What did the British invent?
By joccylau
@joccylau (85)
China
November 10, 2008 1:03am CST
I have to write a report on stuff the UK invented.What did they invent that has made an impact?
Guys please no rude ansewers about either country,thanks a lot.
2 responses
@redhotpogo (4401)
• United States
10 Nov 08
sure wasn't dental care. muahahahahaha. i kid i kid. you crazy brits.
Anemometer: Robert Hooke
Disc brakes: Fredrick William Lanchester
Tin can: Peter Durand
corkscrews: H.S. Heeley
crossword puzzles: Arthur Wynne
Electromagnet: William Sturgeon
Electric Motor: Michael Faraday
Fax Machine: Alexander Bain
Dew point hygrometer: John Fredric
Holography: Dennis Gabor
Internat combustion engine: Samuel Brown
Kelvin scale: William Thomson Kelvin
Jet Engines: Frank Whittle
Metal Lathe: Henry Muadslay
lawn mower: Edwin Beard Budding
locomotive: Richard Trevithick
Power loom: Edmund Cartwright
penicillin: Alexander Flemming
periodic table: John Newlands
Periscope : Howard Grubb
Polyester: John Rex Whinfield and James Dickson
Radar locating of aircraft: Robert Alexander Watson
rubber bands: Stephen Perry
seismometer: James Forbes
submarine: William Bourne
Spinning Jenny: James Hargreaves
Spinning frame : Richard Arkwright
Spinning mule: Samuel Crompton
thermos: James Dewar
vacuum cleaner: Hubert Booth
waterproof fabric: charles macintosh
these are just a few.
