The British are great at inventing stuff, but not so great at the commercial exploitation. I'm surprised they didn't mention the World Wide Web, invented by Tim (now Sir Tim) Berners-Lee while he was working at CERN.
Yes, the WWW is a massive "newer" invention which changed this world massively. Perhaps I'll make my own original video on this topic in the future since they miss so much and there really are not good videos out there talking about who invented what.
Fun fact also, Dr Patrick Steptoe delivered my mum in 1954 at the Royal Oldham Hospital near where I still live too this day (that's the same hospital where the first IVF baby was born) it's also funny that the town and in particular the village nearby (Royton) were the first industrialised towns in the world, with the first powered mill coming into existence on Thorpe estate in Royton in the 1700's, way before the rest of the country and the world experienced the industrial revolution, there is also remains and evidence of extremely ancient civilisations in the town, predating any roman era buildings, settlements etc. you should look into this town (Royton, Lancashire) I'm sure you'd enjoy the sheer vast plethora of history and world importance it has to offer) and maybe a little bias from me since it's my hometown :p
Airplane.. Sir George Cayley, 6th Baronet was an English engineer, inventor, and aviator. He is one of the most important people in the history of aeronautics. Many consider him to be the first true scientific aerial investigator and the first person to understand the underlying principles and forces of flight. Not the Wright brothers. Wright brothers first powered flight.
Sadly, the original portable digital audio concept was so far ahead of being a practical engineering proposition that the patent was bound to expire first. The concept existed, but the technology was far from ready. It was the same situation for Steve Sasson's digital camera project of 1975, which was a long way ahead of being a practical consumer product.
In my home county of Wiltshire, Henry Fox Talbot was a photographic pioneer and produced the first negative photograph that didn't fade. It's of a window in his home. The window still exists today.
Because the UK invented the postage stamp it didn’t feel the need to put our countries name on the stamp. It shows the Queen’s head with the value or if it’s 1st or 2nd class. Commemorative stamps are issued for special events or celebrations. These days stamps are self-adhesive. The old lick & stick stamps were a menace. In machines dampness would cause stamps to stick together and block machines. This also solved the perceived problem that the glue/adhesive now used was definitely vegan.
@@californianreacts extra awesomeness, there's a chance I'm descended from one of the last people to be executed there - listed on there as Anthony Mitchell. My family tree goes back to Mitchell's who were from the same village as he was.
Discoveries and inventions really took off in the 1850, due to industrial revolution and sciences being applied here into things. The US was still a nation that was in comparison behind the curve. That changed in 1945 with US dominance with industry and not having to rebuild after a 5 years of world war. Good upload and educational Phillip.
I wonder if the tizzard mission to the US helped. We handed over numerous scientific and industrial secrets to keep them out of German hands. One of them was the Cavity Magnatron, which most people have never heard of. It allowed the development of smaller more advanced radar sets, radar equipped in aircraft and ships.
Something of an over-simplification there. "Sciences being applied here into things" is the least scientifical phrase wot I not ain't never eared before. Innit
Number 3 on this list is quite interesting for me because I already knew that Dr Patrick Steptoe and Dr Robert G Edwards developed I.V.F. at Oldham General Hospital ( now known as Royal Oldham Hospital ) here in the U.K. simply because I used to live in Royton in the early 1970's - Royton's right next to Oldham on the map and it was our local hospital. The main thing about it is that at that time I was living with one of my elder sisters and Dr Steptoe performed a total hysterectomy on her after she'd given birth to her fourth baby. He told her that because each baby that she'd given birth to had been getting progressively larger ( her fourth baby was 11 lbs 12 oz ) that she could be endangering her life if she became pregnant again because she could expect that her fifth baby or any subsequent ones could be even larger and it could put her at risk of contracting diabetes. According to her he was a thoroughly nice bloke and a great doctor. My sister was dead chuffed about this and has always been carrying this as her personal badge of honour despite him performing the complete opposite on her of what he is more renowned for, i.e. his co-creation of I.V.F. treatments along with Dr Edwards.
Brit here - I found this list to be very uninspiring and lacklustre. Personally I’d have listed… Trains Radar Computers Television football/Soccer DNA Penicillin English common law The world wide web And the sextant ALL British inventions You’re welcome 💅👌 🤣
There was loads of Motion Pictures in the late 1800s... the one shown is the first ever(UK) but the Lumiere Brothers (French) brought movies out as early as 1888
Hey Jamie, sorry about that! I've actually recorded a few videos and got slammed with work and endless marriage prep items. I'd like to get back to two videos a week, I have so many saved I'd like to watch 🙂
agreed but unfortunately for the Scottish the welsh have invented more for there size, England have the most inventions period but the welsh have more for their size soo scots miss out on both categories
Despite our critics towards dubious colonial past tyrrany...i would argue that his little island of ours as saved more lives than any other in this world on the basis of medical and scientific advances...hence population explotion and life longevity
overflowing toilet? Is that a thing? Like.... how does it even happen? U press the button, it flushes, the button gets stuck, so its continuing to fill water and coincidentally getc clogged, so you just... watch it? Dont press the button again to maybe un-stuck it, or lift the cover and manually see whats wrong with the button? Lift up the plastic thing with air which regulates how much water should be in the tank, no? There must be so many things going wrong to point id say someone intended to make sure it overflows as normally that doesnt happen
Yeah, we pronounce it as 'gilla-teen'. Can't tell you why or the history behind it, only that the English have a colored history with France and probably say it that way out of spite! ^^
Most people believe that the original inventor of the jet engine is Hans von Ohain, a German aerospace engineer who "perfected" the jet engine by creating the German ME-262 fighter plane during World War II. However, this was not the first jet aircraft per se, it was the first jet fighter capable of sustaining speeds of up to 1300 km/h. In fact the first jet engine was invented by the Romanian Henri Coandă. Coandă had the idea of the jet engine in 1908 and built the first prototype in 1909. However, at that time the concept of the airplane was still in its infancy because even airplanes propellers had not yet evolved to their full potential. Hans von Ohain perfected the jet engine, but that does not mean he created it. The Coanda-1910 flew even if not to its best capabilities due to the technological limitations of the time. The ME-262, which is supposed to be the first jet/fighter, was built in 1944, 34 years after Henri Coandă's first jet, which gave Ohain plenty of time to to improve it.
Other British inventions include apple pie, doughnuts, baseball, sandwiches and the American national anthem is an old English pub drinking tune
John Ive the chief designer at Apple credited with iPod and others inventions was British raised in Chingford , London
The British are great at inventing stuff, but not so great at the commercial exploitation. I'm surprised they didn't mention the World Wide Web, invented by Tim (now Sir Tim) Berners-Lee while he was working at CERN.
Yes, the WWW is a massive "newer" invention which changed this world massively. Perhaps I'll make my own original video on this topic in the future since they miss so much and there really are not good videos out there talking about who invented what.
...and he gave it to the World for free...
@@jeffgraham6387 Which proves he's not American!!! :-D
Basically everything that allows this to exist. Phone, TV, motion pictures, computer, world wide Web.
Thomas Crapper was destined with a name like that
Light Bulb. How is this not in the top 10.
Or trains.
We also made the apple pie, which makes the phrase “as american as apple pie” funny.
My whole life has been a lie! I actually never knew about this but it does make that phrase funny
Apples were took from the UK to the states"
@@jemmajames6719 i don't get what your point is with that comment, but the first recorded apple pie recipe was in 1381 in england.
all sorts of railway stuff different tracks different locomotion, signals? telephones and exchanges
Ironically the ipod, iphone & imac were designed by a Brit John Ive
Fun fact also, Dr Patrick Steptoe delivered my mum in 1954 at the Royal Oldham Hospital near where I still live too this day (that's the same hospital where the first IVF baby was born) it's also funny that the town and in particular the village nearby (Royton) were the first industrialised towns in the world, with the first powered mill coming into existence on Thorpe estate in Royton in the 1700's, way before the rest of the country and the world experienced the industrial revolution, there is also remains and evidence of extremely ancient civilisations in the town, predating any roman era buildings, settlements etc. you should look into this town (Royton, Lancashire) I'm sure you'd enjoy the sheer vast plethora of history and world importance it has to offer) and maybe a little bias from me since it's my hometown :p
Great fun fact! All about hearing these fun facts and stories.
that's great I live not far from Oldham 😊
You come from Owdham and don't mention Dr. Brian Cox? Shame on thee.
@@steveneltringham1478 aye pal ado, and I know, he is from chaddy though :p
@@phatlyt Fair enough.
They missed the world wide web as well
Hi sir, I urge to try Fry's Chocolate Cream. It is still made, and delectable.
George stephenson invented the Rocket train,he is buried in my home town of Chesterfield,Derbshire.ENGLAND.
The "rocket" was built in my hometown of shildon in county Durham
The UK has invented more things than any other country world wide. And what about the ATM, invented in the 1960's in Britain and now used everywhere.
Actually Last I read the swedes have have us beat but we are a good second
@@1993joeking I may be wrong but I don't think so. We have always been miles ahead of anyone else.
@@1993joeking you are grossly misinformed I am afraid, the UK beats all other nations hands down in many areas, especially inventions
Its obvious why. The industrial revolution began in the UK.
Very odd that the video finished with motion pictures but didn't mention the world's first film, filmed in Leeds by Louis Le Prince
Airplane.. Sir George Cayley, 6th Baronet was an English engineer, inventor, and aviator. He is one of the most important people in the history of aeronautics. Many consider him to be the first true scientific aerial investigator and the first person to understand the underlying principles and forces of flight. Not the Wright brothers. Wright brothers first powered flight.
Fleming invented penicilinand according to Al Murray,gravity was invented by Issac Newton
Charles Parsons invented the steam turbine in 1884.
The UK is the most influential nation the world has ever known.
I read that somewhere + having thought about it, I agree.
If not, who is????
ive looked into it a lot and i concur .
Sadly, the original portable digital audio concept was so far ahead of being a practical engineering proposition that the patent was bound to expire first. The concept existed, but the technology was far from ready. It was the same situation for Steve Sasson's digital camera project of 1975, which was a long way ahead of being a practical consumer product.
i would have added the computer the world wide web
and the hovercraft
Yup, Alan Turing and his team at Bletchly Park.
mmmmm frys chocolate cream, but you gotta let it sit on a radiator or warm place for 10mins in the wrapper and then eat it with a spoon
In my home county of Wiltshire, Henry Fox Talbot was a photographic pioneer and produced the first negative photograph that didn't fade. It's of a window in his home. The window still exists today.
The MRI is conspicuously missing off this list?
Rounders is essentially just a hyped up version of a kids game we call rounders
rounders is called rounders?
Rounders was a Female version of the modern day Baseball.
as Al Murray says we invented work lol
Guillotin is a surname and a Doctor Guillotin is supposed to have suggested it's use as a speedy and humane method of executing criminals.
Because the UK invented the postage stamp it didn’t feel the need to put our countries name on the stamp. It shows the Queen’s head with the value or if it’s 1st or 2nd class. Commemorative stamps are issued for special events or celebrations. These days stamps are self-adhesive. The old lick & stick stamps were a menace. In machines dampness would cause stamps to stick together and block machines. This also solved the perceived problem that the glue/adhesive now used was definitely vegan.
Woohoo, Halifax gibbet - my home town. There's a replica still there.
Really? That's awesome! I'll have to search up a picture of it.
@@californianreacts the Wikipedia article on it is pretty thorough.
@@californianreacts extra awesomeness, there's a chance I'm descended from one of the last people to be executed there - listed on there as Anthony Mitchell. My family tree goes back to Mitchell's who were from the same village as he was.
You could take a look at how Scotland invented the modern world. There's a long version and a short version.
The TV, I think
Discoveries and inventions really took off in the 1850, due to industrial revolution and sciences being applied here into things. The US was still a nation that was in comparison behind the curve. That changed in 1945 with US dominance with industry and not having to rebuild after a 5 years of world war.
Good upload and educational Phillip.
Appreciate it, Darrell!
I wonder if the tizzard mission to the US helped.
We handed over numerous scientific and industrial secrets to keep them out of German hands.
One of them was the Cavity Magnatron, which most people have never heard of.
It allowed the development of smaller more advanced radar sets, radar equipped in aircraft and ships.
Something of an over-simplification there. "Sciences being applied here into things" is the least scientifical phrase wot I not ain't never eared before. Innit
it`s stuff you didn`t realise we invented, everyone knows about the thousands of obvious things, steam engine, computer, world wide web, steam locamotive , sky scraper, suspension bridge, chronometer etc etc etc
Industrial revolution is a hell of a drug.
most inventions were invented in Britain
Number 3 on this list is quite interesting for me because I already knew that Dr Patrick Steptoe and Dr Robert G Edwards developed I.V.F. at Oldham General Hospital ( now known as Royal Oldham Hospital ) here in the U.K. simply because I used to live in Royton in the early 1970's - Royton's right next to Oldham on the map and it was our local hospital. The main thing about it is that at that time I was living with one of my elder sisters and Dr Steptoe performed a total hysterectomy on her after she'd given birth to her fourth baby.
He told her that because each baby that she'd given birth to had been getting progressively larger ( her fourth baby was 11 lbs 12 oz ) that she could be endangering her life if she became pregnant again because she could expect that her fifth baby or any subsequent ones could be even larger and it could put her at risk of contracting diabetes. According to her he was a thoroughly nice bloke and a great doctor. My sister was dead chuffed about this and has always been carrying this as her personal badge of honour despite him performing the complete opposite on her of what he is more renowned for, i.e. his co-creation of I.V.F. treatments along with Dr Edwards.
The world-wide-web. Created by Tim Berners-Lee, whilst wording at CERN.
Yanks dont realise that Edison didnt invent the lightbulb.
He invented the lighthouse😂😂😂
Edison overused the patency.
He invented very little.
Shh don't tell the Americans.
Brit here -
I found this list to be very uninspiring and lacklustre.
Personally I’d have listed…
Trains
Radar
Computers
Television
football/Soccer
DNA
Penicillin
English common law
The world wide web
And the sextant
ALL British inventions
You’re welcome 💅👌
🤣
Haha yeah America thinks Farnsworth came up with television
What about the computer.
They missed loads, I could do a better list. Ping pong used to be called wiff waff. From Radio TV and Computers.
The first movie was made in Australia, the Legend of Ned Kelly in 1906!
There was loads of Motion Pictures in the late 1800s... the one shown is the first ever(UK) but the Lumiere Brothers (French) brought movies out as early as 1888
What about the telephone
He missed the Internet.
Hovercraft
Good to see you again, wondered what happened to you :) (oh and first comment surprisingly) :D
Hey Jamie, sorry about that! I've actually recorded a few videos and got slammed with work and endless marriage prep items. I'd like to get back to two videos a week, I have so many saved I'd like to watch 🙂
@@californianreacts no worries,real life obviously takes priority, just good your ok :)
Scotland invented much more for a country of its size.
agreed but unfortunately for the Scottish the welsh have invented more for there size, England have the most inventions period but the welsh have more for their size soo scots miss out on both categories
@@1993joeking In your dreams.
Joseph Kingsley what did the Welsh invent ? We always hear about the English or scots inventions ,would be refreshing to hear more about the Welsh .
@@lexiwilliams9422 there have been loads of Welsh inventions from deep space photography to the breathalyser you might of failed ;)
The topic is BRITISH inventions !
Despite our critics towards dubious colonial past tyrrany...i would argue that his little island of ours as saved more lives than any other in this world on the basis of medical and scientific advances...hence population explotion and life longevity
Yes, Viagra was invented in Sandwich. Where the sandwich was also invented.
overflowing toilet? Is that a thing? Like.... how does it even happen? U press the button, it flushes, the button gets stuck, so its continuing to fill water and coincidentally getc clogged, so you just... watch it? Dont press the button again to maybe un-stuck it, or lift the cover and manually see whats wrong with the button? Lift up the plastic thing with air which regulates how much water should be in the tank, no?
There must be so many things going wrong to point id say someone intended to make sure it overflows as normally that doesnt happen
World wide web
Yeah, we pronounce it as 'gilla-teen'. Can't tell you why or the history behind it, only that the English have a colored history with France and probably say it that way out of spite! ^^
Good to know! Was just curious because I've always heard it said (probably from the movies and such) the French way, I suppose you'd say.
Yes but we spell colored coloUred unless we're a yank living in the UK
Radio.
They were not self=adhesive. You had to lick them. If you consider ping-pong in the top 10 please think again.
The first ever jet engiene prototype was actualy created by Henri Coanda , a romanian.
Did we invent curry sauce and chips?
We invented the guillotine we are not french it's English
P
Most people believe that the original inventor of the jet engine is Hans von Ohain, a German aerospace engineer who "perfected" the jet engine by creating the German ME-262 fighter plane during World War II. However, this was not the first jet aircraft per se, it was the first jet fighter capable of sustaining speeds of up to 1300 km/h. In fact the first jet engine was invented by the Romanian Henri Coandă. Coandă had the idea of the jet engine in 1908 and built the first prototype in 1909. However, at that time the concept of the airplane was still in its infancy because even airplanes propellers had not yet evolved to their full potential. Hans von Ohain perfected the jet engine, but that does not mean he created it. The Coanda-1910 flew even if not to its best capabilities due to the technological limitations of the time. The ME-262, which is supposed to be the first jet/fighter, was built in 1944, 34 years after Henri Coandă's first jet, which gave Ohain plenty of time to to improve it.