British Inventions
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The British people have been the most inventive people in history. Almost all of the important inventions of the nineteenth and twentieth century have been invented by the the British.
Military
The tank
The bouncing bomb
Optical landing system for aircraft carriers
Technological
The telephone
The iPod
The electric motor
Industrial
Spinning Jenny yarn producer (Hargreaves)
Safety Lamp (Davy)
Transport
the hovercraft
Pneumatic Tyre
Sports