What the British did for the world :) (inventions)

[Stolly]

The gas-powered hook to launch planes from aircraft carriers. Yet another great British invention invented during a time of need (HMS/Royal Navy)

Car disc brakes (Lotus)

Car spoilers, aerofoils, understanding of aerodynamics, birth of car handling as we know it today (Lotus)

Correctly called the steam catapult

Also the aircraft carrier itself, we had the first one.

 

[JohnnyG]

Ok ok, but apart from the Internal Combustion Engine, Jet Engines, Electromagnet, Kelvin Scale, Metal Lathe, Penicillin, Periodic Table, Rubber Bands , Radar Locating of Aircraft, Submarine, Steam Engine, Television, Thermos, Toilet Paper, Vacuum Cleaner, Viagra, Waterproof Fabric and the
World Wide Web, what have the British actually done for us eh?

 

[Wryel]

Ok ok, but apart from the Internal Combustion Engine, Jet Engines, Electromagnet, Kelvin Scale, Metal Lathe, Penicillin, Periodic Table, Rubber Bands , Radar Locating of Aircraft, Submarine, Steam Engine, Television, Thermos, Toilet Paper, Vacuum Cleaner, Viagra, Waterproof Fabric and the
World Wide Web, what have the British actually done for us eh?

Chicken Tikka Massala.

 

[locutus12]

Ok ok, but apart from the Internal Combustion Engine, Jet Engines, Electromagnet, Kelvin Scale, Metal Lathe, Penicillin, Periodic Table, Rubber Bands , Radar Locating of Aircraft, Submarine, Steam Engine, Television, Thermos, Toilet Paper, Vacuum Cleaner, Viagra, Waterproof Fabric and the
World Wide Web, what have the British actually done for us eh?

you forgot computers...

Chicken Tikka Massala.

actually that came from Birmingham so it doesnt count.

 

[Stelly]

VTOL in general

Xrays and ultrasound

wasn't it a brit that split the first atom??

 

[carvegio]

Let's not forget our greatest invention...

British humour...

"British humour is notable due to its intellectual depth, usage of British slang, wit, and self-effacing culture."

wiki wiki wiki

 

[Aod]

sorry to burst patriotic bubbles, but the concept of the Submarine was originally invented by DaVinci.

his was a sortof turtle-shaped thing with Oars stuck through greased leather flaps to stop the water getting in.

he never built it, but did design it.

 

[mrgubby]

sorry to burst patriotic bubbles, but the concept of the Submarine was originally invented by DaVinci.

his was a sortof turtle-shaped thing with Oars stuck through greased leather flaps to stop the water getting in.

he never built it, but did design it.

I've drawn pictures of anti-mavity pills , when they get built in 200 years from now will I get a mention ??

 

[Visage]

The Concentration Camp.

 

[Stelly]

The Concentration Camp.

Is that true??

Stelly

 

[Visage]

Yup, in the Boer War. Not our finest hour.....

 

[pinkacidbootson]

I couldn't give a flying toss what nationality the inventor was. Makes no difference.

Sorry that just looks really negative

 

[Phate]

the most important invention was the spitfire

 

[VeNT]

the most important invention was the Hawker Hurricane, as it contributed more to the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain.

fixed

 

[SexyGreyFox]

FOCUS magazine did a run down of the 100 best inventions and number one was the flushing toilet and I agree 1,000%.

 

[ElRazur]

Colonialism of several african countries? Slavery? Brain drain?


















**Awaits flaming...Puts on anti-flame suit.**

 

[Pumpkinstew]

Periodic Table - John Newlands

Isn't Dmitri Mendeleev generally given credit for this one?

EDIT: Wikkipaedia agrees with you. Sort of

 

[fatiain]

fixed

An these and these just because my dad flew them.

 

[fatiain]

Colonialism of several african countries? Slavery? Brain drain?
**Awaits flaming...Puts on anti-flame suit.**

The Belgians, French and Dutch did a pretty good job of these too.

 

[ElRazur]

The Belgians, French and Dutch did a pretty good job of these too.

Iirc Britan colonised more countries than the above put together..