Universal Joint (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_inventions)
Dynamite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamite)
Blowtorch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowtorch)
Ship Propeller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Monitor)
:D
As opposed to the microphone, the world wide web, the computer, the sewing machine, the bicycle, the hovercraft, tubular steel, the screw propeller, radar, DNA fingerprinting, the Newtonian telescope, the planetarium, penicillin, disc brakes, the adjustable spanner, the internal combustion engine, the jet engine and the steam engine, electric cells, the flushing toilet, the micrometer, the seismograph, the elastic band, the speedometer, canned food, the smallpox vaccine, the dynamo and (most importantly) custard and the sandwich? 8-)
:D I knew it :) I did not mention all :D
Johan Petter Johansson (1853–1943) built and patented the adjustable spanner in 1892 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustable_spanner)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_inventions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_inventions_and_discoveries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_inventions_and_discoveries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_inventions_and_discoveries
Quote from: Chris HAs opposed to the microphone, the world wide web, the computer, the sewing machine, the bicycle, the hovercraft, tubular steel, the screw propeller, radar, DNA fingerprinting, the Newtonian telescope, the planetarium, penicillin, disc brakes, the adjustable spanner, the internal combustion engine, the jet engine and the steam engine, electric cells, the flushing toilet, the micrometer, the seismograph, the elastic band, the speedometer, canned food, the smallpox vaccine, the dynamo and (most importantly) custard and the sandwich? 8-)
but we invented the hole ;o)
Quite interesting reading actually Bear. There are some there that arent commonly known about that are intriguing to browse through.
Mmmmm custard sandwich.
Jaimz :rock:
Quote from: EggtasticoQuote from: Chris HAs opposed to the microphone, the world wide web, the computer, the sewing machine, the bicycle, the hovercraft, tubular steel, the screw propeller, radar, DNA fingerprinting, the Newtonian telescope, the planetarium, penicillin, disc brakes, the adjustable spanner, the internal combustion engine, the jet engine and the steam engine, electric cells, the flushing toilet, the micrometer, the seismograph, the elastic band, the speedometer, canned food, the smallpox vaccine, the dynamo and (most importantly) custard and the sandwich? 8-)
but we invented the hole ;o)
I think God beat us on the hole. He inserted a larger one into females though.