So many great minds behind some of the finest inventions of our time have been guided by that founding principle of science and engineering: It sounds crazy, but it might just work. From passenger railways to the lawnmower and buggy, the genius of the Great Britain’s design is chronicled. Are these the 50 greatest British inventions?
Without passenger steam engines, as invented by Richard Trevithick, travel in the modern world would be unrecognisable
the tin can, invented by Peter Durand in 1810
Cement – invented by Joseph Aspdin in 1824
Hypodermic Syringe – Alexander Wood’s 1853 invention revolutionised medical science
Photography has defined the modern world and formed the basis of cinema, television and all other visual media
Linoleum came into existence in 1860 and was invented by Frederick Walton
Most of us cannot live without our phones yet it is impossible to imagine the shift in living caused by Alexander Graham Bell’s 1876 invention
Joseph Swan’s 1880 light bulb is crucial to everyday (and night) life
They just get bigger and bigger but when John Logie Baird invented the first television he changed the western world overnight
In 1937 Frank Whittle invented the jet engine and its safe to say we’d be nowhere without it
2008 is the latest date in our chronicles with Ian Helmore’s Steri-spray which instantly sterilises water
Source: Radio Times
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