Talk:English inventions and discoveries

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• 9mm gauge railways lines now in universal use - Isambard Kingdom Brunel

I have removed this because I think it's a joke. Biscuittin 11:07, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] television

invented by a scot not an enlishman —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.114.84 (talk) 22:34, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

The link at the bottom for Northern Irish inventions points to a (poor) Irish inventions page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Preally (talk • contribs) 23:17, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tarmac

Tarmac was patented by Edgar Purnell Hooley, but originally developed by John Loudon McAdam, who was s Scotsman. The invention is therefore of Scottish.Rubisco (talk) 14:52, 24 April 2008 (UTC)