great brittain

OK are you all sitting in comfort? Are you ready to be filled with some facts? Here goes.

 

Great Brittish inventers. Now, funny how most of them have three names, two belonging to family sir names. Must have been a thing of the times, to take both parents names? Here is a list of just a few brilliant inventions, with the odd exception of for example, the military tank….

 

William Addis Toothbrush 1770

“What did they use before then?

Centuries ago, cloths were used and for toothpaste they used, wait for it?

Ashes made from Ox Hooves and burned eggshells. As for William Addis himself? He invented the toothbrush after spending time in prison. He asked his guard to bring him some Pig bristles. And he glued them to a bone from his dinner.

Peter Duran the tin can, 1808

Joseph Aspin cement, 1824

  George Stephenson Passenger railway, 1825

Edwin Beard Budding Lawnmower, 1827 budding got the idea, from a cloth cutting machine. It took ten years to get it to the stage where by animals could be used to work the cutters.  And sixty years later before a steam powered lawn mower was invented.  

Henry William Fox Talbot Photography, 1835

    Js Fry & Sons Chocolate bar, 1847. In 1822 Fry owned the shop with his family. It eventually became a division of Cadbury’s and so sadly the factory was closed in 2010 so that Craft could take over. This day was a tragic day for England. For English chocolate, in my opinion the best in the world, no, Universe as we in the UK after all, can buy (Mars bars and Milky Ways) just some more of Great Britain we have sold.  

Alexander Wood Hypodermic syringe, 1853

Alexander Graham Bell Telephone, 1876

Joseph Swan lightbulb, 1880

   Sir James Dewar Thermos flask, 1892 Dewar, was Scottish. He invented the flask as a result in the field of cryogenics whilst performing experiments in determining the specific heat of the element of palladium.  He formed a brass chamber that he enclosed in another chamber to keep the palladium at a desired temperature. The Dewar flask design was never patented some German men discovered the commercial use for the product thermos and claimed the rights and trademark.

Hubert CecilBooth Electric vacuum cleaner, 1901

Harry Brearley Stainless steel, 1913

Ernest Swinton Military tank, 1914

John Logie Baird Television, 1925

Percy Shaw cats eye for the roads, 1933. This man was from Yorkshire and never married. He died aged 86 and it was reported that in his later years he removed all carpets from his home and had three televisions on at all times. For each channel as of course until not that long ago, we in the UK only had three channels. Those were the days. Quality over quantity.

Frank Whittle Jet engine, 1937

Tommy Flowers Programmable Computer, 1943. Flowers was the son of a bricklayer. He was an incredibly intelligent man and was asked to build a decoding machine for world war two.

Peter Hobbs electronic kettle, 1955

John Charnley hip replacement, 1962. He was a Surgeon.

Owen Maclaran Collapsible baby buggy, 1965. He also invented the Spitfire undercarriage. It was when his daughter visited him with his first grandchild he saw his daughter struggling with the push chair.

Tim Burners Lee World wide web, 1989

Gosh we have come on so far since WWW? And I’m not talking wrestling? Smile.

 

Now you know why I have been quiet on here for the past 48 hours? A lot of research. I hope you find this kind of knowledge of some interest? If not, I will be back to my normal blogs soon. Just been busy in the office of late loads of work to be done and to juggle housework with being here for my Son a difficult age to manage, though our road is so smooth of late I’m still rather reluctant to relax too much. I have been writing a lot for my Hubs office and doing some interviews this keeps the old grey matter working somewhat.

 

Had a lovely chat with my Niece on the phone the other day. Sadly she didn’t make it here to see me. And my brother called me after his much needed break in the US.

 

Hub had a nice meeting with his eldest daughter. And today I had some great news about a friend I was concerned about.

 

So my fingers tapping on the key board either to write or to text making sure all is Okay in the world of planet Fifi!