Re: [MV] Interesting tid bits about British military inventions

From: Andrew Legget (aleg@pc.nu)
Date: Mon Apr 11 2005 - 01:05:41 PDT


And don't forget that it was all made possible by the precision measuring
system invented by the Swedish genius known as "Mått-Johansson" in the 19th
century.

AL & BJ

Patrick Jankowiak wrote:
> and who invented the internet? Al Gore, an American!

I thought that was down to Tim Berners-Lee - an Englishman?

anyway enough of this one-upmanship lets agree that all the best
inventions have come from the english-speaking world and get on with
military vehicles...

TTFN
Jim

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