Lord Stephen
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What Scots Have Given The WorldThe population of Scotland has never been much over 5 million yet they have discovered, invented or manufactured for the first time the following rather important things:
the decimal point
the hypodermic syringe
Logarithms
Finger printing
the kaleidoscope
the overdraft
Anaesthesia
Cannabis
Antiseptics
Documentary films
Golf clubs
colour photographs
the 18 hole golf course
Encyclopaedia Britannica
tennis courts
postcards
the bowling green
the gas mask
Writing paper
the theory of combustion
the advertising film
the gravitating compass
the bus
the threshing machine
the steam engine
Insulin
the locomotive
Interferon
the photocopier
the pneumatic tyre
Video
the pedal bicycle
the telephone
the modern road surface
Television
Geology
Radar
artificial ice
Helium
Morphine
Neon
Ante-natal clinics
the telegraph
Bovril
Street lighting
Marmalade
the lawn mower
the fountain pen
kinetic energy
the Mackintosh
electric light
Gardenias
the alpha chip
cloned sheep
the thermos flask
obstetric ultrasound
Quite a list of accomplishments for such a small group of folks.
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