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Engineers during World War Two test a model of a Halifax bomber in a wind tunnel, an invention that dates back to 1871.. The following is a list and timeline of innovations as well as inventions and discoveries that involved British people or the United Kingdom including the predecessor states before the Treaty of Union in 1707, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland.
British Raj period: the first definite map of India drawn by English cartographers. Mid-19th century: First noted journal club by English surgeon Sir James Paget (1814–1899); recalling in his memoirs time spent at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London, Paget describes "a kind of club [. . .] a small room over a baker's shop near the Hospital ...
10th century: Fire lance in Song dynasty China, developed in the 10th century with a tube of first bamboo and later on metal that shot a weak gunpowder blast of flame and shrapnel, its earliest depiction is a painting found at Dunhuang. [344] Fire lance is the earliest firearm in the world and one of the earliest gunpowder weapons. [345] [346]
Ælfric of Eynsham completes the English Lives of Saints. [1] 998. Danes raid southern and western coasts. [1] 999. Danes raid Kent, attacking Rochester. [1] 1000. English fleet invades the Isle of Man. [1] English invasion of Cumbria fails. [1] Heroic poem The Battle of Maldon composed. [1]
The 10th century was the period from 901 (represented by the Roman numerals CMI) through 1000 (M) in accordance with the Julian calendar, and the last century of the 1st millennium. In China, the Song dynasty was established, with most of China reuniting after the fall of the Tang dynasty and the following Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period .
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
Although the term "Anglo Saxon" was not used as a common term until modern times, it is not a modern invention because it was also used in some specific contexts already between the 8th and 10th centuries. Before the 8th century, the most common collective term for the Old-English speakers was "Saxons", which was a word originally associated ...
English inventions (9 C, 223 P) Northern Irish inventions (2 P) Scottish inventions (6 C, 89 P) Welsh inventions (3 C, 6 P) H. Holography (4 C, 72 P) M.