British Acheivements Roger Bacon, Isaac Newton, Thomas Savery, Jethro Tull, Thomas Newcomen, Edmund Halley, William Ged, John Dollond, John Harrison, James Hargreaves, R. Arkwright, James Watt, Samuel Harrison, Andrew Meikle, Edmund Cartwright, James Watt, John Barber, William Murdock, Joseph Bramah, Edward Jenner, William Congreve, Richard Trevithick, George Stephenson, Sir Humphry Davy, J.F. Daniell, Charles Babbage, Michael Faraday, William Sturgeon, Joseph Aspdin, John Walker, Michael Faraday, Sir Charles Wheatstone, James Nasmyth, Kirkpatrick MacMillan, William Henry Fox Talbot, John Mercer, Alexander Wood, Sir Henry Bessemer, Wilhelm Siemens, Joseph Lister, Alexander Graham Bell, Sir William Crookes, Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, J.B. Dunlop, Sir William Augustus Tilden, William K. L. Dickson, Sir James Dewar, Charles Frederick Cross, Charles Frederick Cross, Sir John Ambrose Fleming, C. Albert Smith, Sir Francis William Aston, John Logie Baird, Sir Alexander Fleming, Sir Frank Whittle, Sir Robert Watson-Watt, Sir James Martin, Sir Frank Whittle, Dennis Gabon, Christopher Cockerell, Godfrey N. Hounsfield, Trevor Baylis

British achievements.

64 Records Found

Year	Invention/Discovery	Inventor or Discoverer
1250	Magnifying glass	Roger Bacon
1668	Reflecting telescope	Isaac Newton
1698	Steam pump	Thomas Savery
1701	Seed drill	Jethro Tull
1712	Steam engine	Thomas Newcomen
1717	Diving bell	Edmund Halley
1725	Stereotyping	William Ged
1758	Achromatic lens	John Dollond
1759	Marine chronometer	John Harrison
1764	Spinning jenny	James Hargreaves
1769	Spinning frame	R. Arkwright
1769	Steam engine (with separate condenser)	James Watt
1780	Steel pen	Samuel Harrison
1784	Threshing machine	Andrew Meikle
1785	Power loom	Edmund Cartwright
1788	Flyball governor	James Watt
1791	Gas turbine	John Barber
1792	Illuminating gas	William Murdock
1795	Hydraulic press	Joseph Bramah
1796	Smallpox vaccination	Edward Jenner
1804	Solid-fuel rocket	William Congreve
1804	Steam locomotive	Richard Trevithick
1814	Railroad locomotive	George Stephenson
1815	Safety lamp	Sir Humphry Davy
1820	Hygrometer	J.F. Daniell
1820s	Difference Engine (Computer)	Charles Babbage
1821	Electric motor	Michael Faraday
1823	Electromagnet	William Sturgeon
1824	Portland cement	Joseph Aspdin
1827	Friction match	John Walker
1831	Dynamo	Michael Faraday
1837	Telegraph	Sir Charles Wheatstone
1839	Steam hammer	James Nasmyth
1839	Bicycle (with pedals)	Kirkpatrick MacMillan
1839	Photography	William Henry Fox Talbot
1850	Mercerized cotton	John Mercer
1855	Hypodermic syringe	Alexander Wood
1856	Bessemer converter (steel)	Sir Henry Bessemer
1861	Regenerative furnace	Wilhelm Siemens
1865	Antiseptic surgery	Joseph Lister
1876	Telephone	Alexander Graham Bell
1878	Cathode ray tube	Sir William Crookes
1879	Incandescent filament lamp	Sir Joseph Wilson Swan
1884	Steam turbine	Sir Charles Algernon Parsons
1884	Multiple-wheel steam turbine	Sir Charles Algernon Parsons
1887	Air-inflated rubber tire	J.B. Dunlop
1891	Synthetic rubber	Sir William Augustus Tilden
1891	Motion picture camera (kinetograph)	William K. L. Dickson
1892	Vacuum bottle (Dewar flask)	Sir James Dewar
1892	Rayon (viscose)	Charles Frederick Cross
1895	Rayon (acetate)	Charles Frederick Cross
1905	Diode rectifier tube (radio)	Sir John Ambrose Fleming
1908	Two-color motion picture camera	C. Albert Smith
1919	Mass spectrograph	Sir Francis William Aston
1926	Television	John Logie Baird
1928	Penicillin	Sir Alexander Fleming
1930	Modern gas-turbine engine	Sir Frank Whittle
1935	Radiolocator (radar)	Sir Robert Watson-Watt
1940	Ejector Seat	Sir James Martin
1941	Turbojet aircraft engine	Sir Frank Whittle
1947	Holography	Dennis Gabon
1956	Hovercraft	Christopher Cockerell
1975	CAT (computerized axial tomography) scanner	Godfrey N. Hounsfield
1996	Clockwork Radio	Trevor Baylis