what are your Country's biggest contribution to the human civilization

[km-sh]

China's 4 greatest inventions

Paper
typography
powder
compass
:)

[Jury]

Australia

Gold
Heaps of new medical breakthroughs
Kylie
Actors like; Russel Crowe, Nicole Kidman, Mel Gibson, Kate Blanchet and many more
other things i cant think of hha

[nick_taylor]

Most important contributions to human civillisation:
- Modern political ideology
- Industrialisation
- Globalisation
- Greatest prolonged democratic and economic contribution after the diffusion of the Empire (eg largest democracy on the planet: India, etc)
- English: the world's first trully global language
- London: the city of cities

Other important, but not as siginificant inventions as the ones above (in my humble opinion):
- Computer
- www.
- Jet engine
- Tank
- Radar
- Aircraft carrier
- Antibiotics
- Ball bearing
- Telephone
- Discovering DNA + DNA fingerprinting
- Elastic
- Rubber band
- Soft drinks (ie what Coke is)
- Silicone
- Fax Machine
- Mass-vaccination
- Thermos
- Fuel cell
- Sunglasses
- Xmas greeting card
- IVF
- Train
- Vaccum Cleaner
- Maglev
- Hovercraft
- Matches
- Stainless steel
- Particle Accelerator
- Shoelaces
- Flushing toilet
- Cement
- Cloning
- CAT scan

[Craig]

Thats a pretty comprehensive and I'd say hard to beat list there nick-taylor - brings a lump to my throat

[bnmaddict]

France's biggest contribution to the human civilization:
- The universal declaration of Human rights
- Photography (Niepce was French)
- Cinema (The Lumière brothers was Fench)
- Color photography (Lumière brothers)
- Reinforced concrete
- Prestressed concrete

Other invention:
- Braille (Louis braille invented braille printing for the blinds)
- Altimeter
- Pencils (Conté was French)
- Bic pencil (Baron Bic)
- Scuba equipment (Cousteau was French)
- Stethoscope (Laennec)
- Electroscope
- Digital calculator (Blaise Pascal invented the concept)
- Bikini (perhaps one of the most important invention of this list)
- Parachutes (First real parachute as Da Vinci's one was just a drawing)
- Neon lights (Georges Claude)
- Helicopters (Paul Cornu)
- Blood transfusion (Jean-Baptiste Denys)
- Fire extinguisher (Hoppfer)
- Hot air baloon (Montgolfier brothers)
- Sewing machines (Thimmonier)
- Pasteurisation for food conservation (Pasteur)
- Bicycles (Michaux 1860)
- Various discoveries relative to the atom and radioactivity (Curie's family)

(- Diesel engine, invented by a GERMAN born in France and who lived in Paris :) )

[rocky]

french kiss

[Macca-GC]

Australia's biggest contribution is a difference.

We're yobbs. We see Americans as stuck-up and Europe as old-school.

But, while being yobbs, we do not swoop to the level of the American hippie. We are laxy, but more like a greek lazy. We'll do it when the shit's about to hit the fan. Maybe that's because Melbourne is the biggest Greek population outside of Greece.

[earthJoker]

Other important, but not as siginificant inventions as the ones above (in my humble opinion):
- Computer
- www.
- Jet engine
- Tank
- Radar
- Aircraft carrier
- Antibiotics
- Ball bearing
- Telephone
- Discovering DNA + DNA fingerprinting
- Elastic
- Rubber band
- Soft drinks (ie what Coke is)
- Silicone
- Fax Machine
- Mass-vaccination
- Thermos
- Fuel cell
- Sunglasses
- Xmas greeting card
- IVF
- Train
- Vaccum Cleaner
- Maglev
- Hovercraft
- Matches
- Stainless steel
- Particle Accelerator
- Shoelaces
- Flushing toilet
- Cement
- Cloning
- CAT scan
If that should be england, the list ist defenitly flawed (I don't say everythink is wrong but there are some major mistakes).

[Jury]

^ lol yea, computer and www. is wrong for sure!

many are wrong, also 1 thing im sure of, hovercraft is japanise

[Jury]

Yugoslavia - Serbia is the most important country - its man - NIKOLA TESLA invented electricity, and also x-rays, & just before dying worked on wireless electicity transmission & a "death ray" . He's also the person that developed the radar! Oh and the RADIO!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla

"Nikola Tesla is the true unsung prophet of the electric age; without whom our radio, auto ignition, telephone, alternating current power generation and transmission, radio and television would all have been impossible."

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/50/Nikola_Tesla.jpg

http://www.teslasociety.com/pictures/plaque.jpg

http://www.teslasociety.com/teslamoney2.jpg

http://www.teslasociety.com/teslaunit3.jpg

http://www.teslasociety.com/


Nikola Tesla



Nikola Tesla was one of the most important engineers of his time. Although he never received a university degree, he was one of the pioneers of radio, took some of the first X-ray photographs, constructed the first radio-controlled robots, and built the first AC power system. And yet, for all this, why is Tesla not remembered as a great engineer like his contemporaries Edison and Marconi? Why has Tesla's name become associated with pseudo-science, his work the province of bizarre cults and conspiracy theories1? Why has Tesla's contribution to science been marginalised by orthodox history?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A486182


Inventions: a telephone repeater, rotating magnetic field principle, polyphase alternating-current system, induction motor, alternating-current power transmission, Tesla coil transformer, wireless communication, radio, fluorescent lights, and more than 700 other patents.

[Monkey]

^ lol yea, computer and www. is wrong for sure!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners_Lee

Sir Timothy John "Tim" Berners-Lee, KBE, (TimBL or TBL) (b. June 8, 1955) is the inventor of the World Wide Web (along with Robert Cailliau) and head of the World Wide Web Consortium, which oversees its continued development.

Berners-Lee was born in London, England, and attended Emanuel School in Wandsworth.

[Monkey]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage

Charles Babbage (December 26, 1791 – October 18, 1871) was an English mathematician, analytical philosopher and (proto-) computer scientist who was the first person to come up with the idea of a programmable computer. Parts of his uncompleted mechanisms are on display in the London Science Museum. In 1991, working from Babbage's original plans, a Difference Engine was completed, and functioned perfectly. They were built to tolerances achievable in the 19th century, indicating that Babbage's machine would have worked.

[Jonesy55]

1 thing im sure of, hovercraft is japanise

About as Japanese as Cornish Pasties!

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blhovercraft.htm

[wickedestcity]

Toadman
Australia's biggest contribution is a difference.

We're yobbs. We see Americans as stuck-up and Europe as old-school.

But, while being yobbs, we do not swoop to the level of the American hippie. We are laxy, but more like a greek lazy. We'll do it when the shit's about to hit the fan. Maybe that's because Melbourne is the biggest Greek population outside of Greece

Yobbo:
1-An Australian lout, the close cousin of the bogan. Much like American white trash or lummox. Their habitats usually are with female yobbos, known as Shelias and large canines usually a bull terrier breed. Often has autmated transport of a ute kind
2-A loud, inconsiderate person, usually found in groups for self preservation. Sometimes prone to violence,always found with beer and cheap smokes. Usually smell.
The "hill" at any football match of any code is the usual haunt of the Yobbo.
3-A yobbo is someone with a bush australian back groud and bad tast. Or from a poorer white australian background.
a yobbo is steve erwin(the shorts give it away!)or slim dusty.


lol doesent sound like somthing to be proud of man!

[BenJoiNO]

Brazil:

Airplane
Music

[Sexas]

China's 4 greatest inventions

Paper
typography
powder
compass
:)

You forgot Paper Books, Ink, Firework, Spaghetti(noodle), Medicine, Silk, Planetarium, Iron Casting, Paper Currency, Mapping and Ketchup....

As for USA ....list too long. big thing like Light Bulb, Telegraph, Commercially Sugar Making, Computer...O yea and Airplane too.
small things like Adhesive Type, Bar Code, Jeans, Bubble Gum, Cash Register, Cellular Phone, Coca-Cola, Crayons, Dishwasher, Escalator, Fountain Pen, Bifocal, Sawing Machines, Microwave, Pantyhose, Typewriter, Smoke Alarm, Teabag, Windshield Wiper, Xerography, Zipper....

[Jonesy55]

As for USA... Teabag,

You invented the teabag? and you don't even drink much tea. We missed out on that one, should've been us :no:

[Sexas]

Brazil:

Airplane
Music

Airplane from Brazil? Everybody know airplane was invented 1903 by Wright Brothers in North Carolina.

[Sexas]

You invented the teabag? and you don't even drink much tea. We missed out on that one, should've been us :no:

Yap, Tea bags were invented by Thomas Sullivan around 1908. The first bags were made from silk. Sullivan was a tea and coffee merchant in New York who began packaging tea sample in tiny silk bags, but many customers brewed the tea in them (the tea-filled bag was placed directly into the boiling water where the tea brewed, instead of the traditional way of brewing loose tea in a teapot). Later tea bags were made of thin paper.

[Skybean]

5 Pin Bowling ...a truly Canadian sport invented by T.E. Ryan of Toronto in 1909

Able Walker ...the walker was patented by Norm Rolston in 1986

Access Bar ...patented food bar designed to help burn fat by Dr Larry Wang

Air-Conditioned Railway Coach ...invented by Henry Ruttan in 1858

Abdominizer ...the infomercial exercise darling invented by Dennis Colonello in 1984

AC Radio Tube ..invented by Edward Samuels Rogers in 1925

Acetylene ...Thomas L. Wilson invented the production process in 1892

Acetylene Buoy ...invented by Thomas L. Wilson in 1904

Agrifoam Crop Cold Protector ...co-invented in 1967 by D. Siminovitch & J. W. Butler

Analytical Plotter ...a 3d map making system invented by Uno Vilho Helava in 1957

Andromonon ...a 3 wheeled vehicle invented in 1851 by Thomas Turnbull

Anti-Gravity Suit ...invented by Wilbur Rounding Franks in 1941, a suit for high altitude jet pilots

Automatic Foghorn ...the first steam foghorn was invented by Robert Foulis in 1859

Automatic Machinery Lubricator ...one of the many inventions invented by Elijah McCoy, the "Real McCoy"

Automatic Postal Sorter ...in 1957, Maurice Levy invented a postal sorter that could handle 200,000 letters an hour

Basketball ...invented by James Naismith in 1891

Bone Marrow Compatibility Test ...invented by Barbara Bain in 1960

Bromine ...a process to extract was invented by Herbert Henry Dow in 1890

Calcium Carbide ...in 1892, Thomas Leopold Willson invented a process for Calcium Carbide

Canada Dry Ginger Ale ...invented in 1907 by John A. McLaughlin

Chocolate Nut Bar ...Arthur Ganong made the first nickel bar in 1910

Computerized Braille ...invented by Roland Galarneau in 1972

Creed Telegraph System ..in 1900, Fredrick Creed invented a way to convert Morse Code to text

Compound Steam Engine ...invented by Benjamin Franklin Tibbetts in 1842

CPR Mannequin ...invented by Dianne Croteau in 1989.

Electric Car Heater ...Thomas Ahearn invented the first electric car heater in 1890

Electric Cooking Range ...Thomas Ahearn invented the first in 1882

Electric Light Bulb ...Henry Woodward invented the electric light bulb in 1874 and sold the patent to Thomas Edison

Electron Microscope ...Eli Franklin Burton, Cecil Hall, James Hillier, Albert Prebus co-invented the electron microscope in 1937

Electric Organ ...Morse Robb of Belleville, Ontario, patented the world's first electric organ in 1928

Electric Streetcar - Invented by John Joseph Wright in 1883

Fathometer ...An early form of sonar invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1919

Film Colourization ...invented by Wilson Markle in 1983

Garbage Bag ...(polyethylene) invented by Harry Wasylyk in 1950

Goalie Mask ...invented by Jaques Plante in 1960

Gramophone ...co-invented by Alexander Graham Bell & Emile Berliner in 1889

Green Ink ...currency or greenbacks ink invented by Thomas Sterry Hunt in 1862

Half-tone Engraving ...co-invented by Georges Edouard Desbarats & William Augustus Leggo in 1869

Heart Pacemaker ...invented by Dr. John A. Hopps in 1950

Hydrofoil Boats ...co-invented by Alexander Graham Bell, & Casey Baldwin in 1908

IMax Movie System ...co-invented in 1968 by Grahame Ferguson, Roman Kroitor and Robert Kerr

Instant Mashed Potatoes ...dehydrated potato flakes were invented by Edward A. Asselbergs, in 1962

Insulin Process ...Fredrick Banting, J. J. Macleod, Charles Best and Collip invented the process for insulin in 1922

JAVA ...a programming language invented by James Gosling in 1994

Jetliner ...the first jetliner was designed by James Floyd in 1949

Jolly Jumper ...a baby's delight invented by Olivia Poole in 1959

Kerosene ...invented by Doctor Abraham Gesner in 1846

Lawn Sprinkler ...another invention made by the Real McCoy

Light Bulb Leads ..leads made of nickel & iron alloy were invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1892

Marquis Wheat ...invented by Sir Charles E. Saunders in 1908

Mcintosh Apple ...invented by John McIntosh in 1796

Music Synthesizer ...invented by Hugh Le Caine in 1945

Newsprint ...invented by Charles Fenerty in 1838

Odometer ...invented by Samuel McKeen in 1854

Paint Roller ...invented by Norman Breakey of Toronto in 1940

Plexiglas ...(Polymerized Methyl Methacrylate) invented by William Chalmers in 1931

Polypump Liquid Dispenser ...Harold Humphrey made pumpable liquid hand soap possible in 1972

Portable Film Developing System ...invented by Arthur Williams McCurdy in 1890, but he foolishly sold the patent to George Eastman in 1903

Potato Digger ...invented by Alexander Anderson in 1856

Process to Extract Helium from Natural Gas ...invented by Sir John Cunningham McLennan in 1915

Prosthetic Hand ...an electric prosthetic invented by Helmut Lucas in 1971

Quartz Clock ...Warren Marrison developed the first quartz clock

R-Theta Navigation System ...invented by J.E.G. Wright in 1958

Radio-Transmitted Voice ...invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1904

Railway Car Brake ...invented by George B. Dorey in 1913

Railway Sleeper Car ...invented by Samuel Sharp in 1857

Robertson Screw ...invented by Peter L. Robertson in 1908

Rotary Blow Molding Machine ...this plastic bottle maker was invented by Gustave Côté in 1966

Rotary Railroad Snowplow ...invented by J.E. Elliott in 1869

Rubber Shoe Heels ...Elijah McCoy patented an important iimprovement to rubber heels in 1879

Safety Paint ...a high reflectivity paint invented by Neil Harpham in 1974

Screw Propeller ...a ship's propeller invented by John Patch in 1833

Silicon Chip Blood Analyzer ...invented by Imants Lauks in 1986

SlickLicker ...made for cleaning oil spills, patented by Richard Sewell in 1970

Snowblower ...invented by Arthur Sicard in 1925

Snowmobile ...invented by Joseph-Armand Bombardier in 1922

Standard Time ...invented by Sir Sanford Fleming in 1878

Stereo-orthography Map Making System ...invented by T.J. Blachut, Stanley Collins in 1965

Superphosphate Fertilizer ...invented by Thomas L. Wilson in 1896

Synthetic Sucrose ...invented by Dr. Raymond Lemieux in 1953

Television ...Reginald A. Fessenden patented a television system in 1927

Television Camera ...invented by F. C. P. Henroteau in 1934

Telephone ..invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876

Telephone Handset ...invented by Cyril Duquet in 1878

Tone-to-Pulse Converter ...invented by Michael Cowpland in 1974

Trivial Pursuit ...invented on December 15, 1979 by Chris Haney and Scott Abbott

Tuck-Away-Handle Beer Carton ...invented by Steve Pasjac in 1957

Undersea Telegraph Cable ...invented by Fredrick Newton Gisborne in 1857

UV-degradable Plastics ...invented by Dr. James Guillet in 1971

Variable Pitch Aircraft Propeller ...invented by Walter Rupert Turnbull in 1922

Walkie-Talkie ...invented by Donald L. Hings in 1942

Wireless Radio ...invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1900

Wirephoto ...Edward Samuels Rogers invented the first in 1925

Zipper ...invented by Gideon Sundback in 1913

[Monkey]

http://www2.britishembassy.dk/?id=157

"A study by Japan's equivalent of the Department of Trade and Industry concluded that 54% of the world's most important inventions over the past 100 years were British. Of the rest, 25% were American and 5% Japanese.

According to Japanese research figures, of all the patents granted throughout the world for new inventions in the last 50 years, 40% have been to inventors from the British Isles alone, and the trend continues..."

[Sexas]

Electric Light Bulb ...Henry Woodward invented the electric light bulb in 1874 and sold the patent to Thomas Edison

So who really invented the light bulb?? I think the light bulb by Woodward don't count, since it's only experimented, but I know you don't agree that.

[willo]

spain:

-discoverment of america
-helicopter
-submarine
-chupa chups (if you don't no what it is look at the picture below)
http://tunafish.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ChupaChups4.jpg
http://www.oldtimecandy.com/images/candypix-pages/chupa-chups1_small.jpg
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~alexgw/Italy/preview/chupa_chups_dispenser.jpg
-kitchen-maid,malkin
-spanish arts (gaudí,cervantes,picasso...)

[DoctorZero2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage

Charles Babbage (December 26, 1791 – October 18, 1871) was an English mathematician, analytical philosopher and (proto-) computer scientist who was the first person to come up with the idea of a programmable computer. Parts of his uncompleted mechanisms are on display in the London Science Museum. In 1991, working from Babbage's original plans, a Difference Engine was completed, and functioned perfectly. They were built to tolerances achievable in the 19th century, indicating that Babbage's machine would have worked.
It is true what you write, but the computer in the modern sense of the word, i.e. a machine that can be programmed to execute *any* algorithm is an invention of Konrad Zuse. His company manufactured several working machines during WW2 in Berlin, don't know the year. All previously built or semi-built machines were specialized calculators which could only execute a restricted range of algorithms.
The first computer using the now common von-Neumann architecture was built in the USA, I think in the fifties.

[sojourner truth ™]

Ehh... Flourecent Lights

[Jonesy55]

I see that France and Spain are both claiming the Helicopter, who's right? Or is it like many other inventions like Computers or the Radio where several distinct steps were needed to get to where we are today and it's difficult to say who was more important?

btw Didn't Leonardo Da Vinci invent the Helicopter? ;)

[Küsel]

- Internet (CERN, Geneva)
- Enlightment and Reformation (Calvin, Rousseau, Zwingli...)
- Modern pedagogy (Pestalozzi)
- Swiss Army knife
- Modern Democracy (to be discussed :))
- Neutrality
- The Red Cross (Henry Dunant)
- Dadaism
- Closomat ;)

And not to forget the works Einstein did here before emigrating to the US...
NOT the coocook's clock! :)

About the Airplain: yes, Brazil - sorry! Santos Dumont was making his experiments earlier than the Bros Wright but didn't get the "price" from the international scientific society because of disputes. Til now he's not accepted to having invented the Airplane unfortunatly... :(

[Küsel]

btw Didn't Leonardo Da Vinci invent the Helicopter? ;)
Exactly! And the parachute...

[bnmaddict]

I see that France and Spain are both claiming the Helicopter, who's right? Or is it like many other inventions like Computers or the Radio where several distinct steps were needed to get to where we are today and it's difficult to say who was more important?

btw Didn't Leonardo Da Vinci invent the Helicopter? ;)

Most of modern inventions can be claimed by several countries, but the first piloted helicopter was invented and built by a French, Paul Cornu:

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blhelicoptor.htm

You know, being the first to imagine something is not like actually building it...

The best exemple is Denis Papin, a French who imagined the steam engine, wrote down all the theory in 1687, and eleven years later, a British called Savery built it and is know considered the inventor of the steam engine... at least by the Brits :)
Here's a little biography of this great man: Papin (http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Papin.html)

Another exemple is the automobile, always considered an invention of Daimler, a German, but Cugnot, another French built the very first steam propeled automobile in 1770...

Some other French invention I can add to my previous list:

Relative to medicine:
- Rage vaccination (Pasteur)
- BCG vaccination (Calmette-Guerrin) against tuberulosis
- Hepathite B vaccination (Maupas)
- leishmaniasis vaccination (Monjour)

In science:
- Artificial radioactivity (Joliot-Curie -> Nobel prize)

In technology:
- Combustion engine (Lenoir, Belgian born inventor who lived and worked in France)
- Steamboat (Claude Fr. Jouffroy d'Abbans 1783)
- Aerial telegraphy (Claude Chappe 1794)
- Smart card (Roland Moreno 1974): you know, the little chipset on your Visa or Mastercard credit card, in your cellphone and soon in your passport

Cool thread! :)

[JARdan]

LOL Skybean, I saw that EXACT list you copied from a site. You should have just put the main significant Canadian inventions, ie: (sorry if I repeat)
-Basketball
-Lacrosse
-Hockey (as we play it today)
-Baseball
-Red Rose Tea :)
-Panoramic Pictures and Camera
-AM Radio
-IMAX Projector and System
-Telephone
-Cable TV
-Air-Conditioning in Cars
-Snowblower
-Snowmobile
-Standard Time (all of those time zones that exist today: very significant and important)
-Electric Cooking Range
-Robertson Screw
-Kerosene
-Pulp Newsprint (I actually think it was my Great great Grandfather)
-Electron Microscope
-Superman

[Skybean]

LOL Skybean, I saw that EXACT list you copied from a site. You should have just put the main significant Canadian inventions, ie: (sorry if I repeat)
-Basketball
-Lacrosse
-Hockey (as we play it today)
-Baseball
-Red Rose Tea :)
-Panoramic Pictures and Camera
-AM Radio
-IMAX Projector and System
-Telephone
-Cable TV
-Air-Conditioning in Cars
-Snowblower
-Snowmobile
-Standard Time (all of those time zones that exist today: very significant and important)
-Electric Cooking Range
-Robertson Screw
-Kerosene
-Pulp Newsprint (I actually think it was my Great great Grandfather)
-Electron Microscope
-Superman

Yeah cuz it was the first site that came up :)
Screw it I thought.. just post the whole lot and fill up the whole screen.

We wouldn't be forgetting insulin would we? You gotta give props to nobel winners
http://vietsciences.free.fr/nobel/tongquat/images/banting_best.gif


Or even Winnie the Pooh.
http://www.letsgoretro.com/assets/winnie_large.jpg

[luv2bebrown]

umm...

I thought Al Gore invented all these things.

[nick_taylor]

earthJoker - The list I provided was for that of The UK.

Jury - I think you need to do some research before discrediting it ;)



On another note forgot to mentionfor the UK:
- Football
- Rugby
- Golf
- Tennis
- Cricket
- Squash
- Modern badminton
- Archery
- Modern hockey

[Mr Man]

America, by ways of greed, mastered and near-perfected the art of Capitalism. As a result, it's possible for 99% of human wants to be efficently distributed when considering the limited resources of the world.

[koolguy]

http://www2.britishembassy.dk/?id=157

"A study by Japan's equivalent of the Department of Trade and Industry concluded that 54% of the world's most important inventions over the past 100 years were British. Of the rest, 25% were American and 5% Japanese.

According to Japanese research figures, of all the patents granted throughout the world for new inventions in the last 50 years, 40% have been to inventors from the British Isles alone, and the trend continues..."
According to a Danish site.

[Dino Domingo]

Other Canadian inventions:

the zipper
the push-up bra
the idea of having Time Zones
the chocolate bar
Smarties!
the Canada Arm (CanadARM) used on the space shuttles to conduct repairs
the goalie mask
the washing machine
Anne of Green Gables
Superman!
Ginger Ale
the electric light bulb
the garbage bag
the sprinkler
the prosthetic hand
Trivial Pursuit!
the Walkie-Talkie
the electric wheelchair
the Pacemaker
the rollerskate
Yachtzee!

GO CANADA! :)

[Petronius]

POrtugal's contribution to the world:

-the Astrolab

http://www.avizora.com/mensajes_del_cielo/astrologia/astrolog5_archivos/astr5_archivos/astrolab.jpg

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.abc.se/~m10354/mar/img/astrolab.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.abc.se/~m10354/uwa/glossary.htm&h=322&w=252&sz=6&tbnid=3xHF-UoD6ZQJ:&tbnh=114&tbnw=89&start=11&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dastrolab%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D

-The nonio

http://digilander.libero.it/bigen/set/nonio.jpg

-The Caravel

http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/students/his3487/cole/images/caravel.gif

-The very first World Maps

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.zoomvacations.com/New%2520Zoom/world%2520map.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.zoomvacations.com/travelagentmapoftours.htm&h=365&w=581&sz=65&tbnid=V_As_NSqM5kJ:&tbnh=82&tbnw=131&start=2&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dworld%2Bmap%2B%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D

-The first Europeans in America, Asia, Southern Africa

http://www.junior.te.pt/Final/Rua/ImgA/portugal/portugueses_japao.jpg

The first circumnavigation of the planet (Magellan)

http://home.arcor.de/zu7al/Bilder/Sonnensystem/Erde/magellan%20reise.gif

The first sugar refineries[b]

[b]-Lobotomy

-SIM Cards


VIA VERDE - An autmomatic system to pay at motorway toll gates, which is being sold throughout the world(started in Portugal, now NOrway, France, etc.) and might arrive to you sooner than you think

http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/contractors/tolling/q-free/

[Alex Pox]

China's 4 greatest inventions

Paper
typography
powder
compass
:)
Is that why you started this thread???

[Macca-GC]

Yobbo:
1-An Australian lout, the close cousin of the bogan. Much like American white trash or lummox. Their habitats usually are with female yobbos, known as Shelias and large canines usually a bull terrier breed. Often has autmated transport of a ute kind
2-A loud, inconsiderate person, usually found in groups for self preservation. Sometimes prone to violence,always found with beer and cheap smokes. Usually smell.
The "hill" at any football match of any code is the usual haunt of the Yobbo.
3-A yobbo is someone with a bush australian back ground and bad taste. Or from a poorer white australian background.
a yobbo is steve Irwin(the shorts give it away!)or slim dusty.


lol doesent sound like somthing to be proud of man!

First of all, very precise. But, Slim Dusty was not a yobbo.
The 'hill' is an essential part of any Australian stadium, particularly for cricket.
In regard to number 3: Australians tend not to like the rich snobs who live in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane's Eastern Suburbs. I would say 75% of Australians live in a middle class and 20% in the poor lower class. And then, our middle class is still a bit poorer than our American counterparts. You really can't appreciate the Australian yob until you come to Australia and see it in person.

And by the way, Steve Irwin isn't a yob, he's a wanker

[Macca-GC]

The reason why Australia was colonised: So that Britain would have people to beat them at sports that they invented(Golf, Tennis, Rugby, Cricket)

[ejd03]

Australia

Gold
Heaps of new medical breakthroughs
Kylie
Actors like; Russel Crowe, Nicole Kidman, Mel Gibson, Kate Blanchet and many more
other things i cant think of hha

what the.. gold?? are you kidding? it's natural thing you can't invent gold

[Alex Pox]

First of all, very precise. But, Slim Dusty was not a yobbo.
The 'hill' is an essential part of any Australian stadium, particularly for cricket.
In regard to number 3: Australians tend not to like the rich snobs who live in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane's Eastern Suburbs. I would say 75% of Australians live in a middle class and 20% in the poor lower class. And then, our middle class is still a bit poorer than our American counterparts. You really can't appreciate the Australian yob until you come to Australia and see it in person.

And by the way, Steve Irwin isn't a yob, he's a wanker
It's not people can't appreciate you Aussies. Aussies always love to express how much they are proud of being AUSSIE~, even if there's nothing to be proud of, they can even be proud of their laziness, their foolishness(sometimes), their terrible accent, their crazy footy....

[Alex Pox]

I've got a question:
Was communism invented by the German or the Russians??

[Jonesy55]

The reason why Australia was colonised: So that Britain would have people to beat them at sports that they invented(Golf, Tennis, Rugby, Cricket)

You might not have noticed but England are World Champions of Rugby and will soon be holders of the Ashes once again ;)

[JARdan]

On another note forgot to mentionfor the UK:
- Modern hockey
Modern hockey was created in Canada. Why do you think that they always hold the national pond hockey game, or whatever it is, every year in that remote town of Nova Scotia? They had a huge event there a couple years ago to commemorate the "birthplace of hockey".

The UK isn't even known for hockey, at all.

[huaiwei]

I only managed to read the first page, and it looks like trash already. We are talking about BIGGEST contribution to human civilisation, no? Not an attempt to list out as many inventions as you can think of, big or small?

[DoctorZero2]

I've got a question:
Was communism invented by the German or the Russians??
The theory is due to Karl Marx, a German. The Russians invented a doctrine based on this theory and where the first to implement it. They didn't go by the book though because they jumped right away from the feudal to the socialist stage without the intermediary capitalist stage. In the seventies the Chinese realized they made the same error and decided that their country would first have to become capitalist before being able to reach socialism and finally communism. So as you can see, the Chinese capitalism is ideologically bullet proof :)

[Küsel]

The Russian Revolution was planned in Zurich by Lenin :)
He was then a direct neighbour of the Cabaret Voltaire where Dadaism was invented by Hugo Ball, Hans and Sophie Täuber Arp etc...

[MILIUX]

France's biggest contribution to the human civilization:
- The universal declaration of Human rights
- Photography (Niepce was French)
- Cinema (The Lumière brothers was Fench)
- Color photography (Lumière brothers)
- Reinforced concrete
- Prestressed concrete

Other invention:
- Braille (Louis braille invented braille printing for the blinds)
- Altimeter
- Pencils (Conté was French)
- Bic pencil (Baron Bic)
- Scuba equipment (Cousteau was French)
- Stethoscope (Laennec)
- Electroscope
- Digital calculator (Blaise Pascal invented the concept)
- Bikini (perhaps one of the most important invention of this list)
- Parachutes (First real parachute as Da Vinci's one was just a drawing)
- Neon lights (Georges Claude)
- Helicopters (Paul Cornu)
- Blood transfusion (Jean-Baptiste Denys)
- Fire extinguisher (Hoppfer)
- Hot air baloon (Montgolfier brothers)
- Sewing machines (Thimmonier)
- Pasteurisation for food conservation (Pasteur)
- Bicycles (Michaux 1860)
- Various discoveries relative to the atom and radioactivity (Curie's family)

(- Diesel engine, invented by a GERMAN born in France and who lived in Paris :) )

Don't forget the SI unit.

[Macca-GC]

You might not have noticed but England are World Champions of Rugby and will soon be holders of the Ashes once again ;)

Yeah, shut up. Rugby was not supposed to be played by kicking goals. The aim is to score tries. That was so stupid. And besides, we beaten you since then. And no, you don't have a hope in hell of winning the ashes any time soon. Oh, and the last game of soccer that Australia played against England, we won. It was only a friendly, but that's beside the point.

[Zool]

It was stated that Edison was granted a patent in 1876. In fact he was not granted a patent because his "invention" too closely resembled an invention in the UK of a filament in a vacuum tube, developed by Joseph Swan in the 1860's.

In 1880, Swan and Edison teamed up to produce the first "practical" light bulb.

[nick_taylor]

I've got a question:
Was communism invented by the German or the Russians??Communism has its trends from marxism which was penned by Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels in Britain (you can for instance sit in the seat where Karl Marx wrote the basis of marxism - it is in the Old Reading Room at the British Museum). Marxism itself is a basis of socialism which originated from the tensions created against capitalism in the first industrialised economy on the planet: England.

Communism is a corruption of Marx's work and even Lenin came to the Old Reading Room to pen his ideology down....we all pretty know the results - it just doesn't work. Just like pure capitalism never works.




Yeah, shut up. Rugby was not supposed to be played by kicking goals. The aim is to score tries. That was so stupid. And besides, we beaten you since then. And no, you don't have a hope in hell of winning the ashes any time soon. Oh, and the last game of soccer that Australia played against England, we won. It was only a friendly, but that's beside the point.That is odd, because when it came to the Final in the last World Cup, the break down of points was as follows:

Australia: 17
Try: Tuqiri
Pen: Flatley (4)

England: 20
Try: Robinson
Pen: Wilkinson (4)
Drop: Wilkinson

Only difference was a drop kick which won England the game.....I don't think you should be preaching so much now.

As for waiting too who is better, well we have another 3 years and the depleted squad we have now won't be as easily overcome as you might think.

[AltinD]

I'm Albanian, therefore:

http://www.moonsun.jp/ohno/syouzouga/Teresa.jpg

[AltinD]

Another, but very diffierent, ALBANIAN:

http://mk-studios.com/files/80s_images/JohnBelushi.jpg

[ncon]

indonesia :
the green revolution
the introduction of high-yoelding varieties(HYVs)

[Jury]

what the.. gold?? are you kidding? it's natural thing you can't invent gold

read the name of the thread, its not "which country invented what" its what each country mostly contributed to the world, australia contributed gold, gold rushes .. etc

[eddyk]

Most important contributions to human civillisation:
- Modern political ideology
- Industrialisation
- Globalisation
- Greatest prolonged democratic and economic contribution after the diffusion of the Empire (eg largest democracy on the planet: India, etc)
- English: the world's first trully global language
- London: the city of cities

Other important, but not as siginificant inventions as the ones above (in my humble opinion):
- Computer
- www.
- Jet engine
- Tank
- Radar
- Aircraft carrier
- Antibiotics
- Ball bearing
- Telephone
- Discovering DNA + DNA fingerprinting
- Elastic
- Rubber band
- Soft drinks (ie what Coke is)
- Silicone
- Fax Machine
- Mass-vaccination
- Thermos
- Fuel cell
- Sunglasses
- Xmas greeting card
- IVF
- Train
- Vaccum Cleaner
- Maglev
- Hovercraft
- Matches
- Stainless steel
- Particle Accelerator
- Shoelaces
- Flushing toilet
- Cement
- Cloning
- CAT scan

see next page

[GNU]

^^^Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were both germans.Das Manifest,the book they wrote and on which Communism is kind of based on,was written in german.

[bnmaddict]

Don't forget the SI unit.

Exactly! :)

Meters, kg, etc... All the units used in most of the world are French too!

[bnmaddict]

Most important contributions to human civillisation:
- Modern political ideology -> What does that means?
- Industrialisation
- Globalisation
- Greatest prolonged democratic and economic contribution after the diffusion of the Empire (eg largest democracy on the planet: India, etc)
- English: the world's first trully global language
- London: the city of cities -> What does that means??

Other important, but not as siginificant inventions as the ones above (in my humble opinion):
- Computer -> :)
- www.
- Jet engine -> The first jet was German, I think
- Tank
- Radar
- Aircraft carrier
- Antibiotics
- Ball bearing
- Telephone -> Canadian?
- Discovering DNA + DNA fingerprinting
- Elastic
- Rubber band
- Soft drinks (ie what Coke is)
- Silicone
- Fax Machine
- Mass-vaccination
- Thermos
- Fuel cell
- Sunglasses
- Xmas greeting card -> ????
- IVF
- Train
- Vaccum Cleaner
- Maglev
- Hovercraft
- Matches
- Stainless steel
- Particle Accelerator
- Shoelaces -> ??? Already used all over europe in the middle ages...
- Flushing toilet
- Cement -> Invened in the Roman empire (-> Italian)
- Cloning
- CAT scan

In my French list, I only gave inventions none to be French... Most of the list is truely 100% Brit, but some are really arguable...

[N/A]

In my French list, French kiss and French letter are the biggest contribution to the human civilization.

[eddyk]

- Modern political ideology -> What does that means?

We invented modern politics I guess!

- London: the city of cities -> What does that means??

Doesnt mean anything really.

- Jet engine -> The first jet was German, I think

Invented by Hans von Ohain and Sir Frank Whittle....so UK/German


- Telephone -> Canadian?

Invented by Graham Bell ....

Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He moved to Canada when he was 23 and only then migrated to the USA. He was British so Brits can rightly claim the telephone is a British invention.


- Xmas greeting card -> ????

Sent at holidays to relitives to say how sorry they were they couldnt be there...cards soon became the norm...believed to have started in the UK

- Shoelaces -> ??? Already used all over europe in the middle ages...

God knows

- Cement -> Invened in the Roman empire (-> Italian)

Portland Cement...which it what we use today!

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Didnt realised the last page was nearly over...so ive moved my post from the last page to this one...

continuing on for Britain...

- Banks
- Paper Money (I saw a japanese peson said they did....but I think it was us)
- The Stamp
- The Television....and Colour Television later on
- Traffic Lights
- cats-eyes
- discovered AMERICA - In 1170 Welsh prince Madog ab Owain Gwynedd sailed from Wales in search of new lands and reached America.

A memorial tablet has been erected at Port Morgan, Mobile Bay, Alabama which reads: "In memory of Prince Madog, a Welsh explorer, who landed on the shores of Mobile Bay in 1170 and left behind, with the Indians, the Welsh language."

- Submarine

"There was an English submarine that was not only demonstrated in the early 1600s but gave a test-ride to King James I. The design was created in 1578 by William Bourne, a mathematician. A Dutchman called Cornelis Drebbel came to London to test it in the Thames. Between 1620 and 1624 he did many tests; his oar-propelled craft worked at depths of five metres for several hours."

- Cork Screws
- Gas Mask
- Lawn Mower
- Clockwork Radio
- Ejector Seat
- Polyester
- Periscope
- Torpedo
- Toilet Paper
- Vacuum Cleaner
- Viagra
- FIRST POWERED FLIGHT...

"When I ask people "Who invented the aeroplane?" they usually say "The Wright Brothers." In fact the world's first powered flight took place not in America in 1903, but at Chard in Somerset 55 years earlier, and the man who made it happen was John Stringfellow."

- Mobile phones
- Magnifying glass
- telescope
- Smallpox vaccination
- Torch (flashlight)
- Telegraph (with US)
- Photography (With France)
- Antiseptic surgery
- Air-inflated rubber tire
- Motion picture camera (with US)
- Two-color motion picture camera

- Football
- Rugby
- Golf
- Tennis
- Cricket
- Squash
- Modern badminton
- Archery
- Modern hockey
- Baseball (mostly US)

"The game developed from a British game called "rounders." A variation of rounders in America, called "town ball," was played until 1845, when Alexander Cartwright of Hoboken, N.J., started creating a variation of town ball with different rules. "

- Bobsleigh
- Bowls
- Gloved Boxing
- Darts
- Tenpin Bowling

[Be_Happy]

Inventions/discoveries from Scotland, UK:

Adhesive postage stamps,
anaesthetics,
antiseptics,
artificial diamonds,
reaping machine,
Bank of England,
latent heat,
Brownian Movement,
Buicks,
chemical bonds,
penicillin,
the decimal point,
documentary films,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
engineering sciences,
fax machines,
first cloned mammal,
flailing machines,
geosciences,
golf,
historical novels,
hypodermic syringes,
Kelvin scale,
percussion powder,
logarithms,
Maxwell's Equations,
marmalade,
Mackintosh raincoats (water-resistant material),
tarmac [Macadamised roads],
microwaves,
colloid chemistry,
breech-loading rifle,
tubular Steel,
quinine,
sociology,
pneumatic tyres,
pink bathtubs?,
hollow pipe drainage,
Peter Pan,
radar,
paleobiology,
polarization,
cure for scurvy,
King Arthur,
Halloween,
refrigerators,
Neptune,
bakelite,
iron bridges,
solitons,
the steam engine [early train],
telephones,
thermos flasks/dewars,
The Telegraph,
television,
the stereotype,
sulphuric acid,
the steam hammer,
cure for insomnia,
paraffin,
Sherlock Holmes,
Toad of Toad Hall,
Long John Silver,
Jekyll and Hide,
Auld Land Syne,
whisky,
US Navy,
Chilean Navy,
economics,
cloud chamber...

:eek2:
Pretty long list for a country of 5 million ... imagine a world without pink bathtubs .. oh the horror.
Read more here: http://www.magicdragon.com/Wallace/thingscot.html

[Jury]

Inventions/discoveries from Scotland, UK:

Adhesive postage stamps,
anaesthetics,
antiseptics,
artificial diamonds,
reaping machine,
Bank of England,
latent heat,
Brownian Movement,
Buicks,
chemical bonds,
penicillin,
the decimal point,
documentary films,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
engineering sciences,
fax machines,
first cloned mammal,
flailing machines,
geosciences,
golf,
historical novels,
hypodermic syringes,
Kelvin scale,
percussion powder,
logarithms,
Maxwell's Equations,
marmalade,
Mackintosh raincoats (water-resistant material),
tarmac [Macadamised roads],
microwaves,
colloid chemistry,
breech-loading rifle,
tubular Steel,
quinine,
sociology,
pneumatic tyres,
pink bathtubs?,
hollow pipe drainage,
Peter Pan,
radar,
paleobiology,
polarization,
cure for scurvy,
King Arthur,
Halloween,
refrigerators,
Neptune,
bakelite,
iron bridges,
solitons,
the steam engine [early train],
telephones,
thermos flasks/dewars,
The Telegraph,
television,
the stereotype,
sulphuric acid,
the steam hammer,
cure for insomnia,
paraffin,
Sherlock Holmes,
Toad of Toad Hall,
Long John Silver,
Jekyll and Hide,
Auld Land Syne,
whisky,
US Navy,
Chilean Navy,
cconomics,
cloud chamber...

Pretty long list for a country of 5 million ... imagine a world without pink bathtubs .. oh the horror.
Read more here: http://www.magicdragon.com/Wallace/thingscot.html


plz read the previous pages about NIKOLA TESLA, he invented the radar.

[Be_Happy]

Physicist, Sir Robert Watson-Watt, was the mind behind the radar network on the coast of England that detected incoming German aircraft in World War II. He had worked on the radio detection of thunderstorms (hazardous to aviators) during World War I. In 1935 he proposed a method for locating aircraft by a radio-pulse technique. The radar system was invaluable to the defense of Britain during the Battle of Britain in 1940. It operated day and night over a range of 40 miles, giving the Royal Air Force information about the height and bearing of German planes.

[Mekky II]

Well, France it is also :

Modern Olympic Games (Summer and Winter = Baron Pierre de Coubertin)
FIFA world cup (Jules Rimet)

Only those two enjoy my life 'cause it's events that link the world in celebration.

[James704]

Democracy?

[Jury]

Radar
Tesla, in August 1917, first established principles regarding frequency and power level for the first primitive radar units in 1934. In the 1917 The Electrical Experimenter, he stated the principles of modern military radar in detail. His study of high-voltage, high-frequency alternating current led to this development. He had formed the concept of using radio waves to detect objects at a distance.

Tesla stated,

"For instance, by their [standing electromagnetic waves] use we may produce at will, from a sending station, an electrical effect in any particular region of the globe; [with which] we may determine the relative position or course of a moving object, such as a vessel at sea, the distance traversed by the same, or its speed."
Tesla proposed to use electromagnetic waves to determine the relative position, speed, and course of a moving object and other modern concepts of radar. He had proposed it might help find submarines (which it isn't well-suited for), though it was first applied successfully to find aircraft (after their later proliferation) and surface ships during World War II. Emil Girardeau, working with the first French radar systems, stated he was building radar systems "conceived according to the principles stated by Tesla".

By the twenties, Tesla was reportedly negotiating with the United Kingdom government under Prime Minister Chamberlain about a ray system. Tesla had also stated that efforts had been made to steal the "death ray" (though they had failed). The Chamberlain government was removed, though, before any final negotiations occurred. The incoming Baldwin government found no use for Tesla's suggestions and ended negotiations.

[Mekky II]

About the telephone controversies :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Meucci

Also the plane :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%E9ment_Ader

Clément Ader was born where A380 was born, so it is not really strange finally :)

[Be_Happy]

On February 12, 1935, Robert Watson-Watt sent a memo of a proposed RADAR system to the British Air Ministry, entitled "Detection and location of aircraft by radio methods". In 1915 he joined the Royal Aircraft Factory at Ditton Park, in Hampshire, England, as a meteorologist, where he attempted to use radio signals generated by lightning strikes to map out thunderstorms. The difficulty in pinpointing the direction of these high-speed signals led to the use of rotating directional antennas, and in 1923 the use of oscilloscopes in order to display them in 2-D. At this point the only missing part of a functioning radar was the broadcaster.

In 1934, Watson-Watt was well established in the area of radio, and was approached by H.E. Wimperis from the Air Ministry, who asked about the use of radio to produce a 'death ray'. While he knew this to be unlikely, he pointed out that in the absence of progess, 'meanwhile attention is being turned to the still difficult, but less unpromising, problem of radio detection and numerical considerations on the method of detection by reflected radio waves will be submitted when required.' Watson-Watt and his assistant Arnold Wilkins published a report on the topic in February 1935, titled The Detection of Aircraft by Radio Methods.

By the time World War 2 began, viable radar technology existed in the oscilloscope type SCR-270 Radar.

[Jury]

^ meh read my previous post

[Be_Happy]

I did. It says:

He had formed the concept of using radio waves to detect objects at a distance.

[Zool]

Tesla was one of many who formed the concept of using radio waves to detect objects but Sir Robert Watson-Watt was the man who did it.

[SHiRO]

Oh great...another one of these threads...

[Ning]

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Declaration_of_Human_Rights.jpg

[Jury]

why does that angel have black wings ..

[eddyk]

Australia can have the radar if they want....doesnt make any differance....anything else that Australia can claim?

[Jury]

Australia can have the radar if they want....doesnt make any differance....anything else that Australia can claim?

actualy i was claiming the radar for nikola tesla, an yugoslav-american inventer-scientist ....

[eddyk]

Does australia have any major inventions?

I mean one on par with what you can find in that gigantic list if british inventions up above ^

[Jury]

i guess so, tho im not aware of it, nor am a aware of any other country's inventions
:D

[Jury]

"
The Australian currency
Australia was the first country in the world to have a complete system of bank notes based on plastic (polymer). These notes provide much greater security against counterfeiting. They also last four times as long as conventional paper (fibrous) notes.

The innovative technology by which the notes are produced, developed entirely in Australia, offers artists brilliant scope for the creation of images that reflect the histories and natural environments of their countries. At the same time the polymer notes are cleaner than paper notes and easily recyclable. Australia's currency consists of coins of five, 10, 20 and 50 cent and one and two dollar denomination; and notes of five, 10, 20, 50 and 100 dollar denomination. "

[cladiv]

Telephone was definitely invented by Meucci not Bell

[Mekky II]

I forgot credit card, by talking about currency. Love has no country indeed.

[eddyk]

...

[cladiv]

Any proof?

Open any history book or make a search on google,you will find many.

[eddyk]

Hugely debateable....seeing and he was trying to invent one but wasnt succesful...where are AGB was!

[Ringil]

impossible to say... maybe some medical thing like the pacemaker or something?? i have no idea...

[Aryan]

The first computer virus in the world was created in Pakistan. I don't think we've generally contributed anything good to the world. Wait, the world's thinnest watch was invented in Pakistan.

[Be_Happy]

Here's an updated and more comprehensive list of Scottish inventions:

Scottish Discoveries and Inventions

Mathematical & Financial
Logarithms
The Bank of England
Capitalism
Economics
The overdraft
The decimal point

Technological
Buicks
The reflecting telescope
Artificial Diamonds
Hollow pipe drainage
The threshing machine
Iron bridges
Iron plough
Steam powered marine engine
Steam traction engine
The reaping machine
The gravitating compass
Street lighting
The steam engine
The pneumatic tyre
Kelvin scale
The pedal bicycle
Tarmacadam (the modern road surface)
The locomotive
The bus
The steam hammer
The telegraph
Percussion cap
Coal-gas lighting
Blackboard & coloured chalk
ATM [auto-teller-machine]
The thermos flask
The telephone
World time zones
The gas mask
Colour photographs
The microwave
The lawnmower
Television
Clerk cycle gas engine
The fax machine
The photocopier
Video
The kaleidoscope

[b]Scientific
Theory of combustion
Oil refining
Carbon Dioxide
Sociology
Colloid chemistry
Sulphuric acid
The cloud chamber
Paraffin
Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism
Percussion powder
Polarization of light
Electric light
Paleobiology
Chemical bonds
Brownian Movement
Latent Heat
Geology
Gardenias
Helium
Breech-loading rifle
Radar
Neon
Artificial ice
Refrigerator
Neptune
Bakelite
Dolly, the cloned sheep

Medical
The hypodermic syringe
Cure for Insomnia
Ultra-sound scanner
Quinine [cure for malaria]
Anaesthesia
Morphine
Antiseptics
Cure for scurvy
Insulin
Penicillin
Interferon
The thermometer
Ante-natal clinics

Sport
Golf
Curling
Shinty
Tennis courts
The bowling green

Electronic
The alpha chip
Blue lasers
Kerr Lens Modelocking techniques

Everyday Items
Adhesive postage stamp
Marmalade
Writing paper
The fountain pen
Postcards
Whisky
The Mackintosh (aka raincoats)
Waterproofs
Suspenders

Miscellaneous
Finger-printing
Encyclopaedia Britannica
King Arthur
Halloween
Toad of Toad Hall
Long John Silver
Jekyll and Hyde
Auld Lang Syne
Documentary films
Air-raid shelter
Historical Novels
Grand Theft Auto [video-game]
The traffic cone
Sherlock Holmes
Peter Pan
US navy
Chilean navy

[cladiv]

He invented it, unfortunately he was poor and therefore not able to pay The US Patent office to get the rights of the invention.

Even the american government that has for many years tried to defend Bell has some years ago finally acknowledged that telephone is Meucci's creation.

[Aryan]

Oh I forgot, 90% of all footballs in the world are made in Pakistan, so I guess we give the world football :)

[FerrariEnzo]

You people are pathetic.

[_UberGerard_]

Most important contributions to human civillisation:
- Modern political ideology
- Industrialisation
- Globalisation
- Greatest prolonged democratic and economic contribution after the diffusion of the Empire (eg largest democracy on the planet: India, etc)
- English: the world's first trully global language
- London: the city of cities

Other important, but not as siginificant inventions as the ones above (in my humble opinion):
- Computer
- www.
- Jet engine
- Tank
- Radar
- Aircraft carrier
- Antibiotics
- Ball bearing
- Telephone
- Discovering DNA + DNA fingerprinting
- Elastic
- Rubber band
- Soft drinks (ie what Coke is)
- Silicone
- Fax Machine
- Mass-vaccination
- Thermos
- Fuel cell
- Sunglasses
- Xmas greeting card
- IVF
- Train
- Vaccum Cleaner
- Maglev
- Hovercraft
- Matches
- Stainless steel
- Particle Accelerator
- Shoelaces
- Flushing toilet
- Cement
- Cloning
- CAT scan
the germans invented the jet engine
for portugal: the arabs introduced the astrolab into europe

[Macca-GC]

For Australia:

From About.com:

Democratic Firsts

First place in the world to have a secret ballot in elections (1856)
First Place in the world to give women the vote. (1894)

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Legal Firsts
Torrens Title. An Australian invented the worlds first method of land registration. Now in use by many countries around the world.

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Sporting Firsts
First country in the world to beat America in it America's cup. (*Not sure about this)
Only country to have attended every modern Olympic games. (*I think Greece has as well)
The first country to employ skiing as a sport. (1863)
The Australian crawl. Until the 1890's competetive freestyle was done with the head out of the water. (Remember how Tarzan used to swim in the movies?) Australian Dick Cavill popularised it and enabled it to be accepted in world class meetings.

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Australian Inventions (http://www.convictcreations.com/culture/inventions.htm)

Australia has always been an inventive place. The Aborigines showed a mastery of physics to create hunting equipment like the boomerang and woomera. Likewise, Convicts showed a great capacity to think outside the square to evade capture, attempt escape or to steal. On one occasion, a Convict decided to disguise himself as a Kangaroo so the barking guard dogs would not seem suspicious. The plan was working brilliantly until a trooper decided to use the Kangaroo for target practice.

The legacy of these foundations is a culture of pragmatic decision making that although sometimes leads to hair-brain ideas, usually show great resourcefulness and adaptability.

1838 Pre-paid postage - Colonial Postmaster-General of New South Wales, James Raymond introduced the world's first pre-paid postal system.

1843 Grain stripper - John Ridley and John Bull of South Australia developed the world's first grain stripper that cut the crop then removed and placed the grain into bins.

1856 Refrigerator - Using the principal of vapour compression, James Harrison produced the world's first practical refrigerator. He was commissioned by a brewery to build a machine that cooled beer.

1858 Football - In 1858 Tom Will and Henry Harrison wrote the first ten rules of Football, thus becoming the first people in the world to codify a kicking-ball game. These rules predate those of Rugby, Soccer and Gridiron. Football may have been inspired by the Aboriginal jumping/kicking game of Marn Grook.

1874 The underwater torpedo - Invented by Louis Brennan, the torpedo had two propellers, rotated by wires which were attached to winding engines on the shore station. By varying the speed at which the two wires were extracted, the torpedo could be steered to the left or right by an operator on the shore.

1876 Stump jump plough- Robert and Clarence Bowyer Smith developed a plough which could jump over stumps and stones, enabling newly-cleared land to be cultivated.

1885 Telpahane - The forerunner of the television. It was invented by Henry Sutton in Ballarat.

1879 Refrigeration - Credited with the manufacture of the first artificial ice, Eugene Nicolle and Thomas Sutcliffe Mort developed shipboard refrigeration that resulted in the export of meat from Australia to Great Britain.

1889 Electric Drill - Arthur James Arnot, patented the world's first electric drill on 20 August 1889 while he was an employee of the Union Electric Company in Melbourne. He designed it primarily to drill rock and to dig coal.

1894 First powered flight - Perhaps inspired by the boomerang, Lawrence Hargrave discovered that curved surfaces lift more than flat ones. He subsequently built the world's first box-kite, hitched four together, added an engine and flew five metres.

Hargrave corresponded freely with other aviation pioneers, including the Wright Brothers. But unlike the Americans who monopolised their ideas, Hargrave never patented his. Because it promised public access, Hargrave left all his research to the Munich Museum.

Had Hargrave gained local support to further develop his ideas and not been so generous in sharing his ideas with other aviation pioneers, he probably would have been the first person in the world to achieve sustained and controlled powered flight.

1897 Differential gears - David Shearer of South Australia built a steam car with a differential inside left rear wheel hub.

1902 Notepad -For 500 years, paper had been supplied in loose sheets. J A Birchall decided that it would be a good idea to cut the sheets into half, back them with cardboard and glue them together at the top.

1903 Froth flotation process- The process of separating minerals from rock by flotation was developed by Charles Potter and Guillaume Delprat of New South Wales.

1906 Feature film - The world's first feature length film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, was a little over an hour long.

1906 Surf life-saving reel - The first surf life-saving reel in the world was demonstrated at Bondi Beach on 23 December 1906 by its designer Lester Ormsby.

1910 Humespun process -The Humespun process was developed by Walter Hume of Humes Ltd for making concrete pipes of high strength and low permeability. The process revolutionised pipe manufacture in 1910 and has since been used around the world.

1912 The tank - A South Australian named Lance de Mole submitted a proposal, to the British War Office, for a 'chain-rail vehicle which could be easily steered and carry heavy loads over rough ground and trenches'. The British war office liked the idea but then developed the tank themselves without paying royalties.

1913 Automatic totalisator -The world's first automatic totalisator for calculating horse-racing bets was made by Sir George Julius.

1917 Aspro - A pain reliever based on aspirin was developed in Melbourne by George Nicholas. By 1940 it had become the world's most widely used headache and pain treatment.

1922 Vegemite - One of the world's richest sources of vitamin B, vegemite was invented by Dr. Cyril P. Callister. It is made by the autolysis of expired brewer's yeast: a process where the yeast's own enzymes break it down.

1924 Car radio - The first car radio was fitted to an Australian car built by Kellys Motors in New South Wales.

1927 Speedo -In 1927 Speedo launched the revolutionary 'racer-back' style, which reduced fabric drag. In 1955, Speedo introduced the use of nylon for their racing swimwear. At the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics, more than 70 per cent of all swimming medals were won by competitors wearing Speedo.

1928 Flying Doctor Service - Reverend John Flynn founded the world's first Aerial Medical Service in 1928.

1934 Ute- The utility vehicle, with a front like a car and a rear like a truck was designed by Lewis Brandt at the Ford Motor Company in Geelong, Victoria.

1940 Zinc Cream - This white sun block made from zinc oxide was developed by the Fauldings pharmaceutical company.
1942 Transverse folding stroller - Designed by Harold Cornish, the sturdy, lightweight design of his Stoway Strollers made life easier for many parents using public transport as it could be folded and placed under a tram seat.

1944 Antibiotic penicillin- Produced by Howard Florey with help from a Pome named Ernst Chain.
1945 The Hills Hoist - A rotary clothes line with a winding mechanism allowing the frame to be lowered and raised with ease. Invented by Lance Hill.

1952 Victor mower - by Mervyn Victor Richardson, the two-stroke petrol lawn mower with rotary blades revolutionised mowing world wide.

1950s Lagerphone- The lagerphone is a musical instrument made by nailing beer caps onto a stick. It is not known who invented it, but in the 50s it was popularised by the Heathcote Bushwackers as an alternative to the American wobbleboard.

1952 Atomic absorption spectrophotometer -Atomic absorption spectrophotometer is a complex analytical instrument incorporating micro-computer electronics and precision optics and mechanics, used in chemical analysis to determine low concentrations of metals in a wide variety of substances. It was first developed by Sir Alan Walsh of the CSIRO.

1953 Solar hot water - Developed by R N Morse at the CSIRO

1957 Flame ionisation detector -The flame ionisation detector is one of the most accurate instruments ever developed for the detection of emissions. It was invented by Ian McWilliam. The instrument, which can measure one part in 10 million, has been used in chemical analysis in the petrochemical industry, medical and biochemical research, and in the monitoring of the environment.

1957 Trousers with a permeant crease - The process for producing permanently creased fabric was invented by Dr Arthur Farnworth of the CSIRO.

1958 Black box flight recorder - The 'black box' voice and instrument data recorder was invented by Dr David Warren in Melbourne.

1960 Plastic spectacle lenses - The world's first plastic spectacle lenses, 60 per cent lighter than glass lenses, were designed by Scientific Optical Laboratories.

1961 Ultrasound - David Robinson and George Kossoff's work at the Australian Department of Health, resulted in the first commercially practical water path ultrasonic scanner in 1961.

1965 Inflatable escape slide - The inflatable aircraft escape slide which doubles as a raft was invented by Jack Grant of Qantas.

1965 Wine cask -Invented by Thomas Angrove, the wine cask is a cardboard box housing a plastic container which collapses as the wine is drawn off, thus preventing contact with air.

1970 Variable rack and pinion steering - The variable ratio rack and pinion steering in motor vehicles was invented by Australian engineer, Arthur Bishop.

1970 Staysharp knife- The self-sharpening knife was developed by Wiltshire.

1972 Orbital internal combustion engine - The orbital combustion process engine was invented by engineer Ralph Sarich of Perth, Western Australia.

1972- Instream analysis - To speed-up analysis of metals during the recovery process, which used to take up to 24 hours, Amdel Limited developed an on-the-spot analysis equipment called the In-Stream Analysis System, for the processing of copper, zinc, lead and platinum - and the washing of coal. This computerised system allowed continuous analysis of key metals and meant greater productivity for the mineral industry worldwide.

1978 Plastic injection moulding software -Engineers at Moldflow Pty Ltd revolutionised the plastic injection process with a new computer aided engineering software, that simulated the injection moulding process and offered a design strategy to evaluate, refine and optimise successive simulations. The technique has been used widely in the automotive, whitegoods, computer, packaging, communications, aeronautical and photographic industries.

1979 Race-cam - Race Cam was developed by Geoff Healey, an engineer with Australian Television Network Seven in Sydney. The tiny lightweight camera is used in sports broadcasts and provides viewers with spectacular views of events such as motor racing, which are impossible with conventional cameras

1979 Bionic ear - The cochlear implant was invented by Professor Graeme Clark of the University of Melbourne.

1982 The dual flush toilet - As dunnies have a celebrated status in Australia, it is apt that Australia has taken a central role in their evolution. In 1982, the dual flush toilet was responsible for savings in excess of 32000 litres of water per household a year. Pretty important in the world's dries inhabited continent.

1980 Wave-piercing catamarans - The high speed catamarans were developed by Phillip Hercus and Robert Clifford of Incat in Tasmania.

1983 Winged Keel - Ben Lexen designed a winged keel that helped Australia II end the American's 132 ownership of the America's cup. The keel gave the yacht better steering and manoeuvrability in heavy winds.

1984 Frozen embryo baby- The world's first frozen embryo baby was born in Melbourne on 28th March 1984

1984 Baby Safety Capsule - Babies in a car crash used to bounce around like a soccer ball. In 1984, for the first time babies had a harness for their safe transportation in cars.

1986 Gene shears - The discovery of gene shears was made by CSIRO scientists, Wayne Gerlach and Jim Haseloff.

1992 Multi-focal contact lens- The world's first multi-focal contact lens was invented by optical research scientist, Stephen Newman in Queensland.

1992 Supersonic combustion - The University of Queensland demonstrated the world's first supersonic combustion in an atmospheric flight test at Woomera on July 30, 2002. The craft reached speeds of more than Mach 8, or 8 times the speed of sound.

1993 Scramjet - The University of Queensland reported for the first time the development of a scramjet that achieved more thrust than drag.

1993 Underwater pc - The world's first underwater computer with a five-button hand-held keypad was developed by Bruce Macdonald at the Australian Institute of Marine Science.

1995 EXELGRAM - The world's most sophisticated optical anti-counterfeiting technology was developed by the CSIRO.

1995 - Jindalee Radar System - The United States of America spent $11 billion developing an aeroplane that could not be detected by radar. Scientists at the CSIRO then concluded that if the plane could not be detected, perhaps the turbulance it makes passing through air could be. $1.5 million later, the Jindalee Radar system had transformed the stealth bomber into nothing more than an unusual looking aircraft.

[Jury]

wow go australia, yey we invented the sexy speedos :D :D :D (when on sexy ppl haha)

[earthJoker]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners_Lee

Sir Timothy John "Tim" Berners-Lee, KBE, (TimBL or TBL) (b. June 8, 1955) is the inventor of the World Wide Web (along with Robert Cailliau) and head of the World Wide Web Consortium, which oversees its continued development.

Berners-Lee was born in London, England, and attended Emanuel School in Wandsworth.
Bit he wasn't in the UK while doing its work. He was at the CERN in Geneva.
Ok you can claim its a UK contribution for giving him the place of birth. But than we have to do that for alot more people.

[innoncent_monster]

Kamasutra amongst others . :)

[innoncent_monster]

India is birthplace of hinduism , buddhism , sikhism and jainism
India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

Indians also made advances in other areas of mathematics. Very early in their history they developed a simple system of geometry. This system was used to plan outdoor sites for hindu religious ceremonies. Indians also added to our knowledge of even more complicated branches of mathematics such as trigonometry and calculus. They studied these branches of mathematics in order to apply them to astronomy."

The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century CE was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is the most suitable language for the computer software - a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987.

Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in our civilization.
Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of development, India was the richest country on earth until the time of British in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by her wealth.
The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAV Gatih. The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit `Nou'.
Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: (5th century) 365.258756484 days.
The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century long before the European mathematicians. Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were propounded by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 1053 with specific names as early as 5000 BCE during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is Tera: 1012.

According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world.
Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like cesareans, contracts, artificial legs, fractures, urinary stones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipment's were used. Deep knowledge of anatomy physiology, etiology, embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.

When Europeans were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization) The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.All of us who wear cotton cloth, enjoy taste of chicken, do yoga, seek peace of mind or tranquility through meditation, are indebted to India.

Iron Pillar -The forging of wrought iron seems to have reached its zenith in India in the first millennium AD. The earliest large forging is the iron pillar at New Delhi dated by inscription to the Gupta period of the 3rd c. AD at a height of over 7 m and weight of about 6 tons. The pillar is believed to have been made by forging together a series of disc-shaped iron blooms. Apart from the dimensions another remarkable aspect of the iron pillar is the absence of corrosion which has been linked to the composition, the high purity of the wrought iron and the phosphorus content and the distribution of slag. Town Planning and Great Baths of Indus Valley Urban planning is evident in the neat arrangement of the major buildings contained in the citadel, including the placement of a large granary and water tank or bath at right angles to one another. The lower city, which was tightly packed with residential units, was also constructed on a grid pattern consisting of a number of blocks separated by major cross streets. Baked-brick houses faced the street, and domestic life was centered around an enclosed courtyard.
The cities had an elaborate public drainage system, Sanitation was provided through an extensive system of covered drains running the length of the main streets and connected by chutes with most residences.


Grammar: Panini's Sanskrit grammar, produced in about 300 B.C.E. is the shortest and the fullest grammar in the world. Ideas of natural selection, atomic polarity and evolution. This is what Manu said, perhaps 10,000 years before the birth of Christ:The first germ of life was developed by water and heat.

Snooker , a relatively modern sport was invented in Jabalpur, during the British rule

Chandrasekhara Raman, Indian descoverer of Raman Spectroscopy for analysis: 1888.
Satyendranath Bose, Indian developer of statistics of particles like photos: 1894.

VINOD DHAM
As the leader of Intel's Pentium team in the early 1990s he earned the sobriquet of "Father of the Pentium"

[Mekky II]

And all this come from where ?... The biggest laugh comes from Sanskrit indeed, cause it's an indo-iranian language firstly. But i am not sure indeed, i laughed either with the number system that is arabic ! Well, i will take both and spend a nice day :)

[innoncent_monster]

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Indian+numerals&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1
http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Arabic+numerals&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1


History

The Indian numerals have been traced back to about 50 BC. Prior to that, the Brahmi numerals used similar forms, except that 10 was represented as a fish. It is this fish shape that became the "10" of the Indian numerals. This numeral system spread to the Middle East and later came to be called the Arabic numeral system, although the Arabs continue to call their numerals the Indian numerals. In 662 a Nestorian bishop living in what is now called Iraq said of the numeral system:

I will omit all discussion of the science of the Indians ... of their subtle discoveries in astronomy - discoveries that are more ingenious than those of the Greeks and the Babylonians - and of their valuable methods of calculation which surpass description. I wish only to say that this computation is done by means of nine signs. If those who believe that because they speak Greek they have arrived at the limits of science would read the Indian texts they would be convinced even if a little late in the day that there are others who know something of value.



Sure everything is iranian or arabic . But dont tell me hinduism is arabic too .
You are too inconsequential to change the reality
So believe what you want and keep having nice days :)

[7Bungalows]

The decimal system was invented in India. The Arabs who were the traders at that time took this system to Europe and so they were known (incorrectly) as Arabic numerals.

[Mekky II]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numeral

Indeed, it was not so far ! Also, if we go deeper, Bouddhism can be nepalese. :)

[innoncent_monster]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numeral

Indeed, it was not so far ! Also, if we go deeper, Bouddhism can be nepalese. :)

So whats your point here ?
The link you posted contradicts your own belief Number system was invented by Arabs .

What we know as "Arabic numerals" were neither invented nor widely used by the Arabs. Instead, they were developed in India by the Hindus around 400 BC..

Buddha received his enlightenment at Bodh Gaya in present day Bihar, India .

As I said , your miserable little existence wont change the history . Why not post your nations contributions to the human civilization ?

:)

[Mekky II]

So whats your point here ?
The link you posted contradicts your own belief Number system was invented by Arabs .


Buddha received his enlightenment at Bodh Gaya in present day Bihar, India .

As I said , your miserable little existence wont change the history . Why not post your nations contributions to the human civilization ?



Well, when french came to Pondicherry, they helped a lot the local IQ to grow, it can be considered a contribution or not ? :)

Yes, an intelligent person will say that its basic idea was wrong, like i did about arabic numeral system.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouddhism

Legend has it that the Buddha to be, Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit; in Pāli, Siddhattha Gotama), was born around the 6th century BCE. His birthplace is said to be Lumbini in the Shākya state, one of a small group of old oligarchic republics, in what is now Nepal.

Half right, half wrong on this one. Enlighted either ? lol And seriously, I will not care much of you now, a guy (or girl) that is able to see people like "miserable" things, it's surely someone that feels superior to the world but is not.

Have good days either :)

[innoncent_monster]

Well, when french came to Pondicherry, they helped a lot the local IQ to grow, it can be considered a contribution or not ? :)

Wow another one . Stop smoking ganja . That statement speaks a lot of your IQ or rather lack of it.

So , now Buddhism is Nepali , Indian numeral system was flawed , french helped locals to raise their IQ (And how does one raise people's IQ ?) and sanskrit was Iranian (it just belongs to Indo-Iranian family) .

Whats next ?

[Rigadon]

the germans invented the jet engine


try reading the rest of the thread before posting something stupid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_engine

[Rigadon]

Oh and I believe my country's greatest contributions to civilization are probably

Industrial Revolution
Theory of Evolution
Newtonain Mechanics
Shakespeare
Maxwellian Electromagnetism

[willo]

POrtugal's contribution to the world:

-the Astrolab

http://www.avizora.com/mensajes_del_cielo/astrologia/astrolog5_archivos/astr5_archivos/astrolab.jpg

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.abc.se/~m10354/mar/img/astrolab.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.abc.se/~m10354/uwa/glossary.htm&h=322&w=252&sz=6&tbnid=3xHF-UoD6ZQJ:&tbnh=114&tbnw=89&start=11&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dastrolab%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D

-The nonio

http://digilander.libero.it/bigen/set/nonio.jpg

-The Caravel

http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/students/his3487/cole/images/caravel.gif

-The very first World Maps

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.zoomvacations.com/New%2520Zoom/world%2520map.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.zoomvacations.com/travelagentmapoftours.htm&h=365&w=581&sz=65&tbnid=V_As_NSqM5kJ:&tbnh=82&tbnw=131&start=2&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dworld%2Bmap%2B%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D

-The first Europeans in America, Asia, Southern Africa

http://www.junior.te.pt/Final/Rua/ImgA/portugal/portugueses_japao.jpg

The first circumnavigation of the planet (Magellan)

http://home.arcor.de/zu7al/Bilder/Sonnensystem/Erde/magellan%20reise.gif

The first sugar refineries[b]

[b]-Lobotomy

-SIM Cards


VIA VERDE - An autmomatic system to pay at motorway toll gates, which is being sold throughout the world(started in Portugal, now NOrway, France, etc.) and might arrive to you sooner than you think

http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/contractors/tolling/q-free/


magallanes was sailing in the name of spanish crown and he didn't circumnavigate the planet. he died in filipinas before the trip back to santa maria port(the exit and finish point), so the spanish Sebastian Elcano (the second officer on board) was the first man who circumnavigates the planet

[TeKnO_Lx]

the portuguese tool "via verde" wiil also be operational in Spain in France i think
anyway it´s a good system because alouds to cross de country without stops of anykind in peages ( besides gas of course :) )

btw it also servs to underground parkings

[DrJekyll]

Spain invented callos picantes, porrón, botijo and migas con chorizo.

[MrLove]

This is all very vain of us. But I would just like to add England/UK: English Language.

[adamybob]

Yobbo:
1-An Australian lout, the close cousin of the bogan. Much like American white trash or lummox. Their habitats usually are with female yobbos, known as Shelias and large canines usually a bull terrier breed. Often has autmated transport of a ute kind
2-A loud, inconsiderate person, usually found in groups for self preservation. Sometimes prone to violence,always found with beer and cheap smokes. Usually smell.
The "hill" at any football match of any code is the usual haunt of the Yobbo.
3-A yobbo is someone with a bush australian back groud and bad tast. Or from a poorer white australian background.
a yobbo is steve erwin(the shorts give it away!)or slim dusty.


lol doesent sound like somthing to be proud of man!



DOn't worry most of us arn't like that and many, including myself despise people like that and have nothing to do with them, that guy is just an idiot.

[Macca-GC]

^thanks. Really appreciate compliments like that. Especially when coming from dumbasses with just 4 posts who haven't been around long enough to make a proper assessment of a person's character.

Another thing unique that Australia has given to the world is a seperate charcter. This charater is dignified, judicial, generous and kind. This character also gives respect where deserved. This character knows how to have a good time, will get on with the job when needed and in the end, will do a bloody sight better than anyone else.

And like it or not, a yobbo, although not necessarily carrying the description given by wickedestcity, is a part of Australia. If you don't like it, tough shit!

[fcom1]

Italy
Pasta
pane
pizza
West urbanizzazion
Latin language
and a lot of things I can't remember

[Borini]

Brazil:

Top models
Bikinis
Planes
Racial democracy

[PC]

Finland: Sauna ;)

[Citrus-Fruit]

Just a few more for the UK

Tin Can - Peter Durand
Cat Eyes - Percy Shaw
Portland Cement - Joseph Aspdin Cordite - Sir James Dewar, Sir Frederick Abel
Corkscrews - H.S. Heeley
Crossword Puzzles - Arthur Wynne
Disc Brakes - Frederick William Lanchester
Depth Charges
Diving Equipment/Scuba Gear - John Smeaton, William James, Henry Fleuss
EKG (Underlying Principles) - Various
Electric Motor - Michael Faraday
Fax Machine - Alexander Bain
Electromagnet - William Sturgeon
Gas Mask
Dew-point Hygrometer - John Frederic Daniell
Holography
Internal Combustion Engine - Samuel Brown
Jet Engines - Sir Frank Whittle
Kelvin Scale - Lord William Thomson Kelvin
Metal Lathe - Henry Maudslay invented the first in 1797.
Lawn Mower - Edwin Beard Budding
Lightbulbs - Humphry Davy, Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, James Bowman Lindsay
Locomotive - Richard Trevithick
Power Loom - Edmund Cartwright
Penicillin - Alexander Fleming
Penny Farthing - James Starley
Periodic Table - John Newlands Periscope - Sir Howard Grubb
Polyester - John Rex Whinfield and James Tennant Dickson
Puckle Gun - John Puckle
Radar Locating of Aircraft - Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt
Radio (Underlying Principles) - James Clerk Maxwell Rubber Bands - Stephen Perry
Rubber Masticator - Thomas Hancock
Seed Drill - Jethro Tull
Seismometer - James Forbes
Seismograph - John Milne, Sir James Alfred Ewing, Thomas Gray
Sewing Machines - Thomas Saint
Shrapnel - Henry Shrapnel
Steam Engine - Thomas Savery, Thomas Newcomen, James Watt Steel Production - Sir Henry Bessemer
Submarine - William Bourne,
Spinning Jenny - James Hargreaves
Spinning Frame - Richard Arkwright
Spinning Mule - Samuel Crompton
Television - John Logie Baird
Thermos - Sir James Dewar
Toilet Paper - British Perforated Paper Company Torpedo - Robert Whitehead 1866
Umbrella (steel-ribbed) - Samuel Fox
Universal Joint - Robert Hooke (also Iris Diaphragm, Balance Spring) Vacuum Cleaner - Hubert Cecil Booth
Viagra - Peter Dunn, Albert Wood, Dr Nicholas Terrett
Wacky Inventions - Arthur Paul Pedrick
Waterproof Fabric - Charles Macintosh
World Wide Web - Tim Berners-Lee

[chymera00]

I'm pretty sure no other country can beat Brittain ... So, I'm just gonna post some achievements my country contributed to human civilization, most (or all) of which I know you are not aware of ...

THE PHILIPPINES
http://wowphilippines.com.ph/images/wow/main_pic/wonders.jpg

*The Fluorescent Lamp -Agapito Flores
*The Yo-Yo -Pedro Flores, a Filipino, originated and introduced the U.S. manufactured yo-yo
*Karaoke -Roberto del Rosario
*“Wonderful gift of the Spirit . . . to the world” in the form of People Power I (Bloodless Revolution)
*Coconuts (Largest exporter)
*Arnis - Filipino Martial Arts using Sticks
*Graphical User Interface (GUI) - Diosdado Banatao
*Polio vaccine - Using Philippine Monkeys
*Erythromycin - Abelardo Aguilar
*Banana Catsup and the Pineapple Vinegar - Maria Ylagan Orosa of the Philippines.
*IR8, the 1966 strain of the rice variety that launched Asia's "Green Revolution and -Dr. Ricardo Lantican
*Quink Pen Ink -Francisco Quisumbing
*Water-powered car and prototype in 1969 (Runs on Tap water and not on liquid hydrogen, which most car manufacturers use) - Daniel Dingel
*TV-telephone (videophone) - Dr. Gregorio Zara (He also made a plane that runs on alcohol
*Lunar Rover or moon buggy - Eduardo San Juan
*One-chip video camera - Marc Loinaz

There's more ...

[George W. Bush]

I'm pretty sure no other country can beat Brittain ... So, I'm just gonna post some achievements my country contributed to human civilization, most (or all) of which I know you are not aware of ...

*Water-powered car and prototype in 1969 (Runs on Tap water and not on liquid hydrogen, which most car manufacturers use) - Daniel Dingel
Etc.

I'm speechless!
:eek2:

;)

[chymera00]

I'm speechless!
:eek2:

;)

Water-Powered Car
For more than three decades now, Daniel Dingel has been claiming that his car can run with water as fuel. An article from the Philippine Daily Inquirer said that Dingle built his engine as early as 1969. Dingel built a car reactor that uses electricity from a 12-volt car battery to split the ordinary tap water into hydrogen and oxygen components. The hydrogen can then be used to power the car engine.

Dingel said that a number of foreign car companies have expressed interest in his invention. The officials of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) have dismissed Dingel's water-powered car as a hoax. In return, Dingel accused them of conspiring with oil producing countries. Dingel, however, was the not the only man on earth who is testing water as an alternative fuel. American inventors Rudolf Gunnerman and Stanley Meyer and the researchers of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory have been pursuing similar experiments.

[George W. Bush]

Water-Powered Car
For more than three decades now, Daniel Dingel has been claiming that his car can run with water as fuel. An article from the Philippine Daily Inquirer said that Dingle built his engine as early as 1969. Dingel built a car reactor that uses electricity from a 12-volt car battery to split the ordinary tap water into hydrogen and oxygen components. The hydrogen can then be used to power the car engine.

Dingel said that a number of foreign car companies have expressed interest in his invention. The officials of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) have dismissed Dingel's water-powered car as a hoax. In return, Dingel accused them of conspiring with oil producing countries. Dingel, however, was the not the only man on earth who is testing water as an alternative fuel. American inventors Rudolf Gunnerman and Stanley Meyer and the researchers of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory have been pursuing similar experiments.
Not that I wouldn't love to see that, but what is the source of energy?
If it is not combustion, and it cannot be that because water already is "burned hydrogen", then it could only be nuclear fusion of the water hydrogen or nuclear fission of the water oxygen, but the latter would absorbe rather than emit energy. So is it "cold fusion"?

[George W. Bush]

Not that I wouldn't love to see that, but what is the source of energy?
If it is not combustion, and it cannot be that because water already is "burned hydrogen", then it could only be nuclear fusion of the water hydrogen or nuclear fission of the water oxygen, but the latter would absorbe rather than emit energy. So is it "cold fusion"?

Didn't read this part:
Dingel built a car reactor that uses electricity from a 12-volt car battery to split the ordinary tap water into hydrogen and oxygen components. The hydrogen can then be used to power the car engine.
Possible if the battery has enough Amperes but then why not power the car's motor directly via the battery? In any case the energy source is the battery and not the water.

[Joris Goedhart]

From Holland:
Joint Ventures (BV's we call it like, VOC)
And Industry, we where the first.
Before england came with steam-energy we use wind energie to produce things on massive cale (our famous windmills).
And besides that a zillion science discoveries.

[,Samantha]

We invented the crane, lawnmower, photocopier and ofcourse cadbury

[KulasKusgan]

skilled workforce

&

banana chips

[Citrus-Fruit]

We invented the crane, lawnmower, photocopier and ofcourse cadbury

Umm Cadbury?

Cadbury is a Birmingham chocolate - AKA BOURNVILLE - or are you living in the UK?

[easysurfer]

^ lol yea, computer and www. is wrong for sure!

many are wrong, also 1 thing im sure of, hovercraft is japanise
Please don't comment on the validity of british inventions if you haven't got a clue what you are talking about. The hovercraft is one of those CERTAIN british inventions created from a vision through to design and into production. Where did japan come from. Just a random country you thought is good at inventions???

[Jonesy55]

Not that I wouldn't love to see that, but what is the source of energy?
If it is not combustion, and it cannot be that because water already is "burned hydrogen", then it could only be nuclear fusion of the water hydrogen or nuclear fission of the water oxygen, but the latter would absorbe rather than emit energy. So is it "cold fusion"?

Or does it run on plain b*llsh*t?

[chymera00]

Possible if the battery has enough Amperes but then why not power the car's motor directly via the battery? In any case the energy source is the battery and not the water.

Huh? I dunno waht you mean but battery wont last for more than 100km

According to him, his reactor uses electricity from a 12-volt car battery to transform saltwater or ordinary tap water with salt into deuterium oxide or heavy water, which is chiefly used as a coolant for nuclear reactors. Deuterium is actually a hydrogen isotope with twice the mass of ordinary hydrogen, and heavy water is produced when the hydrogen atoms in H2O are replaced with deuterium.

"The electricity from the battery splits the water into its hydrogen and oxygen components, and this hydrogen can then be used to power the car engine. Normally it takes temperatures of about 5,400 degrees Fahrenheit to generate hydrogen from water, but here I am just using an ordinary 12-volt battery," he claimed.

Just how this kind of chemical reaction is possible using an ordinary car battery is, of course, the secret behind Dingel's invention--and the kind of claim that leads people to dismiss him as a crackpot and charlatan. In fact, while hydrogen is being touted as a viable alternative fuel in the US and other countries, these prototypes do not make use of ICEs but fuel cell engines, nor do they run on ordinary water but on liquid hydrogen.


@Jonesy55 - I highly doubt that its run onbullshit ... The inventor wouldn't have spent decades trying to "sell" his invention if it was a hoax. You'll be surprised at how we Filipinos can be very ingenuitive, it is a lack of support from our Gov't that Filipino inventors dont get the global recognition they deserve ... It is a sad truth that our scientists are forced to sell their ideas to foreign companies, and so they get all the attention ...

[Jonesy55]

@Jonesy55 - I highly doubt that its run onbullshit ... The inventor wouldn't have spent decades trying to "sell" his invention if it was a hoax. You'll be surprised at how we Filipinos can be very ingenuitive, it is a lack of support from our Gov't that Filipino inventors dont get the global recognition they deserve ... It is a sad truth that our scientists are forced to sell their ideas to foreign companies, and so they get all the attention ...

But if it really worked he would be a multi-billionaire by now.

[Томић]

Umm Cadbury?

Cadbury is a Birmingham chocolate - AKA BOURNVILLE - or are you living in the UK?

no she's ozi, cadbury is like the major major chocolate brand here and u see it everywhere, not a suprise y an ozi wud think its australian but yeh no it aint.tho it kinda is :D

[Jonesy55]

History of Cadbury (http://www.cadburyschweppes.com/EN/AboutUs/Heritage/cadbury.htm)

I've seen Canadians on this forum trying to claim Cadbury too, it's ours, hands off! :soapbox:

[George W. Bush]

I'm not belittling Filipino ingenuity, but in this one case it is definitively a hoax because it would amount to a physically impossible perpetuum mobile.

If the sole energy source for the hydrolysis (the "splitting" of water) is the battery you cannot expect to gain more energy from the subsequent hydrogen combustion than you invested through the battery (in fact it will give you less). That's because I guess that the energy conservation laws hold as much in the Philippines as in the rest of the universe.

But there is an extremely slight chance to gain energy if you manage to achieve a nuclear fusion of the hydrogen. For practical reasons it would have to be a "cold fusion", a phenomenon whose existence hasn't been verified so far.

BTW jonesy was closer to the truth because one can indeed power a car with bullshit. Shit is combustible, unfortunately the energy yield per mass unit is rather low.

[Томић]

History of Cadbury (http://www.cadburyschweppes.com/EN/AboutUs/Heritage/cadbury.htm)

I've seen Canadians on this forum trying to claim Cadbury too, it's ours, hands off! :soapbox:


as u can see, australia is the firs