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What do you think of this short list of British inventions?

British scientists and inventors The first programmable computer British was invented in Manchester university, This computer still works and is actually faster than the PC/laptop you are now using.1948 The first computer with a stored programme and memory- nicknamed 'baby'- was developed at Manchester University,UK Anemometer - Robert Hooke British inventor Disc Brakes - Frederick William Lanchester British inventor Cordite - Sir James Dewar, Sir Frederick Abel Electromagnet - William Sturgeon, British Scientist Fax Machine - Alexander Bain British Inventor Holography - Dennis Gábor British Inventor Optical Computer Bristol University UK Sept 2009 Internal Combustion Engine - Samuel Brown, British Engineer and Inventor Geostationary satellite feasibility was another British first, A C Clarke who died recently Jet Engine British (Whittle) Radio (Underlying Principles) - James Clerk Maxwell Very famous British scientist Thermos - Sir James Dewar, British inventor Evolution theory Darwin British Vacuum Cleaner - Hubert Cecil Booth, British Inventor (Not Hoover) Body scanner British Internet BRITISH,(Tim Berners -Lee) Radar British WW2 Train first train self propelled British (Stephenson) Steam Engine British 3 British Inventors: Thomas Savery, Thomas Newcomen, James Watt 1803 John Dalton's atomic theory was the forerunner of all modern medicine. Manchester UK 1805 The first gas street lighting illuminated part of Chapel Street in Salford, along with the Philips and Lee factory.Manchester UK 1880 The first mechanically powered submarine was launched to the designs of eccentric Hulme curate, the Reverend George Garrett.Manchester UK George Stephenson Rocket Steam Engone Robert Stephenson , First Box Girder Bridge Propelling pencil . Sampson Mordan.UK associate of Michael Faraday http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/wiki/S._Mor… Scramjet semi orbital jet engine British First Powered flight. John Stringfellow Attercliffe, Sheffield, England Cat Eyes British Percy Shaw Float Glass and self cleaning glass, Pilkington UK First successful two-stroke engine was invented by Sir Dougald Clerk.British Periodic Table British British chemist, John Newlands The "Seismometer"British James Forbes Englishmen, Sir Henry Bessemer (1813-1898) invented the first process for mass-producing steel Spinning Jenny - James Hargreaves Modern Seismograph John Milne was the English seismologist and geologist who invented the first modern seismograph and promoted the building of seismological stations. In 1880, Sir James Alfred Ewing, Thomas Gray and John Milne, all British scientists working in Japan, began to study earthquakes. They founded the Seismological Society of Japan and the society funded the invention of seismographs. Milne invented the horizontal pendulum seismograph in 1880. Sir Isaac Newton ( British ) was the inventor of the Universal Law of Gravity Michael Faraday (British 1791 - 1867) invented both the electrical generator and the electric motor, John Logie Baird (1888 - 1946) is immortalised for his invention of Television (1926) but also worked on early developments in radar and fibre optics (1924/5). Hovercraft British Sir Christopher Cockerell (1910 - 1999) - 1959 Linear induction motor - Eric Laithwite (British 1921-1997) - early 1960s Pedal cycle ....Kirkpatrick MacMillan- British -invented the pedal cycle 1839 Penicillin--Alexander Fleming - 1928 Holography 1947...Dennis Gabon -- British Torpedo http://www.weymouthdiving.co.uk/torpedoe… DNA Profiling.Prof Sir Alec Jeffreys,The inventor of DNA finger printing was named as the Great Briton of 2006 at a ceremony at London's Guildhall. Harrier Jump Jet, one of my British invented favourites ,I met one of the designers, he lived over the road to me 1919 Ernest Rutherford discovered how to split the atom at Manchester University UK . 2009......James Dyson has launched a bladeless fan 2009 Cancer Genome Sequence break through British scientists Dec 2009 http://www.sanger.ac.uk/genetics/CGP/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrier_Jum… The above is not a complete list by any means and represents a fraction of British inventions pachl@sbcglobal.net Thanks. In fact the English language is not phonetic and is very difficult to speak well, but easy to speak badly. http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2005/11/07/baby_computer_40_interview_feature.shtml This single machine ( in the link above)was the ancestor of all today's PCs, laptops, computer games and the world wide web.

Public Comments

1. As you say it is far from complete, few realise that Britain invented the modern World
2. As you stated... It's a Long Way to Tipperary... It's a long way to go. It's a long way to Tipperary To the sweetest girl I know! OK lads, let's button it up, now.... (by the way, what's with the breast thumping?)
3. You forget really great British inventions no longer used .Here is one example: "The great Sir Isaac Newton( 1642 -1727) invented the jet-powered car. He forecast that one day people would travel at 50 miles an hour. In 1680 another British man called Gravesande designed a car that would be powered by Newton’s third law of motion – “To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.” A boiler sent out a jet of steam that pushed the car along. Of course everyone on the road behind the jet engine would have been scalded, but that’s a small price to pay for progress". Mike-----Britain brought about the industrial revolution 50 years before Germany which came 2nd
4. You missed THE INTERNET another British invention,Tim Berners -Lee (Nobel Prize Winner).One of the World's most important inventors
5. You are just one proud peacock, aren't you, Mr. Englishman? Well, as an American, I would say your best invention was the English language, but since we improved on it so much, it's more like a co-invention, isn't it? Still, for a tiny island England is quite remarkable. :) (but we still speak better English... except for Tony Blair. He's quite awesome)