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Top 20 Scottish inventions

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Great inventions by Scottish inventors

Rated 12 points - posted 3 years ago by kris in category People.
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Television Report Abuse
Invented by John Logie Baird in 1922 - hard to imagine life without it!
47 points - added 3 years ago by kris - 3 comments
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that is a good one
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I NEEDED THAT FOR P6 HOMEWORKE THANKS
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thanks i needed that for homework luv ya xx
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Telephone Report Abuse
Alexander Graham Bell
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Whisky Report Abuse
35 points - added 3 years ago by kris - 2 comments
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Lol nice. 2nd?
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whisky is amazing lets get drunk
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Radar Defense System Report Abuse
Sir Robert Watson-Watt
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Penicillin Report Abuse
Discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming in 1928 - thinking about it, I’ve got my priorities wrong by putting this one second to television!
25 points - added 3 years ago by kris - 2 comments
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that is so cool
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Saved more lives than which all the wars ever endured have taken.
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The Steam Engine Report Abuse
James Watt
20 points - added 3 years ago by kris - 1 comment
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should be higher
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Anaesthetics Report Abuse
First used by Edinburgh Physician James Simpson in the mid 19th Century
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Mackintosh Raincoats Report Abuse
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Refrigirators Report Abuse
Invented in 1851 by James Harrison, a Scot who emigrated to Australia
12 points - added 3 years ago by kris - 1 comment
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I need to keep my cake in that
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Quinine Report Abuse
George Cleghorn
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Microwave Oven Report Abuse
11 points - added 3 years ago by kris - 1 comment
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Percy Spencer
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Tubular Steel Report Abuse
Sir William Fairbairn
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Breech-loading Rifle Report Abuse
Patrick Ferguson
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Golf Report Abuse
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Ranger football club Report Abuse
It is a very good football team and are good enough to pawn Man U.
7 points - added 2 years ago by guest - 1 comment
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does not exist anymore
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John Loudon McAdam
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Sir Hugh Dalrymple
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Percussion Powder Report Abuse
Alexander Forsyth
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.Fax Machine Report Abuse
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Antisepsis Report Abuse
Joseph Lister
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Pneumatic Tyres Report Abuse
Invented in 1888 by John Boyd Dunlop
3 points - added 3 years ago by kris - 1 comment
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I think you will find that the inventory of the pneumatic tyre was Robert Thompson
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