Scots inventions an diskiveries

  Scottish inventions an diskiveries are objects, processes or techniques aither pairtly or halely inventit, innovatit, or diskivert bi a body born in or descendit frae Scotland. In some cases, an invention's Scots natur is pitten bi the fact that it pit intae existence in Scotland (e.g., animal cloning), bi fowk no frae Scotland wirkin in the kintra. Aften, things that are diskivert for the first time are cried "inventions" an aw an in mony cases thare isnae a clear line atweesh the twa.

The Scots hae massive pride in the history o Scots inventions an diskiveries. Thare are a lot o beuks scrieved juist on the subject, as weel as a hale wheen o websites pittin doun inventions an diskiveries frae Scotland wi some degree o science.

E'en afore the Industrial Revolution, Scots hae been at the forebreest o innovation an diskivery throu a nummer o depairtments. Some of the maist relevant products o Scots ingenuity include James Watt's steam ingine, impruivin on Thomas Newcomen's,^[2] the bicycle,^[3] macadamisation (no tae be conflummixit wi tarmac o tarmacadam^[4]), Alexander Graham Bell's invention o the first practical telephone,^[5] John Logie Baird's invention o the telly,^[6] Alexander Fleming's diskivery o penicillin^[7] an insulin.^[8]

The follaein is a list o inventions, innovations, or diskiveries that are kent as bein frae Scotland.

1. ↑ The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol. II Ch. 1: Electromagnetism
2. ↑ "BBC - History - James Watt". Retrieved 31 December 2008.
3. ↑ "BBC - History - Kirkpatrick Macmillan". Retrieved 31 December 2008.
4. ↑ "Encyclopædia Britannica: John Loudon Mcadam (British inventor)". Retrieved 13 Juin 2010.
5. ↑ "Scottish Science Hall of Fame - Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)". Archived frae the original on 11 October 2010. Retrieved 20 Februar 2010.
6. ↑ "BBC - History - John Logie Baird". Retrieved 31 December 2008.
7. ↑ "Nobelprize.org: Sir Alexander Fleming - Biography". Retrieved 31 December 2008.
8. ↑ "Nobelprize.org: John Macleod Biography". Retrieved 31 December 2008.