Motor racing
Motor racing
I would love to be happy, but unfortunately I'm too busy being awesome and kicking your ass at everything
we're essentialy the same people so you can share the credit for the inventions.Originally Posted by Meat Puppet
Your sig is too hilarious and witty, thus i have removed it to protect the minds of all forum goers
-The allways inspiring leeza
Disc Brakes - Frederick William Lanchester
Durand
Cat Eyes - Percy Shaw
Portland Cement - Joseph Aspdin Cordite - Sir James Dewar, Sir Frederick Abel
Corkscrews - H.S. Heeley
Crossword Puzzles - Arthur Wynne
Depth Charges Diving Equipment/Scuba Gear - John Smeaton, William James, Henry Fleuss
EKG (Underlying Principles) - Various
Electric Motor - Michael Faraday Electromagnet - William Sturgeon
Fax Machine - Alexander Bain
Gas Mask -John Tyndall and others
Dew-point Hygrometer - John Frederic Daniell Holography - Dennis Gábor
Internal Combustion Engine - Samuel Brown
Internet
Jet Engines - Sir Frank Whittle Kelvin Scale - Lord William Thomson Kelvin
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
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
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
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
Wacky Inventions - Arthur Paul Pedrick
Waterproof Fabric - Charles Macintosh
I know i repeated one or two, or three or four... or five...
"NPC: Sorry this house is sealed off because of Blight"
Atually the ancient egyptians invented the lightbulb. It was a glaspot which ths would put different gases in and would glow. They found one at the bottom of the Nile.Originally Posted by ShlupQuack
Humour: America has the Jews - the rest of the world has the British.Humour.
When fighting monsters, be wary not to become one yourself... when gazing into the abyss, bear in mind that the abyss also gazes into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
The rightful owner of this Ciddie can kiss my arse! :P
English?
:whaaa: I've adopted this smiley
telepathy!!!
*gets shot by government*
If it ain't made in the USA I'm not buying it.
almost nothing is made in usa any more you moron! also the final fantasty series isnt!
I would love to be happy, but unfortunately I'm too busy being awesome and kicking your ass at everything
It is true and it was a sucess until Geri got out of it!Originally Posted by Giga Guess
Did you know that we made Americans and Australians. We used to send our prisoners over to America until they revolted so we sent them Down-under
I would love to be happy, but unfortunately I'm too busy being awesome and kicking your ass at everything
Radiohead, although I'm sure it's already been said.
The British invented...
The biggest blunder in their history, which resulted in: America.
Tea cosies! PIE AND CHIPS PLEASE! Scones! Football!
I dunno.
Does anybody know who invented the wheel?
And supposedly, the British have not yet discovered the toothbrush.