Invented by nationals:
- The decimal point
- Combs
- Keyrings
- Telephones
- Golf
- Radar
- Pneumatic tyre [and probably the wheel haha]
- Stamps
- Economics
- The fountain pen
- Thread
- Digestive biscuits
- Vacuum Flasks
- Continuous electric light
- The Stereotype
- Fax machines
- Halloween
- The US Navy
- The Chilean Navy
- Pianos
- The Life Ring
- Electric clocks
- The Kelvin Scale
- Cash Credit
- Ultrasound
- Gregorian Telescopes
- Marmalade
- The most popular English language song in history
- Microwaves
- Penicillin
- Marmalade
- Lawnmowers
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- The telegraph
- MRI scanning
- Hypodermic syringes
- Mackintosh Raincoats
- Lime cordial
- The kaleidoscope
- Seismometer
- Basketball
- Sociology
- Radio
- Science textbooks
- Artificial diamonds
- Insulin
- Toilets
- Beta-blockers
- The Bank of England
- The Bank of France
- Fingerprinting
- Tarmac
- Television
- Aqualungs
- The Bicycle [and hence cycling]
- Gas masks
- Speedometers
- Propellers
- Speedo swimwear
- The cloud chamber
- The Steam Engine
- Geosciences
- The Historial Novel
- Fridges
- Colour photography
- Antiseptics
- Reapinh Machine
- Flailing Machine
Discovered here:
- Brownian motion
- Colloid Chemistry
- Polarisation of light
- A cure for scurvy
- A cure for insomnia
- A cure for malaria
- The cellular nucleus
- Sulphuric acid
- Latent Heat
- Neptune
- The Nobel Gases
- Hypnosis
- A vaccine for typhoid
- Carbon dioxide
- Paraffin
- Chemical bonds
- Percussion powder
Other things from here:
- The first cloned mammal
- Logarithms
- The EM equations
- The first man mentioned in the Bible
So...yeah...pretty much everything, ever?
Including myself.
mar 8 2009 ∞
apr 17 2014 +