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British Inventions
The following is a list and timeline of innovations as well as inventions and discovery (observation), discoveries that involved British people or the United Kingdom including the history of the formation of the United Kingdom, predecessor states before the Treaty of Union in 1707, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland. This list covers, but is not limited to, innovation and invention in the mechanical, electronic, and industrial fields, as well as medicine, military devices and theory, artistic and scientific discovery and innovation, and ideas in religion and ethics. Factors that historians note spurred innovation and discovery include the 17th century Scientific Revolution and the 18th/19th century Industrial Revolution. Another possible influence is the British patent system which had medieval origins and was codified with the Patent Law Amendment Act 1852 (15 & 16 Vict. c. 83). 17th century ;1605 *Bacon's cipher, a method of steganography (hiding a secret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birth Of A Bomber- Aircraft Production In Britain, 1942 D7080
Birth is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring, also referred to in technical contexts as parturition. In mammals, the process is initiated by hormones which cause the muscular walls of the uterus to contract, expelling the fetus at a developmental stage when it is ready to feed and breathe. In some species, the offspring is precocial and can move around almost immediately after birth but in others, it is altricial and completely dependent on parenting. In marsupials, the fetus is born at a very immature stage after a short gestation and develops further in its mother's womb Pouch (marsupial), pouch. It is not only mammals that give birth. Some reptiles, amphibians, fish and invertebrates carry their developing young inside them. Some of these are Ovoviviparity, ovoviviparous, with the eggs being hatched inside the mother's body, and others are Viviparity, viviparous, with the embryo developing inside their body, as in the case of mammals. Human childbirth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
