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Rendair · 01-27-2008, 10:31 PM

Now i am happy to be british so i thought id post a list of british inventions to make other british people on here to feel just as good to be british. Sorry if any of you feel this list is incorrect...iv looked up most of them and seems ot fit in nicely.

Agriculture

Seed drill - Jethro Tull [1]

Astronomy

Discovery of the planet Uranus [2] and the moons Titania, Oberon, Enceladus, Mimas [3] by Sir William Herschel

Chemistry

Marsh test for Arsenic - James Marsh
Dalton's law and Law of multiple proportions - John Dalton
Discovery of Buckminsterfullerene - Sir Harry Kroto
First isolation of Sodium - Humphry Davy

Communications

Uniform Penny Post - Rowland Hill et al.
Clockwork radio [4] - Trevor Baylis

Computing

Analytical engine [5] - Sir Charles Babbage
ACE and Pilot ACE [6] - Alan Turing
Bombe [6] - Alan Turing
Colossus computer [7] - Tommy Flowers
Difference engine [5] - Sir Charles Babbage
World Wide Web [8] - Sir Tim Berners-Lee
ZX Spectrum - Sir Clive Sinclair

Clock making

Anchor escapement [9] - Robert Hooke
Balance spring [10] - Robert Hooke (disputed - possibly invented by Christiaan Huygens of the Netherlands)
Grasshopper escapement, Gridiron pendulum, H1, H2, H3 and H4 watches (a watch built to solve the longitude measurement problem)[11] - John Harrison

Clothing manufacturing

Derby Rib (stocking manufacture) - Jedediah Strutt
Flying shuttle - John Kay
Mauveine, the first synthetic organic dye - William Henry Perkin
Power loom - Edmund Cartwright
Spinning frame - John Kay
Spinning jenny - James Hargreaves
Spinning mule - Samuel Crompton
Polyester - John Rex Whinfield

Cryptography

Playfair cipher - Charles Wheatstone

Engineering

Adjustable spanner - Edwin Beard Budding
Cavity Magnetron - Dr Harry Boot
First coke-consuming blast furnace - Abraham Darby I
First working universal joint - Robert Hooke
First Compression-Ignition engine aka Diesel Engine - Herbert_Akroyd_Stuart
Steam Engine - Thomas Savery
Newcomen steam engine - Thomas Newcomen
- Modified version of the Newcomen steam engine (Pickard engine) - James Pickard
Pendulum Governor - Frederick Lanchester
The first screw-cutting lathe - Henry Maudslay
Disc Brakes - Frederick Williams
Internal combustion engine - Samuel Brown
Jet Engine - Sir Frank Whittle

Food

Household appliances

Ballbarrow - James Dyson
Collapsible baby buggy - Owen Maclaren
Dyson DC01 - James Dyson
Fire extinguisher - George William Manby
Lawn mower - Edwin Beard Budding
Rubber band - Stephen Perry
Light Bulb - Joseph Wilson Swan
Tin Can - Peter Durand
Corkscrew - Reverend Samuell Henshall
Mouse trap - James Henry Atkinson
Sewing machine - Thomas Saint
Postage Stamp - Rowland Hill
Toilet Paper - British Perforated Paper Company
Vacuum cleaner - Hubert Cecil Booth

Industrial processes

English crucible steel - Benjamin Huntsman
Steel production Bessemer process - Henry Bessemer
Hydraulic press - Joseph Bramah
Parkesine, the first man-made plastic - Alexander Parkes
Portland cement - Joseph Aspdin
Sheffield plate - Thomas Boulsover
Water frame - Richard Arkwright
Stainless Steel - Harry Brearley
Rubber Masticator - Thomas Hancock

Medical

First correct description of circulation of the blood - William Harvey
Smallpox vaccine - Edward Jenner
Antisepsis in surgery - Joseph Lister
Artificial intraocular lens transplant surgery for cataract patients - Harold Ridley
Clinical thermometer - Thomas Clifford Allbutt. [12]
Colour blindness first described by John Dalton in Extraordinary facts relating to the vision of colours [13]
Computed Tomography - Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield
Viagra - Peter Dunn, Albert Wood, Dr Nicholas Terrett
EKG (underlying principles) - various

Military

Congreve rocket - William Congreve
High explosive squash head - Sir Charles Dennistoun Burney
Puckle Gun - James Puckle
Shrapnel shell - Henry Shrapnel
Harrier Jump Jet - unknown
Tank - unknown
Dreadnought Battleship
Bailey Bridge - Donald Bailey
Chobham armour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mining

Musical instruments

Concertina - Charles Wheatstone

Photography

Ambrotype - Frederick Scott Archer
Calotype - William Fox Talbot
Collodion process - Frederick Scott Archer
Stereoscope - Charles Wheatstone

Science

Compound microscope with 30x magnification - Robert Hooke
Universal Joint - Robert Hooke
The Iris diaphragm - Robert Hooke
Anchor escapement and the balance spring, which made more accurate clocks possible - Robert Hooke
Correct theory of combustion - Robert Hooke
Barometer, anemometer, and hygrometer (invented or improved) - Robert Hooke
Hooke's Law (equation describing elasticity) - Robert Hooke
Electrical generator (dynamo) - Michael Faraday
Galvanometer - William Sturgeon
Infrared radiation - discovery commonly attributed to William Herschel.
Newtonian telescope - Sir Isaac Newton
Micrometer - Sir William Gascoigne
- the first bench micrometer that was capable of measuring to one ten thousandth of an inch - Henry Maudslay
Sinclair Executive, the world's first small electronic pocket calculator - Sir Clive Sinclair
Slide rule - William Oughtred [14]
Synthesis of coumarin, one of the first synthetic perfumes, and cinnamic acid via the Perkin reaction- William Henry Perkin
The Law of Gravity - Sir Isaac Newton
Newton's laws of motion - Sir Isaac Newton
DNA fingerprinting - Sir Alec Jeffreys
Smallpox Vaccination - Edward Jenner
Electromagnet - William Sturgeon
Dew Point Hygrometer - John Frederic Daniell
Periodic Table - John Alexander Newlands
Seismograph - John Milne
Theory of Evolution - Charles Darwin

Orbital Theory of the Atom - Ernest Rutherford

Transport

Railways

First working railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick

Locomotives

Blücher - George Stephenson
Puffing Billy -William Hedley
Locomotion No 1 - Robert Stephenson
Sans Pareil - Timothy Hackworth
Stephenson's Rocket - George and Robert Stephenson

Other railway developments

Displacement lubricator, Ramsbottom safety valve, the water trough, the split piston ring - John Ramsbottom

Roads

Sea

Plimsol line - Samuel Plimsoll
Hovercraft - Christopher Cockerell
Lifeboat - Lionel Lukin
Resurgam - George Garrett
Turbinia, the first steam turbine powered steamship, designed by the Irish engineer Sir Charles Algernon Parsons and built in Newcastle upon Tyne
Submarine - William Bourne

Air

Aeronautics and flight - George Cayley
Jet Engine - Sir Frank Whittle

Sport

Football - Rules as know today were established in 1848 at Cambridge University
Rugby - William Webb Ellis
Cricket - The worlds second most popular sport can be traced back to the 13th Century

Miscellaneous

Daylight saving time - William Willett [16]
Bayko - Charles Plimpton
Linoleum - Frederick Walton [17]
Meccano - Frank Hornby
Crossword puzzle - Arthur Wynne
Gas Mask - John Tyndall and others
Steel-ribbed Umbrella - Samuel Fox

01-27-2008, 10:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
Rendair The Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Posts: 319 Thanks: 18	British Inventions? Now i am happy to be british so i thought id post a list of british inventions to make other british people on here to feel just as good to be british. Sorry if any of you feel this list is incorrect...iv looked up most of them and seems ot fit in nicely. Agriculture Seed drill - Jethro Tull [1] Astronomy Discovery of the planet Uranus [2] and the moons Titania, Oberon, Enceladus, Mimas [3] by Sir William Herschel Chemistry Marsh test for Arsenic - James Marsh Dalton's law and Law of multiple proportions - John Dalton Discovery of Buckminsterfullerene - Sir Harry Kroto First isolation of Sodium - Humphry Davy Communications Uniform Penny Post - Rowland Hill et al. Clockwork radio [4] - Trevor Baylis Computing Analytical engine [5] - Sir Charles Babbage ACE and Pilot ACE [6] - Alan Turing Bombe [6] - Alan Turing Colossus computer [7] - Tommy Flowers Difference engine [5] - Sir Charles Babbage World Wide Web [8] - Sir Tim Berners-Lee ZX Spectrum - Sir Clive Sinclair Clock making Anchor escapement [9] - Robert Hooke Balance spring [10] - Robert Hooke (disputed - possibly invented by Christiaan Huygens of the Netherlands) Grasshopper escapement, Gridiron pendulum, H1, H2, H3 and H4 watches (a watch built to solve the longitude measurement problem)[11] - John Harrison Clothing manufacturing Derby Rib (stocking manufacture) - Jedediah Strutt Flying shuttle - John Kay Mauveine, the first synthetic organic dye - William Henry Perkin Power loom - Edmund Cartwright Spinning frame - John Kay Spinning jenny - James Hargreaves Spinning mule - Samuel Crompton Polyester - John Rex Whinfield Cryptography Playfair cipher - Charles Wheatstone Engineering Adjustable spanner - Edwin Beard Budding Cavity Magnetron - Dr Harry Boot First coke-consuming blast furnace - Abraham Darby I First working universal joint - Robert Hooke First Compression-Ignition engine aka Diesel Engine - Herbert_Akroyd_Stuart Steam Engine - Thomas Savery Newcomen steam engine - Thomas Newcomen Modified version of the Newcomen steam engine (Pickard engine) - James Pickard Pendulum Governor - Frederick Lanchester The first screw-cutting lathe - Henry Maudslay Disc Brakes - Frederick Williams Internal combustion engine - Samuel Brown Jet Engine - Sir Frank Whittle Food Bird's Custard - Alfred Bird Sandwich - John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich Household appliances Ballbarrow - James Dyson Collapsible baby buggy - Owen Maclaren Dyson DC01 - James Dyson Fire extinguisher - George William Manby Lawn mower - Edwin Beard Budding Rubber band - Stephen Perry Light Bulb - Joseph Wilson Swan Tin Can - Peter Durand Corkscrew - Reverend Samuell Henshall Mouse trap - James Henry Atkinson Sewing machine - Thomas Saint Postage Stamp - Rowland Hill Toilet Paper - British Perforated Paper Company Vacuum cleaner - Hubert Cecil Booth Industrial processes English crucible steel - Benjamin Huntsman Steel production Bessemer process - Henry Bessemer Hydraulic press - Joseph Bramah Parkesine, the first man-made plastic - Alexander Parkes Portland cement - Joseph Aspdin Sheffield plate - Thomas Boulsover Water frame - Richard Arkwright Stainless Steel - Harry Brearley Rubber Masticator - Thomas Hancock Medical First correct description of circulation of the blood - William Harvey Smallpox vaccine - Edward Jenner Antisepsis in surgery - Joseph Lister Artificial intraocular lens transplant surgery for cataract patients - Harold Ridley Clinical thermometer - Thomas Clifford Allbutt. [12] Colour blindness first described by John Dalton in Extraordinary facts relating to the vision of colours [13] Computed Tomography - Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield Viagra - Peter Dunn, Albert Wood, Dr Nicholas Terrett EKG (underlying principles) - various Military Congreve rocket - William Congreve High explosive squash head - Sir Charles Dennistoun Burney Puckle Gun - James Puckle Shrapnel shell - Henry Shrapnel Harrier Jump Jet - unknown Tank - unknown Dreadnought Battleship Bailey Bridge - Donald Bailey Chobham armour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mining Davy lamp - Humphry Davy Geordie lamp - George Stephenson Musical instruments Concertina - Charles Wheatstone Photography Ambrotype - Frederick Scott Archer Calotype - William Fox Talbot Collodion process - Frederick Scott Archer Stereoscope - Charles Wheatstone Science Compound microscope with 30x magnification - Robert Hooke Universal Joint - Robert Hooke The Iris diaphragm - Robert Hooke Anchor escapement and the balance spring, which made more accurate clocks possible - Robert Hooke Correct theory of combustion - Robert Hooke Barometer, anemometer, and hygrometer (invented or improved) - Robert Hooke Hooke's Law (equation describing elasticity) - Robert Hooke Electrical generator (dynamo) - Michael Faraday Galvanometer - William Sturgeon Infrared radiation - discovery commonly attributed to William Herschel. Newtonian telescope - Sir Isaac Newton Micrometer - Sir William Gascoigne the first bench micrometer that was capable of measuring to one ten thousandth of an inch - Henry Maudslay Sinclair Executive, the world's first small electronic pocket calculator - Sir Clive Sinclair Slide rule - William Oughtred [14] Synthesis of coumarin, one of the first synthetic perfumes, and cinnamic acid via the Perkin reaction- William Henry Perkin The Law of Gravity - Sir Isaac Newton Newton's laws of motion - Sir Isaac Newton DNA fingerprinting - Sir Alec Jeffreys Smallpox Vaccination - Edward Jenner Electromagnet - William Sturgeon Dew Point Hygrometer - John Frederic Daniell Periodic Table - John Alexander Newlands Seismograph - John Milne Theory of Evolution - Charles Darwin Orbital Theory of the Atom - Ernest Rutherford Transport Railways First working railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick Locomotives Blücher - George Stephenson Puffing Billy -William Hedley Locomotion No 1 - Robert Stephenson Sans Pareil - Timothy Hackworth Stephenson's Rocket - George and Robert Stephenson Other railway developments Displacement lubricator, Ramsbottom safety valve, the water trough, the split piston ring - John Ramsbottom Roads Bowden cable - Frank Bowden Cat's eye - Percy Shaw [15] Caterpillar track - Sir George Cayley Hansom cab - Joseph Hansom Seat belt - George Cayley Sinclair C5 - Sir Clive Sinclair Tarmac - E. Purnell Hooley Belisha beacon - Leslie Hore-Belisha Sea Plimsol line - Samuel Plimsoll Hovercraft - Christopher Cockerell Lifeboat - Lionel Lukin Resurgam - George Garrett Turbinia, the first steam turbine powered steamship, designed by the Irish engineer Sir Charles Algernon Parsons and built in Newcastle upon Tyne Submarine - William Bourne Air Aeronautics and flight - George Cayley Jet Engine - Sir Frank Whittle Sport Football - Rules as know today were established in 1848 at Cambridge University Rugby - William Webb Ellis Cricket - The worlds second most popular sport can be traced back to the 13th Century Miscellaneous Daylight saving time - William Willett [16] Bayko - Charles Plimpton Linoleum - Frederick Walton [17] Meccano - Frank Hornby Crossword puzzle - Arthur Wynne Gas Mask - John Tyndall and others Steel-ribbed Umbrella - Samuel Fox __________________ www.jooney.co.uk - the online portfolio Last edited by Rendair : 01-28-2008 at 09:15 AM.