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The following is a list and timeline of innovations as well as inventions and discoveries that involved British people or the United Kingdom including predecessor states in the history of the formation of the United Kingdom.
- Powered Flight
- 2 The Guillotine
- 3 Electric Light Bulb
- 4 Telephone
- 5 Radio
- 6 Discovering America
- 7 Motor Car
- 8 Jet Propulsion
- 9 Photography
- 10 The Submarine
They say … During 2003, Dayton, Ohio, and the Dayton & Montgomery County Public Library celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers invention of the first powered airplane. The first successful flight occurred on December 17, 1903 at Kill Devil Hills in Kittyhawk, North Carolina. But hang on … the Wrights may have made “The first succes...
During the French Revolution M. Guillotin invented a machine for slicing off heads quickly and painlessly. It was pretty successful – though not quite so clean-cut as some people imagine. It took a couple of chops to get through fat King Louis’ neck. But the idea was 500 years after a British invention, “The Halifax Gibbet” because….. The Guillotin...
They say … Thomas Alva Edison invented the light bulb. He began his experiments in 1878 and by 21 October 1879 he made a working electric light bulb. Fine, but … Brits say … Sir Joseph Swan of Newcastleannounced that he had made a working light bulb on 18 December 1878 and on 18 January 1879 he gave a public demonstration in Sunderland – 10 months ...
They say … The first telephone message was made at 5 Exeter Place, Boston, Massachusetts on 10 March 1876. Alexander Graham Bell called to his assistant, “Come here, Watson, I want you.” In June that year it was demonstrated at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia and may have passed unnoticed if the Emperor of Brazil hadn’t caused a sensation...
They say … On 23 July 1866 Mahlon Loomis of Washington DC described how to send signals by radio. That October he achieved it in Virginia. In 1896 Guliemo Marconi won even greater fame for sending a wireless telegraph over 94 miles. But … Brits say … David Edward Hughes, (D.E.Hughes, pictured right), of Corwen (Denbighshire) – is recorded as the We...
They say … In fourteen hundred and ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue. The Italian adventurer, Columbus, finally persuaded the Spanish to back an expedition across the Atlantic. They reckon he was the first European to discover America. But he wasn’t. Brits say … In 1170 Welsh prince Madog ab Owain Gwynedd sailed from Wales in search of new ...
They say … Karl Benz created the first motor car in Germany in 1889. It covered just over half a mile at nine miles per hour. People have been driving Mercedes Benz cars ever since – usually slower than nine miles an hour in rush hour traffic. But … Brits say … 180 years before, in 1711, Christopher Holtum demonstrated a horseless carriage. It gave...
They say … In 1796 the American, James Rumsey, drove a steam-powered boat that worked by pushing out a jet of water. It travelled at 4 mph. It became a popular motor for model boats and the US claimed the first jet-propelled vehicle. But … Brits say … The great Sir Isaac Newton (pictured right) invented the jet-powered car. He forecast that one day...
They say … Louis Daguerre produced the Daguerrotype camera in France. He was actually carrying on the work of a colleague Called Niepce. But Niepce made the clumsy error of dying in 1833 before it was perfected and he is forgotten. In 1838 Daguerre demonstrated a working method of producing photographs. But … Brits say … Niepce was basing his work ...
They say … The Americans claimed that in the 1700s David Bushnell created the first usable submersible. It was christened “The Turtle”. It’s purpose was to sneak up on British ships in the American War of Independence and screw a mine into the wooden hull. Unfortunately when it tried to attack HM Eagle the submariners discovered the hull covered in...
English inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques invented, innovated or discovered, partially or entirely, in England by a person from England. Often, things discovered for the first time are also called inventions and in many cases, there is no clear line between the two.
6 de abr. de 2023 · First up on our list of some of the greatest British inventions comes from one of the greatest scientists of all time. Devised by Isaac Newton in 1668 , the reflecting telescope changed the field ...
8 de jan. de 2013 · Here is the Radio Times list of the 50 greatest British inventions, in chronological order. 08 January 2013 • 12:02am. Reflecting telescope: Isaac Newton, 1668. Seed drill: Jethro Tull, 1701....
15 de ago. de 2018 · Other notable inventions by British inventors are Hypodermic syringe, Alexander Wood (1853), Toothbrush, William Addis (1770), Soda water, Joseph Priestley (1772), Cement, Joseph Aspdin (1824), Photography, William Henry Fox Talbot (1835), Light bulb, Joseph Swan (1880), Thermos flask, Sir James Dewar (1892), Television, John Logie Baird (1925),...
This is a list of English inventors and designers. Contents: A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V. W. X. Y. Z. See also. A. Roma Agrawal, structural engineer who contributed to the design of The Shard building in London. Sir Richard Arkwright (1732–1792) invented the spinning frame (also known as the water frame)
