Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Zed, Apr 23, 2024.
The spinning Jenny
Aka the Breath Lady.
Brexit.
Tull's Seed Drill.
Egotistical scientists with strange hair like Isaac Newton.
Whitworth screw threads.
That’s it, gravity was invented in Britain!
And industrial steel-making generally.
Yep. First standardised screw thread. Well done, Joe Whitworth
The Bailey Bridge
Inventor was from Rotherham….think we’d best just stick to Yorkshire things.
The Big Southern Jessie bridge was actually invented in the South five years before Bailey.
The Ejection Seat.
Football, cricket, rugby (the proper kind),
Starkey, McCartney - so at least 1/2 Irish Not sure on Lennon and Harrison
Newton wore a wig as was the fashion at the time - Einstein's was all his own and he wasn't English
I was going to mention Ernie Rutherford - but he was a Kiwi.
The Jeremy Kyle show
Colonel George Fosbery's automatic revolver. Perfect for shooting fuzzie-wuzzies in the Sudan.
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