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Originally posted by tim545666
Nothing good has come out of europe since america. I can't seem to think of any exceptions...
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original european inventions -
radio (german/italian)
gramophone records(german)
television( british,german)
telephone(british)
jet engines (german/british)
harrier jump jet(british)
hovercraft(british)
internal combustion engine (german...debatable)
diesel engine(german)
cd players (dutch-Phillips)
video player(dutch or german? Phillips anyway)
computers (british)
concorde(french/british)
tanks (british)
submarines
radar (british/german)
sonar(british)
rocket engines(german)
knowlege of radiation(french)
nuclear bomb(original ideas)
toilets(british), lightbulb/electricity(british-Swan pipped Eddison!),fridges(french/british),microwave oven(british),vacuum cleaner(british),electric cooker(british),vacuum flask(british),matches(british)
industrialisation(british)......list goes on.........
Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Marconi, Newton, Darwin, Hertz, Da vinci, sigmund fruede, neitzcshe,......................... list goes on...
yup nothing good come out of Europe.....
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Steve
