A small list that the less than enterprising Scots have done.
A few things the Scots have given the world ...
Mathematical & Financial
Logarithms
The Bank of England
Capitalism
The overdraft
The decimal point
Technological
The threshing machine
The gravitating compass
Street lighting
The steam engine
The pneumatic tyre
The pedal bicycle
Tarmacadam (the modern road surface)
The locomotive
The bus
The telegraph
The thermos flask
The telephone
The gas mask
Colour photographs
The lawnmower
Television
The fax machine
The photocopier
Video
The kaleidoscope
Scientific
Theory of combustion
Electric light
Geology
Gardenias
Helium
Radar
Neon
Artificial ice
Dolly, the cloned sheep
Medical
The hypodermic syringe
Anaesthesia
Morphine
Antiseptics
Insulin
Penicillin
Interferon
The thermometer
Ante-natal clinics
Sport
Golf
Curling
Shinty
Tennis courts
The bowling green
Electronic
The alpha chip
Blue lasers
Kerr Lens Modelocking techniques
Everyday Items
Marmalade
Writing paper
The fountain pen
Postcards
The Mackintosh (aka raincoats)
Suspenders
Miscellaneous
Finger-printing
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Documentary films
The traffic cone
Sherlock Holmes
The Chinese supposedly gave the world civilization. Where are they today? A billion dirt farmers and some industrial slaves.
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