English inventions and discoveries

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English inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques which owe their existence either partially or entirely to a person born in England; in some cases, their Englishness is determined by the fact that they were brought into existence in England , by non-English people working in the country. Often, things which are discovered for the first time, are also called "inventions", and in many cases, there is no clear line between the two.

The following is a list of inventions or discoveries often held to be in some way English:

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Contents

[edit] Agriculture

[edit] Astronomy

[edit] Chemistry

[edit] Communications

[edit] Computing

[edit] Clock making

[edit] Clothing manufacturing

[edit] Cryptography

[edit] Engineering

[edit] Food

[edit] Household appliances

[edit] Industrial processes

[edit] Medical

[edit] Military

[edit] Mining

[edit] Musical instruments

[edit] Photography

[edit] Science

The Law of Gravity - Sir Issac Newton

[edit] Transport

[edit] Railways

[edit] Locomotives

9mm gauge railways lines now in universal use - Isambard Kingdom Brunel

[edit] Other railway developments

[edit] Roads

[edit] Sea

[edit] Air

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] References

  1. ^ Tiscali encyclopaedia: Seed drill.
  2. ^ Account of a Comet, By Mr. Herschel, F. R. S.; Communicated by Dr. Watson, Jun. of Bath, F. R. S., Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume 71, pp. 492-501
  3. ^ Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: Planet and Satellite Names and Discoverers.
  4. ^ About TREVOR BAYLIS the inventor of the windup technology.
  5. ^ a b From the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 70, 517-526, 645 (Errata) (1910) By Major-General H. P. Babbage.
  6. ^ a b Turing biography.
  7. ^ Annals of the History of Computing, Volume 5, Number 3, July 1983 . p239, The Design of Colossus, THOMAS H. FLOWERS.
  8. ^ Frequently asked questions by the Press - Tim BL.
  9. ^ History of Home and Game Computers: the good, old 'speccy'.
  10. ^ The Origin and Evolution of the Anchor Clock Escapement.
  11. ^ A. R. Hall, "Horology and criticism: Robert Hooke", Studia Copernicana, XVI, Ossolineum, 1978, 261-81
  12. ^ Longitude clock comes alive (11 March, 2002).
  13. ^ Dalton J, 1798 "Extraordinary facts relating to the vision of colours: with observations" Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester 5 28-45
  14. ^ The Oughtred Society: Slide Rule History.
  15. ^ The day Percy saw the light!.
  16. ^ The Waste of Daylight, 1907.

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