Inventors and Inventions
***TOO LONG***Taking existing telegraph technology as his cue, Brit Alexander Graham Bell used his experience working with mute children to come up with the harmonic telegraph - a system that could transmit different tones across wire using multiple reeds. His 'germ of a great invention' was boos...
The Indelible Impact on British Heritage and Beyond.
The Electric Motor and Contributions to British Heritage.
***TOO LONG***We know what you're thinking: it has to be American, surely? In fact the idea for the first programmable machine was dreamed up in 1812 by London-born boffin Charles Babbage, who dedicated his life to actually building the thing. Thanks to an unfortunate series of personal and finan...
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan and the Dawn of the Electric Age.
***TOO LONG***There's nothing like a good war to stoke the fires of invention and WWII was brilliant at it. Alongside the bouncing bombs, ballistic missiles and corner-shot rifles, the jet engine stands tall (actually, flies high). Developed independently (obviously) by both the British and the G...
The Unseen Luminary of British Heritage.
Contribution of Radar to British Heritage.
The Forerunner of Modern Digital Music and his Undeniable Legacy in British Heritage.
The Legacy of Greenwich Mean Time in British Heritage.
Contribution of James Lovelock and the Gaia Hypothesis to British Heritage.
Contribution to British Heritage.
Contribution to British Heritage.
The Foundational Pillar of British Aviation Heritage.
George Stephenson - The Railway Locomotive Pioneer.
Telegraph Pioneer and Harbinger of British Technological Heritage.
Contribution to British Heritage: Sir Charles Wheatstone - Electrical Resistance and Telegraphy.
A Pioneer in Engineering and Innovation.
Contribution to British Heritage.
Theoretical Physicist: A Pillar of British Heritage.
Contribution to British Heritage: Deciphering the DNA Structure.
A Defining Contribution to British Heritage.
Ethical Contributions to British Heritage.
Contribution to British Heritage.
