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My son in school in Georgia was asked what Scotland had ever brought to the world. Please add any I missed
Scots gave: penicillin,tarmacadam, US national Parks, telephone, Us navy, modern economics, declaration independence based on dec. of Arbroath and Anaesthetics Beta-BlockersCash-creditashcredit Colour photography.Cotton-reel threads Continuous electric light Criminal finger-printing Decimal points Fax machines Financial services by telephone Fountain pens Electro-magnetism Hollow pipe drainage Hypodermic syringes Insulin Kaleidoscopes Lime cordial Motor insurance Noble gases Paraffin Postage stamps Quinine Radar
Reflecting telescopes Retail banking Savings banks Tarmac Ultrasound scanners Universal standard time Vacuum flasks
Waterproof mackintoshes Wave-powered electricity generators and Golf! The Confederate flag based on ST Andrews Cross and I am sorry to say possibly the KKK
Apologies for KKK ref and confederate flag...I was told this on many occasions whilst living in Savannah Georgia
vulcanized rubber
pneumatic tires
television
tweed cloth
Burberry...not only is it a "brand" it is also a style of cloth weaving
torpedo
quick oat meal (developed in Scotland by Quaker Oats)
King James version of the Bible
tarmacadam & tarmac are the same thing...and the first grand wizard of the KKK was from England, not Scotland
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