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*[[Horstmann suspension]], tracked armoured fighting vehicle suspension - Sidney Horstmann
*[[Horstmann suspension]], tracked armoured fighting vehicle suspension - Sidney Horstmann
*Steam [[fire engine]] - [[John Braithwaite (engineer)|John Braithwaite]]
*Steam [[fire engine]] - [[John Braithwaite (engineer)|John Braithwaite]]
* The [[pedal bicycle]]: Attributed to both [[Kirkpatrick Macmillan]] (1813–1878)<ref name="Kirkpatrick Macmillan"/> and [[Thomas McCall]] (1834–1904)
*[[Safety bicycle]] - [[John Kemp Starley]] & [[Dan Albone]]
*[[Safety bicycle]] - [[John Kemp Starley]] & [[Dan Albone]]
*[[Penny-farthing]] - [[James Starley]]
*[[Penny-farthing]] - [[James Starley]]

Revision as of 21:43, 24 September 2014

List of British inventions may be referring to:

The following is a list of inventions or discoveries generally believed to be British:

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Agriculture

Clock making

Clothing manufacturing

Communications

Computing

Criminology

Cryptography

Engineering

Household appliances

Industrial processes

Medicine

Military

Mining

Musical instruments

Photography

Publishing firsts

  • Oldest publisher and printer in the world (having been operating continuously since 1584): Cambridge University Press
  • first book printed in English: "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" by Englishman William Caxton in 1475

Religion and Ethics

Science

Astronomy

Chemistry

Sport

Transport

Aviation

Railways

Locomotives

Other railway developments

Roads

Sea

Publishing firsts

his ideas survive in the terms nervous energy and neuroses (a word that Cullen coined).[165]

Scientific innovations

Medical innovations

Household innovations

Miscellaneous

See also

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