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| Greatest 50 British Inventions. by erico2k2(m): 9:48pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
[b]Reflecting telescope: Isaac Newton, 1668 Seed drill: Jethro Tull, 1701 Marine chronometer: John Harrison, 1761 Spinning frame: Richard Arkwright, 1768 Toothbrush: William Addis, c. 1770 Soda water: Joseph Priestley, 1772 Hydraulic press: Joseph Bramah, 1795 Steam engine: Richard Trevithick, 1801 Glider: George Cayley, 1804 Tension-spoked wheel: George Cayley, 1808 Tin can: Peter Durand, 1810 Modern fire extinguisher: George William Manby, 1818 Electric motor: Michael Faraday, 1821 Waterproof material: Charles Macintosh, 1823 Cement: Joseph Aspdin, 1824 Passenger railway: George Stephenson, 1825 Lawnmower: Edwin Beard Budding, 1827 Photography: William Henry Fox Talbot, 1835 Electric telegraph: Charles Wheatstone & William Cooke, 1837 Chocolate bar: JS Fry & Sons, 1847 Hypodermic syringe: Alexander Wood, 1853 Synthetic dye: William Perkin, 1856 Bessemer process: Henry Bessemer, 1856 Linoleum: Frederick Walton, 1860 Sewage system: Joseph Bazalgette, 1865 Modern Torpedo: Robert Whitehead, 1866 Telephone: Alexander Graham Bell, 1876 Light Bulb: Joseph Swan, 1880 Steam turbine: Charles Parsons, 1884 Safety bicycle: John Kemp Stanley, 1885 Pneumatic tyre: John Boyd Dunlop, 1887 Thermos flask: Sir James Dewar, 1892 Electric vacuum cleaner: Hubert Cecil Booth, 1901 Disc Brakes: Frederick William Lanchester, 1902 Stainless Steel: Harry Brearley, 1913 Military tank: Ernest Swinton, 1914 Television: John Logie Baird, 1925 Catseye: Percy Shaw, 1933 Jet Engine: Frank Whittle, 1937 Electronic programmable computer: Tommy Flowers, 1943 Hovercraft: Christopher Cockerell, 1953 Automatic kettle: Peter Hobbs, 1955 Float Glass: Alastair Pilkington, 1959 Hip Replacement: John Charnley, 1962 Carbon fibre: Royal Aircraft Establishment engineers, 1963 Collapsible baby buggy: Owen Maclaren, 1965 ATM: John Shepherd-Barron, 1967 World Wide Web: Tim Berners-Lee, 1989 Wind-up radio: Trevor Baylis, 1991 Steri-spray: Ian Helmore, c. 2008[/b] 1 Like |
| Re: Greatest 50 British Inventions. by Emmatdayo(m): 9:50pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
Ok |
| Re: Greatest 50 British Inventions. by Nobody: 10:11pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
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| Re: Greatest 50 British Inventions. by erico2k2(m): 10:25pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
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