Imikhiqizo engama-50 emikhulu yaseBrithani

Izingqondo eziningi ezinhle ezilandela ezinye zezinto ezinhle kakhulu eziqanjiwe zesikhathi sethu ziye zaqondiswa yileso simiso sokusungula sesayensi nobunjiniyela: Kuzwakala njengokuhlanya, kodwa kungase kuvele kusebenze. Kusukela kojantshi bezitimela kuya kumshini wokugunda utshani nekalishi, ubuhlakani bomklamo weGreat Britain buyabhalwa umlando. Ingabe lezi ziyi-50 ezinkulu eziqanjwe eBrithani?

Ngaphandle kwezinjini zabagibeli, njengoba zasungulwa nguRichard Trevithick, ukuhamba emhlabeni wanamuhla bekungeke kubonakale.

I-tin can, eyasungulwa nguPeter Durand ngo-1810

Usimende - wasungulwa nguJoseph Aspdin ngo-1824

I-Hypodermic Syringe - Ukusungulwa kuka-Alexander Wood ka-1853 kwaguqula isayensi yezokwelapha

Izithombe zichaze umhlaba wesimanje futhi zakha isisekelo sesinema, ithelevishini kanye nayo yonke eminye imidiya ebonakalayo

I-Linoleum yaba khona ngo-1860 futhi yasungulwa nguFrederick Walton

Iningi lethu alikwazi ukuphila ngaphandle kwamafoni ethu nokho akunakwenzeka ukucabanga ngokushintsha kokuphila okwabangelwa ukusungulwa kuka-Alexander Graham Bell ngo-1876.

Isibani sikaJoseph Swan sika-1880 sibalulekile empilweni yansuku zonke (nasebusuku).

Ziya ngokuya ziba zinkulu kodwa lapho uJohn Logie Baird esungula ithelevishini yokuqala washintsha umhlaba wasentshonalanga ngobusuku obubodwa.

Ngo-1937 uFrank Whittle wasungula injini ye-jet kanye nokuphepha kwayo ukuze athi ngeke sibe ndawo ngaphandle kwayo.

Unyaka ka-2008 usuku lwakamuva emibhalweni yethu nge-Steri-spray ka-Ian Helmore evala amanzi ngokushesha.

Umthombo: Radio Times