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Scotland : And 10 More

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1. Logarithm Tables

John Napier spent 20 years divising his ingenious system (1594) for multiplying and dividing large numbers.
2. Mackintosh

Charles Mackintosh gave his name to the rubberized waterproof material he developed in 1823.
3. Lawnmower

A “mechanical reaper” was how the Reverend Patrick Bell described the lawnmower he invented in 1826.
4. Fax Machine

Alexander Bain created the first machine capable of making facsimiles of original documents in 1843.
5. Anaesthetics in Midwifery

Sir James Young, the founder of modern gynaecology, first introduced ether, then chloroform as anaesthetics in midwifery in 1846.
6. Linoleum

This revolutionary floor covering was first produced by Frederick Walton in 1860.
7. Colour Photography

The physicist James C Maxwell produced the world’s first photograph with three colours in 1861.
8. Pneumatic Tyre

Unprecedented comfort on rough roads was achieved in 1887, with John Dunlop’s first air-filled tyre.
9. Thermos Flask

Designed for storing cold gasses, Sir James Dewar’s vacuum flask (1892) soon came into everyday use.
10. Wave Energy

In 1973, Stephen Salter devised a system to generate electricity from sea waves.