British Inventions

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

RADAR

The Tank

The Bouncing bomb

Optical landing system for aircraft carriers

Technological

Television

Computer

The Telephone

Stereo

The iPod

The Lightbulb

The Electric motor

World Wide Web

Photography

Industrial

Industrial revolution

Steam engine

Assembly line

Spinning Jenny yarn producer (Hargreaves)

Safety lamp (Davy)

Corrugated Iron

Communications

The postage stamp

The pencil

Christmas cards

Shorthand

Transport

Passenger train

Jet engine

Cat's eye

The Marine chronometer

The Hovercraft

Pneumatic tyre

Composite ship

Agriculture

Seed drill

Sports and pastimes

Soccer

Lawn Tennis

Squash

Badminton

Cricket

Rugby

Golf

Tiddlywinks

Snooker

Billiards

Rounders

Food and Drink

The Sandwich

Cornish pasty

"Marmite"

The 'fry up'

See also[edit]

• Invention
• Category:British Inventions
• Category:American Inventions