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The History of Scotlands Inventions
Since before the Industrial
Revolution, Scots have been at the forefront of innovation
and discovery across a wide range of spheres: the steam engine,
the bicycle, tarmacadam roads, the telephone, television,
the transistor, the motion picture, penicillin, electromagnetics,
radar, insulin and calculus are only a few of the most significant
products of Scottish ingenuity.
As we start a new century,
the technologies may have changed but the creative spark
still burns brightly, seen most prominently perhaps in the
creation of Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal.
What made Scotland such a hotbed of creativity? It's difficult to point to any single factor although the Scots have always placed a high value on education. A prodigious work ethic, a self-confidence and vision, and perhaps even the weather, may also have played a role. Yet even when they left their native country, Scots took that creative impetus with them and continued to distinguish themselves in their adopted countries. Amazingly, for a country whose population has never been much in excess of 5 million, native Scots or those descended directly from them have been the recipients of some 11% of all the Nobel Prizes that have been awarded.
Whatever its source, it's clear that the ingenuity and inventiveness of the Scots have shaped the world in which we live today. The following examples are by no means exhaustive but they do gives a flavour of just what the Scots have given the world.
It's quite an achievement!
 Road
Transport Innovations
Civil
Engineering Innovations
Power
Innovations
Shipbuilding
Innovations
Heavy
Industry Innovations
Agricultural
Innovations
Communication
Innovations
Scientific
Innovations
Medical
Innovations
Household
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