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SCOTTISH INVENTIONS For such a small country, Scotland has produced some of the greatest minds and the most significant inventions that have shaped the modern world as we know it today. The Scots have a lot to be proud of, here are just a few... |
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Adhesive Postage Stamps |
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Anaesthetics |
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Antisepsis |
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Artificial
Diamonds |
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Reaping
Machine |
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Bank of England |
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Latent
Heat |
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Brownian
movement |
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Buicks
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Cloud
Chamber |
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Chemical
Bonds |
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Penicillin
(1928) |
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The Decimal
Point |
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Documentary Films |
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Economics |
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Encyclopedia Britannica |
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Engineering Sciences |
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Fax Machines
(early 19th Century) |
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First
Cloned Mammal 'Dolly' The Sheep |
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Flailing
Machines (1784) |
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Geosciences
(1785) |
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Golf
(15th Century) |
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Ivanhoe,
Waverley, etc... |
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Hypodermic Syringes |
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Kelvin
Scale |
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Percussion
Powder (1809) |
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Logarithms
(1615) |
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Maxwell's
Equations |
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Marmalade |
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Mackintosh
Raincoats |
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Macadamized
Roads |
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Microwave Ovens (1940's) |
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Colloid
Chemistry |
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Breech-Loading
Rifle |
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Tubular
Steel |
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Quinine |
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Pneumatic
Tyres (1888) |
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Hollow
Pipe Drainage |
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Peter
Pan |
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Radar |
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Paleobiology
(1815) |
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Polarization
(1828) |
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Cure for
Scurvy |
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Halloween |
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Refrigerators
(1876) |
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Discovery
of the Planet Neptune (1846) |
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Bakelite |
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Iron Bridges
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Sociology
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Steam
Engine |
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Telephones
(1876) |
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Thermos
Flasks |
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The Telegraph |
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Television |
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Stereotype
(1727) |
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Sulphuric
Acid |
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Steam-Hammer
(1839) |
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Cure for
Insomnia (1998) |
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Paraffin |
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Sherlock
Holmes |
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Wind in
The Willows |
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Treasure
Island |
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Jekyll
and Hyde |
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Auld Lang
Syne |
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King Arthur |
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Harry
Potter |
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Dandy,
Beano, Children's Comics etc.. |
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Oor Wullie
& the Broons |
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Whisky |
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US Navy |
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Chilean
Navy |
