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British Inventions A-Z

The following British inventions are defined as having been made in the United Kingdom or made by a person of British citizenship. We are placing together inventors of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh origins (pardon to those of you belonging to separatists movements.) It should also be noted that the British inventions named will include inventions that have been invented in other nations i.e. computers, cars, or steam power and are not necessarily exclusives or firsts. This list is far from complete (suggestions welcome).
A

Anemometer - Robert Hooke
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Disc Brakes - Frederick William Lanchester

Tin Can - Peter Durand
Cat Eyes - Percy Shaw
Portland Cement - Joseph Aspdin

Cordite - Sir James Dewar, Sir Frederick Abel
Corkscrews - H.S. Heeley
C rossword Puzzles - Arthur Wynne

Depth Charges	Diving Equipment/Scuba Gear - John Smeaton, William James, Henry Fleuss
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EKG (Underlying Principles) - Various
Electric Motor - Michael Faraday

Electromagnet - William Sturgeon

Fax Machine - Alexander Bain

Gas Mask -John Tyndall and others
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Dew-point Hygrometer - John Frederic Daniell

Holography - Dennis Gábor

I-K

Internal Combustion Engine - Samuel Brown Jet Engines - Sir Frank Whittle	Kelvin Scale - Lord William Thomson Kelvin
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Metal Lathe - Henry Maudslay invented the first in 1797.
Lawn Mower - Edwin Beard Budding
Lightbulbs - Humphry Davy, Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, James Bowman Lindsay

Locomotive - Richard Trevithick
Power Loom - Edmund Cartwright

Little Nipper Mousetrap - James Henry Atkinson
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P-Q

Penicillin - Alexander Fleming Penny Farthing - James Starley Periodic Table - John Newlands	Periscope - Sir Howard Grubb Polyester - John Rex Whinfield and James Tennant Dickson Puckle Gun - John Puckle
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Radar Locating of Aircraft - Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt
Radio (Underlying Principles) - James Clerk Maxwell

Rubber Bands - Stephen Perry
Rubber Masticator - Thomas Hancock

Seed Drill - Jethro Tull
Seismometer - James Forbes
Seismograph - John Milne, Sir James Alfred Ewing, Thomas Gray
Sewing Machines - Thomas Saint
Shrapnel - Henry Shrapnel
Steam Engine - Thomas Savery, Thomas Newcomen, James Watt

Steel Production - Sir Henry Bessemer
Submarine - William Bourne,
Spinning Jenny - James Hargreaves
Spinning Frame - Richard Arkwright
Spinning Mule - Samuel Crompton

Television - John Logie Baird Thermos - Sir James Dewar	Toilet Paper - British Perforated Paper Company Torpedo - Robert Whitehead 1866
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U-V

Umbrella (steel-ribbed) - Samuel Fox
Universal Joint - Robert Hooke (also Iris Diaphragm, Balance Spring)

Vacuum Cleaner - Hubert Cecil Booth
Viagra - Peter Dunn, Albert Wood, Dr Nicholas Terrett

W-Z

Wacky Inventions - Arthur Paul Pedrick
Waterproof Fabric - Charles Macintosh

World Wide Web - Tim Berners-Lee

More Resources
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Websites of value to professional inventors living in the United Kingdom - national and local organizations.

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Mary Bellis
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