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British inventions

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    Different British inventions for ESL students
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  • What is this?
    A toaster (Crompton & Company, c.1893)
  •  15
  • What is this?
    A hoover or vacuum cleaner (Hubert Cecil Booth, 1901)
  •  15
  • What is this?
    A kettle (Caroline Haslett, 1922)
  •  20
  • What is this?
    A toilet (Sir John Harington, 1596)
  •  10
  • What is this?
    A Mini-Cooper car (Sir Alec Issigonis, 1959)
  •  10
  • What is this?
    A hovercraft (Christopher Cockerell, 1955)
  •  20
  • What is this? (You MUST say the type!)
    A steam train (George Stephenson, 1814)
  •  25
  • What is this?
    A jet engine (Sir Frank Whittle, 1937)
  •  20
  • What is this?
    The first ever telephone (Alexander Graham Bell, 1876)
  •  20
  • What is this?
    The first ever television (John Logie Baird, 1926)
  •  15
  • What is this?
    The World Wide Web - WWW (Sir Tim Berners-Lee, 1989)
  •  20
  • What is this?
    An ATM or cash machine (John Shepherd-Barron, 1967)
  •  15
  • What is this?
    A lightbulb (Joseph Swan, 1878)
  •  15
  • What is this?
    A football (The Football Association, 1863)
  •  10
  • What is this?
    A rugby ball (William Webb Ellis, 1823)
  •  20
  • What is this?
    A tennis racket (Major Walter Clopton Wingfield, 1873)
  •  10