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*The [[Whitworth rifle]], considered the first [[sniper rifle]]. During the [[American Civil War]] the Whitworth rifle had been known to kill at ranges of about 800 yards - Sir [[Joseph Whitworth]]
*The [[Whitworth rifle]], considered the first [[sniper rifle]]. During the [[American Civil War]] the Whitworth rifle had been known to kill at ranges of about 800 yards - Sir [[Joseph Whitworth]]
*The world's first practical underwater active sound detection apparatus, the [[ASDIC]] Active [[Sonar]] - Developed by Canadian physicist [[Robert William Boyle]] and English physicist [[Albert Beaumont Wood]]
*The world's first practical underwater active sound detection apparatus, the [[ASDIC]] Active [[Sonar]] - Developed by Canadian physicist [[Robert William Boyle]] and English physicist [[Albert Beaumont Wood]]
*The first self-powered machine gun [[Maxim gun]] - [[Sir Hiram Maxim]], Although the Inventor is American, the [[Maxim gun]] was financed by Albert Vickers of [[Vickers Limited]] company and produced in [[Hatton Garden]] [[London]]
*The first self-powered machine gun [[gun]] - [[Sir Hiram Maxim]], the [[Maxim gun]] was financed by Albert Vickers of [[Vickers Limited]] company and produced in [[Hatton Garden]] [[London]]
*Steam catapult-Commander Colin C. Mitchell RNVR
*Steam catapult-Commander Colin C. Mitchell RNVR


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English inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques invented or discovered partially or entirely by a person born in England. In some cases, their Englishness is determined by the fact that they were born in England, of non-English people working in the country. Often, things 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 generally believed to be English:

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

Food

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

Science

Astronomy

Chemistry

Sport

Transport

Aviation

Railways

Locomotives

Other railway developments

Roads

Sea

Miscellaneous

See also

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