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Re: Shock Horror ...
What they did invent.
Inventions and discoveries which are Scottish include(C10):
* Adhesive stamps
* Australian national anthem
* Bank of England
* bicycle pedals
* breach-loading rifle
* Bovril
* cell nucleus
* chloroform
* cloud chamber
* cornflower
* cure for malaria
* decimal point
* Encyclopedia Britannica
* fountain pens
* fingerprinting
* hypnosis
* hypodermic syringes
* insulin
* kaleidoscope
* lawnmower
* lime cordial
* logarithms
* lorries
* marmalade
* matches
* motor insurance
* paraffin
* piano pedals
* postmark
* pneumatic tyres
* RADAR
* reflecting telescope
* savings banks
* screw propeller
* speedometer
* steam hammer
* raincoats
* tarmac
* teleprinters
* tubular steel
* typhoid vaccine
* ultrasound scanners
* United States Navy
* universal standard time
* vacuum flasks
* wave-powered electricity generations
* wire rope
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