Given today is St. George’s Day let’s take a look back through history at some of the surprising and fascinating
inventions to come out of England
Light Bulb
Inventor: Joseph Swan
Time: 1880
Military Tank
Inventor: Ernest Swinton
Time: 1914
Television:
Inventor: John Logie Baird
Time: 1925
World Wide Web
Inventor: Tim Berners Lee
Time: 1989
ATM:
Inventor: John Shepherd-Barron
Time: 1967
Telephone
Inventor: Alexander Graham Bell
Time: 1875
Jet Engine
Inventor: Frank Whittle
Time: The 1900s
Railway Steam Locomotive
Inventor: Richard Trevithick
Time: 1799
Toothbrush
Inventor: William Addis
Time: 1770
Lawnmower
Inventor: Edwin Beard Budding
Time: 1827
Chocolate Bar
Inventor: JS Fry & Sons
Time: 1847
While not on the same scale as the items above we would be remiss not to mention our own invention the multi-award winning
FunPod. Further details available here: https://www.littlehelper.co.uk/childrens-furniture/funpods_kitchen_safety/FunPodKitchen-Safety-Stand-Maple
Little Helper FunPod
Inventor: Kim Johnson
Time: 2006