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Posted by Ivan on 10/12/06 16:15
mv@movingvision.co.uk wrote:
> >> A Bomb - Einstein (Swiss); Fermi (Italian); Oppenheimer ;Meitner;
>> Frisch; Slizard etc., even the odd Brit'.
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>> H Bomb - Teller (Hungarian)
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>> Missiles - Werner von Braun (German)
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> Fuel Cell - first produced in Wales, UK 1830's
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> The Whittle Jet engine on which all modern engine are based - UK
> patented 1920's
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> Swept wing - Germany 1930's
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> Helicopter - Russian, developed from the Auto Gyro - Spanish
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> Steam Engine, industrial automation, steel etc., etc UK
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> Internal combustion engine - Europe, mainly Germany
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> Diesel engine - Germany
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> Gas Turbine - UK
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> Turbo Prop - UK
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> Tank - UK
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> Road Building - Scotland, UK
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> DNA - UK
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> Radar - UK
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> Penicillin UK
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> Anaesthesia and modern surgery - UK
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> Inoculation and anti-germ technology - France
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> Almost every science that modern science and technology is based upon
> including Nuclear Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Astro Physics - Europe
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> The Internet and the World Wide Web - International, Largely European
> and specifically Sir Tim Berners-Lee UK
>
> After the war The USA managed to get hold of more German Scientists
> than the Soviets did !!!
>
You forgot to mention the Cavity Magnetron <http://tinyurl.com/ykmz3x>
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