See why I'm proud to be Scottish!!!! Ylana Stoneyfields Ranch Remember what your elders used to say, "Birds of a feather flock together." If you're an eagle, don't hang around chickens: Chickens Can't Fly! You can't soar with the Eagles if you hoot with the hoot owls. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maggie Peters" <mpeters@xcelco.on.ca> To: <SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 9:05 AM Subject: [Renfrew] Fw: Inventions by Scots | Inventions | | | | | | | | Inventions | | | Scottish Inventions | | | | a.. William Symington born Lanarkshire, was the first man to propel a boat by steam. | | b.. Alexander Fleming, born in Ayrshire, Scotland, discovered penicillin. | | c.. Kirkpatrick MacMillan, born Thorhill, Scotland invented the bicycle. | | d.. Patrick Ferguson, born Scotland, invented the breech-loading rifle. | | e.. John Chalmers, born Dundee, invented the adhesive stamp. | | f.. James Watt, born Greenock, Scotland, invented the modern steam engine. | | g.. James Simpson, born Bathgate, was the first man to use chloroform. | | h.. John Loudon MacAdam, born Ayr, invented tarmac road surface. | | i.. Charles MacIntosh, born Glasgow, patented the raincoat. | | j.. Mrs Keiller, born Dundee, invented marmalade. | | k.. Alexander Graham Bell, born in Edinburgh, invented the telephone. | | l.. John Boyd Dunlop, born Scotland, patented the pneumatic tyre. | | m.. John Logie Baird, born Helensburgh, invented the television. | | n.. John Williams, born Glasgow, developed the vaccine against smallpox. | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ | | | | ==== SCT-RENFREW Mailing List ==== | ********************************************************************** | The Renfrewshire Query board is at | http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Renfrew |