002 naming it in his honour. 

Smallest piece of ice

Who

Roger Miller

Where

United States

When

November 11, 1998

Details

The smallest piece of ice was created by Roger Miller and Klaus Nauta of the University of North Carolina in 1999. Consisting of just six water molecules arranged in a hexagon, the ice crystal is the smallest theoretically possible, as a minimum of six molecules are required for the formation of ice. For comparison, the average drop of water contains around 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 molecules of water.

Thermometer - smallest

Who

Yoshio Bando

Where

Japan 

When

January 07, 2002

Details

On 7 February 2002, Yihua Gao and Yoshio Bando of the National Institute for Materials Science in Tsukuba, Japan, announced they had created a thermometer from a single carbon nanotube. Measuring just 75 nanometres wide and with a length of around 10,000 nanometers, the tube contains liquid gallium, whose linear expansion properties allow the measurement of temperature in a wide range from 50-500 Celsius (122-932F). It is hoped that this new use of carbon nanotubes will allow the measurement of temperature in diverse microenvironments.

Smallest reproduction of a printed book

Who

Pawan Sinha

Where

United States

When

2001

Details

The smallest known reproduction of the Bible was made by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists Pawan Sinha, Pamela R. Lipson and Keith R. Kluender in 2001. Using microlithography, a process similar to that used in the manufacture of computer microchips, they reprinted the full New Testament text of the King James Version of the Bible in 24k gold on a crystalline silicon tablet measuring just 5 mm x 5 mm (0.196 x 0.196 in) .

Smallest spy plane

Who

AeroVironment 'Black Widow'

Where

When

2000

Details

The smallest spy plane in existence is the palm-sized Black Widow, developed by Aerovironment of Monrovia, California, USA, for possible reconnaissance use by ground combat troops. It has a wingspan of 15.24 cm. (6 in.), weighs just 80 g. (2.8 oz.) and carries a tiny color video camera weighing 2 g. (0.07 oz.).