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The following is a list and timeline of innovations as well as inventions and discoveries that involved British people or the United Kingdom including predecessor states in the history of the formation of the United Kingdom. This list covers, but is not limited to, innovation and invention in the mechanical, electronic, and industrial fields ...
British soldiers and emigrants to Canada and the United States played their stick-and-ball games on the winter ice and snow; in 1825, John Franklin (1786–1847) wrote during one of his Arctic expeditions: "The game of hockey played on the ice was the morning sport" on Great Bear Lake. [191] William Webb Ellis at Rugby School, 1823-4
Roger Bacon (1214–1292), magnifying glass; Edward Barber (1969– ), London 2012 Olympic Torch; Julia Barfield (1952– ), architect who contributed to the design of the London Eye and the i360 observation tower in Brighton, England
Pages in category "British inventions" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. List of British innovations and discoveries; A.
[42] [43] Scientific journals produced in the UK include Nature, the British Medical Journal and The Lancet. Britain was one of the largest recipients of research funding from the European Union. From 2007 to 2013, the UK received €8.8 billion out of a total of €107 billion expenditure on research, development and innovation in EU Member ...
The seismometer innovations thereof: James David Forbes [118] Metaflex fabric innovations thereof: University of St. Andrews (2010) application of the first manufacturing fabrics that manipulate light in bending it around a subject. Before this such light manipulating atoms were fixed on flat hard surfaces.
List of British innovations and discoveries; List of Bulgarian inventors and discoverers; List of Byzantine inventions; C. List of Canadian inventions, innovations ...
British inventors (8 C, 138 P) A. Advanced Research and Invention Agency (3 P) B. British inventions (8 C, 173 P) C. ... Pages in category "Innovation in the United ...