Scottish
contributions to mankind.
Have
you ever wondered who invented some of the devices we use everyday at home
or in the office?
Below, you will find a list of Scottish discoveries.
| Thermo | James Dewar (1842-1923) |
| Riprap Pavement | John McAdam (1756-1836) |
| Bicycle (1839) | Kirkpatrick MacMillan |
| Steam Engine | James Watt (1736-1819) |
| Neon, Argon, Krypton, Helium & Xenon Gases. | William Ramsay (1852-1916) Nobel Prize 1904 |
| Logarithms (1614) | John Napier (1550-1617) |
| Raincoat (patented in 1823) | Charles Macintosh (1766-1843) |
| Television | John Baird (1888-1946) |
| Radar | Robert Alexander Watson-Watt (1892-1973) |
| Tires | John Boyd Dunlop (1840-1921) |
| Urban Planning | Patrick Thomas Geddes (1854-1932) |
| Telephone | Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) |
| Penicillin | Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) |
The birth of the first cloned animal was announced on February 27, 1997. Dolly was born at Roslin Institute near Edinburgh.
