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United Kingdom - Inventors

British inventions and famous inventors from the United Kingdom: England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland.

Television History - John Baird

John Baird is remembered as being an inventor of mechanical television radar and fiber optics.

Abraham Darby (1678 - 1717)

Abraham Darby invented coke smelting and advanced the mass production of brass and iron goods.

George Stephenson

George Stephenson is considered to be the inventor of the first steam locomotive engine for railways

Clouds - Luke Howard and the History of Cloud Naming

Englishman Luke Howard gave clouds their common names.

British Inventions A to Z

British inventions made in the United Kingdom or made by a person of British citizenship.

Are You a British Inventor?

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

Famous Welsh Inventors

Great inventors from the country of Wales.

Scotland's Inventors

The fruits of Scottish ingenuity.

History of the Thermometer

Lord Kelvin of Scotland invented the Kelvin Scale in 1848, the Kelvin Scale measures the ultimate extremes of hot and cold.

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