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Latest revision as of 14:34, December 22, 2018
The British people have been the most inventive people in history. Almost all of the important inventions of the nineteenth and twentieth century have been invented by the British.
Military
The Tank
The Bouncing bomb
Optical landing system for aircraft carriers
Technological
The Telephone
The iPod
The Lightbulb
The Electric motor
Industrial
Spinning Jenny yarn producer (Hargreaves)
Safety lamp (Davy)
Communications
The postage stamp
The pencil
Christmas cards
Shorthand
Transport
The Hovercraft
Pneumatic tyre
Agriculture
Sports and pastimes
Lawn Tennis
Rounders
Food and Drink
The Sandwich
Cornish pasty
"Marmite"
The 'fry up'