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Re: Is there any chance

"The country that gave the world.......". Over many years I have come to understand that the English have a slight tendency to stretch the truth a bit when it comes to inventions, and being the first for instance.

I would agree on rail and Cricket, still it's not a bad idea to have a look at the Wiki on rail:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport

The radar is a long interesting story and very typical in that it builds on previous breakthroughs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar

To call it a particularly British invention is to stretch the truth.

The jet engine is a topic that seems to raise feelings and voices very high indeed in Britain. But as it was, the Germans came further and earlier than the Brits. Frank Whittle who was, no doubt, a clever guy did later write that the German version was technically more advanced but hampered (luckily, my comment) by lack of high quality material. Whittle had great difficulties selling his ideas in Britain, luckily the Germans had similar problems with the Luftwaffe and Hitler (rocket man).

Regarding the German advantage you find this on the Wiki:

"Following the end of the war the German jet aircraft and jet engines were extensively studied by the victorious allies and contributed to work on early Soviet and US jet fighters. The legacy of the axial-flow engine is seen in the fact that practically all jet engines on fixed-wing aircraft have had some inspiration from this design."

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

Dear Brits, try to accept you are a part of the world.

And now sit down with pen and paper and write down all the inventions you know, and to make it easy, just for France, Germany, Sweden and the USA. Hopefully that list will be long.

For something lighter, and for earning the icon, I have come to the conclusion that it is as well Da Vinci was not British or some Brit would have told the French that the helicopter is actually a British invention and I suppose it's as well too that Jules Verne was not British either or some Brit would have told the Americans that going to the moon was actually a British invention.

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