GySgt said:
Funny little guy isn't he? America is responsible for every major technological boom in the world throughout our history
Utter BS.. 80% of inventions have come from UK. The UK started the industrial revolution & took it round the world.
One reason the yanks are so hated is a high proportion of them are so arrogant & deluded. They even think they ended the cold war too :roll:
British Inventions
1st programmable computer Manchester university 1948
Genetic fingerprinting
Anemometer - Robert Hooke
B Disc Brakes - Frederick William Lanchester
C Tin Can - Peter Durand
Cat Eyes - Percy Shaw
Portland Cement - Joseph Aspdin Cordite - Sir James Dewar, Sir Frederick Abel
Corkscrews - H.S. Heeley
Crossword Puzzles - Arthur Wynne
D Depth Charges Diving Equipment/Scuba Gear - John Smeaton, William James, Henry Fleuss
E EKG (Underlying Principles) - Various
Electric Motor - Michael Faraday Electromagnet - William Sturgeon
F Fax Machine - Alexander Bain
G Gas Mask -John Tyndall and others
H Dew-point Hygrometer - John Frederic Daniell Holography - Dennis Gábor
I-K Internal Combustion Engine - Samuel Brown
Jet Engines - Sir Frank Whittle Kelvin Scale - Lord William Thomson Kelvin
Metal Lathe - Henry Maudslay invented the first in 1797.
Lawn Mower - Edwin Beard Budding
Lightbulbs - Humphry Davy, Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, James Bowman Lindsay Locomotive - Richard Trevithick
Power Loom - Edmund Cartwright
M Little Nipper Mousetrap - James Henry Atkinson
P-Q Penicillin - Alexander Fleming
Penny Farthing - James Starley
Periodic Table - John Newlands Periscope - Sir Howard Grubb
Polyester - John Rex Whinfield and James Tennant Dickson
Puckle Gun - John Puckle
Cavity magnetron & Radar Locating of Aircraft - Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt
Microwave oven.
Radio (Underlying Principles) - James Clerk Maxwell Rubber Bands - Stephen Perry
Rubber Masticator - Thomas Hancock
S Seed Drill - Jethro Tull
Seismometer - James Forbes
Seismograph - John Milne, Sir James Alfred Ewing, Thomas Gray
Sewing Machines - Thomas Saint
Shrapnel - Henry Shrapnel
Steam Engine - Thomas Savery, Thomas Newcomen, James Watt Steel Production - Sir Henry Bessemer
Submarine - William Bourne,
Spinning Jenny - James Hargreaves
Spinning Frame - Richard Arkwright
Spinning Mule - Samuel Crompton
T Television - John Logie Baird
Thermos - Sir James Dewar Toilet Paper - British Perforated Paper Company
Torpedo - Robert Whitehead 1866
U-V Umbrella (steel-ribbed) - Samuel Fox
Universal Joint - Robert Hooke (also Iris Diaphragm, Balance Spring) Vacuum Cleaner - Hubert Cecil Booth
Viagra - Peter Dunn, Albert Wood, Dr Nicholas Terrett
Steam engine, Steam turbine, Ct scanner, MRI scanner
There's others too !