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English inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques invented, innovated or discovered, partially or entirely, in England by a person from England. Often, things discovered for the first time are also called inventions and in many cases, there is no clear line between the two.
The Virgo interferometer is a large-scale scientific instrument near Pisa, Italy, for detecting gravitational waves.The detector measures minuscule length variations in its two 3-kilometre (1.9-mile) arms induced by the passage of gravitational waves.
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
Discoveries Share these new stories with your friends: — An analysis of a 68 million-year-old fossilized skull in Antarctica revealed the oldest known modern bird, which had a toothless beak and ...
From the early 15th century to the early 17th century the Age of Discovery had, through Portuguese seafarers, and later, Spanish, Dutch, French and English, opened up southern Africa, the Americas (New World), Asia and Oceania to European eyes: Bartholomew Dias had sailed around the Cape of southern Africa in search of a trade route to India; Christopher Columbus, on four journeys across the ...
C. Carbonated water; Carey Foster bridge; Carr's disintegrator; Cast iron; Cat o' nine tails; Cat's eye (road) Catch Me Who Can; Cavity magnetron; Celluloid; Cheddar cheese
Columbus before the Queen, imagined by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1843. This timeline of European exploration lists major geographic discoveries and other firsts credited to or involving Europeans during the Age of Discovery and the following centuries, between the years AD 1418 and 1957.
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