What is the greatest contribution Scotland has made to the rest of the world?

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la-de-da

adhesive postage stamps anaesthetics antisepsis artificial diamonds reaping machine
Bank of England latent heat Brownian movement Buicks chemical bonds
penicillin the decimal point documentary films Encyclopedia Britannica engineering sciences
fax machines first cloned mammal flailing machines geosciences golf
historical novels hypodermic syringes Kelvin scale percussion powder logarithms
Maxwell's equations marmalade mackintosh raincoats macadamized roads microwave ovens
colloid chemistry breech-loading rifle tubular steel quinine Sociology
pneumatic tyres pink bathtubs hollow pipe drainage Peter Pan radar
paleobiology polarization cure for scurvy King Arthur Halloween
refrigerators Neptune bakelite iron bridges solitons
the steam engine telephones thermos flasks/dewars the telegraph television
the stereotype sulphuric acid the steam-hammer cure for insomnia paraffin
Sherlock Holmes Toad of Toad Hall Long John Silver Jekyll and Hyde Auld Lang Syne
Whisky US Navy Chilean Navy Economics Cloud Chamber

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Knownow't

Scottish engineers are some of the best in the World...they invented far too many things to list here. But going back to the late 1800's and the early 1900's they led the world.

dels replies

OH YES scotch whisky and porridge

Hibee

A social conscience.

coffee

Penicillin, anaesthetic, anti septic, inflatable rubber tyre, tarmac, television, steam engines, Glasgow coma score, cloned sheep "Dolly", Waterproof coat by MacIntosh. David Livingstonediscovering Zambesi River and Victoria Falls. Paul Jones a Scotsman founded the US Navy. Robert Louis Stevenson, Walter Scott and Robert Burns - authors and poets. Charles Rennie McIntosh - Artist architect and designer who inspired the American Fran LLoyd Wright. Our soldiers have fought in wars all over the world and have always been renowned for their bravery.

Robin G

Duct Tape.

spedrico

i assume from your ignorance that you are American. You probably think that we all still live in Crofts and herd sheep, wear kilts, play the bagpipes, have red hair and beards and walk around saying aaccch, whilst chasing a hairy haggis through the fields with a spear and shield in our hands! am i right? :)

Anti - Barbie

The television - most of the world would be lost without it

HM 10

My Grandfather

jinky6707

There are plenty of Scottish inventions that still impact today here are just a few Penicillin, the first cloned mammal, television, logarithms, decimal point, economics, calculus, bank of England, radar, ultrasound scanner, finger printing, electromagnetism, fax machine, telephone, MRI scanner, tarmac and many more. Although people can dispute the telephone.

commander_cockstain

Frankie Boyle.

halsca

Golf. The game was invented in Scotland somewhere around 1100 AD.

aveyda

David Roberts - dont say no until you've seen his paintings!!

DoH

whisky

Pete W

The A74(M), leading to England.

shevek_v

Its people. Some of the best engineers, inventors, craftsmen and shipyard workers in the world have been of Scottish origin.

mindflux303

Some other things not mentioned...

Electric clock,
Universal Standard Time,
Grand Theft Auto III,
decimal point,
pedal bicycle,
curling,
Digestive biscuit,
Penguin biscuit
Jaffa cakes,
The kelvin SI unit of temperature,
The watt (symbol: W) after James Watt,
Radar,
Fax,
blah, blah...

golden

60,000,000 great sweaties throughout the planet in the last 200 years

SeaEff

Me!

redmanshouts

jerry sadowitz
irvine welsh
kenny dalglish

Angel

Skirts for Men?

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