British Inventors

Great British heroes - Here are a few of the famous and not so famous

British men and women who, through their often unique

discoveries, tests and inventions, helped to change the world

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 BRITISH INVENTIONS THAT

CHANGED THE WORLD

 THE BRITISH PERSON

OR PEOPLE WHO DID IT

TELEVISION

JOHN LOGIE BAIRD

HOVERCRAFT

SIR CHRISTOPHER COCKERELL

JET ENGINE

SIR FRANK WHITTLE

STEAM ENGINE

JAMES WATT

RAILWAYS

GEORGE STEPHENSON

STEEL SHIP

ISOMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL

SUSPENSION BRIDGE

ISOMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL

PROPELLOR DRIVEN SHIP

ISOMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL

STEAM SHIP

ISOMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL

PASSENGER JET

 DE HAVILLAND COMET

JET FIGHTER

GLOSTER METEOR

AIRCRAFT CARRIER

HMS HERMES

CATS EYES

PERCY SHAW

MECHANICAL COMPUTER

CHARLES BABBAGE

ELECTRONIC COMPUTER

ALAN TURING

UNKNOWN - SCOTLAND

GOLF

UNKNOWN - POSSIBLY ETON COLLEGE

FOOTBALL (SOCCER)

RUGBY SCHOOL

RUGBY

KING HENRY VIII

TENNIS

IRON WARSHIP

HMS DREADNOUGHT

NUCLEAR POWER STATION

CALDER HALL

SUBMARINE

HMS RESURGAM

POWERED LOOM (SPINNING FRAME)

RICHARD ARKWRIGHT

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

MANY NOTABLE PEOPLE, NOT JUST BRITS!

ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR

SIR CLIVE SINCLAIR

MINI GAMES COMPUTER

SIR CLIVE SINCLAIR

DIGITAL WRISTWATCH

SIR CLIVE SINCLAIR

SOLID IRON BRIDGE

THOMAS TELFORD

URBAN SEWER SYSTEM

SIR JOSEPH BAZELGETTE

WORLD LANDSPEED RECORD

SIR DONALD CAMPBELL

WORL WATERSPEED RECORD

SIR DONALD CAMPBELL

DOUBLE GLAZING

PILKINGTON

BULLET-PROOF GLASS

PILKINGTON

WELLINGTON BOOT

DUKE OF WELLINGTON

SANDWICH

EARL OF SANDWICH

PLIMSOLL LINE

CHARLES PLIMSOLL

FIGHTING TANK

COLONEL ERNEST SWINTON

VTOL FIGHTER AIRCRAFT

HAWKER SIDDELEY HARRIER

HOME PC

AMSTRAD - SIR ALAN SUGAR

STEAM ENGINE

JAMES WATT

RAILWAYS

GEORGE STEPHENSON

STEEL SHIP

ISOMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL

 

SUSPENSION BRIDGE

ISOMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL

 

PROPELLOR DRIVEN SHIP

ISOMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL

 

PASSENGER JET

 DE HAVILLAND COMET

 

AIRCRAFT CARRIER

HMS HERMES

 

CATS EYES

PERCY SHAW

 

MECHANICAL COMPUTER

CHARLES BABBAGE

 

ELECTRONIC COMPUTER

ALAN TURING

 

UNKNOWN - SCOTLAND

GOLF

 

UNKNOWN - POSSIBLY ETON COLLEGE

FOOTBALL (SOCCER)

 

ELECTRONIC COMPUTER

ALAN TURING

 

RUGBY SCHOOL

RUGBY

 

KING HENRY VIII

TENNIS

 

NUCLEAR POWER STATION

CALDER HALL

 

SUBMARINE

HMS RESURGAM

 

POWERED LOOM (SPINNING FRAME)

RICHARD ARKWRIGHT

 

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

MANY NOTABLE PEOPLE, NOT JUST BRITS!

ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR

SIR CLIVE SINCLAIR

MINI GAMES COMPUTER

SIR CLIVE SINCLAIR

DIGITAL WRISTWATCH

SIR CLIVE SINCLAIR

SOLID IRON BRIDGE

THOMAS TELFORD

URBAN SEWER SYSTEM

SIR JOSEPH BAZELGETTE

WORLD LANDSPEED RECORD

SIR DONALD CAMPBELL

WORL WATERSPEED RECORD

SIR DONALD CAMPBELL

DOUBLE GLAZING

PILKINGTON

BULLET-PROOF GLASS

PILKINGTON

WELLINGTON BOOT

DUKE OF WELLINGTON

SANDWICH

EARL OF SANDWICH

PLIMSOLL LINE

CHARLES PLIMSOLL

FIGHTING TANK

COLONEL ERNEST SWINTON

VTOL FIGHTER AIRCRAFT

HAWKER SIDDELEY HARRIER

HOME PC

AMSTRAD - SIR ALAN SUGAR

FIRST AQUATIC CAR

AMPHICAR

ASCENT OF MOUNT EVEREST

SIR EDMUND HILLARY

DISCOVERY OF SOUTH POLE

CAPTAIN SCOTT

1ST SINGLE-HANDED CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE

SIR FRANCIS CHICHESTER

DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA

CAPTAIN JAMES COOK

ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES

CHARLES DARWINJ

SMALLPOX VACCINATION

SIR EDWARD JENNER

PENICILLIN

SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING

STERILISATION & ANTISEPTICS

JOSEPH LISTER

ANGLICAN CHURCH

KING HENRY VIII

POP MUSIC

THE BEATLES (MAYBE!) + ELVIS PRESELY

RAYON

CHARLES CROSS

ANTI-ULCER DRUGS

GLAXO SMITH KLINE BEECHAM GROUP

HIV DRUGS

GLAXO SMITH KLINE BEECHAM GROUP

ANTI-HYPERTENSION DRUGS

GLAXO SMITH KLINE BEECHAM GROUP

RADAR

SIR ROBERT WATSON-WATT & WILKINS

PRINTING PRESS

JOHN CAXTON

RADIO

GUGLIELMO MARCONI

CT SCANNER

GODFREY HOUNSFIELD

MRI SCANNER

NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY

PLASTIC

ALEXANDER PARKES

TORPEDO

ROBERT WHITEHEAD

DIVING HELMET

AUGUSTUS SIEBE

MAGNIFYING GLASS

ROGER BACON

REFLECTING TELESCOPE

ISAAC NEWTON

GRAVITY

ISAAC NEWTON

DIVING BELL

EDMUND HALLEY

ACHROMATIC LENS

JOHN DOLLOND

MARINE CHRONOMETER

JOHN HARRISON

SPINNING JENNY

JAMES HARGREAVES

GAS TURBINE

JOHN BARBER

STEAM LOCOMOTIVE

RICHARD TREVITHICK

SAFETY LAMP

SIR HUMPHREY DAVY

ELECTRIC MOTOR

MICHAEL FARADAY

ELECTROMAGNET

WILLIAM STURGEON

PORTLAND CEMENT

JOSEPH ASPDIN

DYNAMO

MICHAEL FARADAY

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE

PHOTOGRAPHY

WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT

BICYCLE (WITH PEDALS)

KIRKPARTICK MACMILLAN

HYPODERMIC SYRINGE

ALEXANDER WOOD

BESSEMER STEEL

SIR HENRY BESSEMER

TELEPHONE

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

CATHODE RAY TUBE

SIR WILLIAM CROOKES

STEAM TURBINE

SIR CHARLES PARSONS

PNEUMATIC RUBBER TYRE

J.P. DUNLOP

MOTION PICTURE CAMERA

WILLIAM DICKSON

MOTION PICTURE VIEWER

WILLIAM DICKSON

SYNTHETIC RUBBER

SIR WILLIAM TILDEN

THERMOS VACUUM FLASK

JAMES DEWAR

2-COLOUR MOVIE CAMERA

C. ALBERT SMITH

MASS SPECTROMETER

SIR FRANCIS ASTON

CLOCKWORK RADIO - CLOCKWORK TORCH

SIR TREVOR BAYLISS

EJECTOR SEAT

SIR JAMES MARTIN

FILAMENT LIGHTBULB

SIR JOSEPH SWAN

SOLID FUEL ROCKET

WILLIAM CONGREVE

FLOAT PANEL GLASS

SIR ALISTAIR PILKINGTON

RADIO

GUGLIELMO MARCONI

CT SCANNER

GODFREY HOUNSFIELD

MRI SCANNER

NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY

PLASTIC

ALEXANDER PARKES

TORPEDO

ROBERT WHITEHEAD

DIVING HELMET

AUGUSTUS SIEBE

MAGNIFYING GLASS

ROGER BACON

REFLECTING TELESCOPE

ISAAC NEWTON

GRAVITY

ISAAC NEWTON

DIVING BELL

EDMUND HALLEY

ACHROMATIC LENS

JOHN DOLLOND

MARINE CHRONOMETER

JOHN HARRISON

SPINNING JENNY

JAMES HARGREAVES

GAS TURBINE

JOHN BARBER

STEAM LOCOMOTIVE

RICHARD TREVITHICK

SAFETY LAMP

SIR HUMPHREY DAVY

ELECTRIC MOTOR

MICHAEL FARADAY

ELECTROMAGNET

WILLIAM STURGEON

PORTLAND CEMENT

JOSEPH ASPDIN

DYNAMO

MICHAEL FARADAY

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE

PHOTOGRAPHY

WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT

BICYCLE (WITH PEDALS)

KIRKPARTICK MACMILLAN

HYPODERMIC SYRINGE

ALEXANDER WOOD

BESSEMER STEEL

SIR HENRY BESSEMER

CATHODE RAY TUBE

SIR WILLIAM CROOKES

PNEUMATIC RUBBER TYRE

J.P. DUNLOP

MOTION PICTURE CAMERA

WILLIAM DICKSON

MOTION PICTURE VIEWER

WILLIAM DICKSON

SYNTHETIC RUBBER

SIR WILLIAM TILDEN

THERMOS VACUUM FLASK

JAMES DEWAR

2-COLOUR MOVIE CAMERA

C. ALBERT SMITH

MASS SPECTROMETER

SIR FRANCIS ASTON

CLOCKWORK RADIO - CLOCKWORK TORCH

SIR TREVOR BAYLISS

SOLID FUEL ROCKET

WILLIAM CONGREVE

FLOAT PANEL GLASS

SIR ALISTAIR PILKINGTON

 

 

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