dunderheed
12-Jun-06, 11:36
ok so on the field of sport england can boast a better ,football team and rugby team ,even a better cricket team , but in the academic field we lead the way!
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this is not a complete list
Famous Scots
John Logie Baird. Television has brought information and entertainment to millions, but there would probably be no Television - if it were not for the Scottish genius John Logie Baird who obtained the world's first television picture in 1925. The first ever public demonstration of television was given in the town of Falkirk and in 1928 he transmitted the first transatlantic broadcast.
Alexander Graham Bell. Is the telephone including the mobile important in your life? Perhaps there would be no telephones if it were not for Alexander Graham Bell, his researches also laid the groundwork for modern fibre optics.
Kirkpatrick Macmillan. Do you enjoy touring by bicycle ? Blacksmith Kirkpatrick Macmillan, born in 1813, who invented the bicycle, but he never patented it and it was therefore widely copied.
Allan Ramsay born Lanarkshire, Scotland. He opened the first lending library in the world in Edinburgh in 1726. His statue stands in Princes Street Gardens.
James Dewar. Do you enjoy a warm drink from your vacuum flask? It was invented by Scot Sir James Dewar.
Charles Macintosh. Aren't you glad to be able to put on waterproofs when the rain comes? Charles Macintosh researches in chemistry led to the invention of waterproof clothing and the 'Macintosh Coat'.
Robert Watson-Watt. How dangerous would flying be if air-traffic controllers around the world did not have Radar? Radar was invented by the Scot, Sir Robert Watson-Watt . Radar is also used to produce satellite images of the Earth.
Joseph Lister. How would you like to go for an operation and not have any anaesthetic before the operation or any antiseptics after it? Both were pioneered by Scotsman Professor Joseph Lister . When his contemporaries said that it was immoral to use Chloroform, then recently discovered and pioneered as an anaesthetic by fellow Scot James Young Simpson. Lister argued from the Bible story in Genesis where God put Adam to sleep before taking part of his side to make Woman.
Alexander Fleming. What if there were no antibiotic drugs? - Scot Alexander Fleming saw disease, amputations and death, as a result of infected wounds during World War 1 and went on to discover the world's first antibiotic, Penicillin - which has saved millions of lives, indeed it has been claimed that Penicillin has saved more lives than have been lost in all the wars throughout history. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1945. He was the first to use anti typhoid vaccines on patients and he pioneered the use of Salvarsan against syphilis and discovered the antiseptic powers of lysozyme.
Alexander Wood , Secretary and later President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, introduced the hypodermic syringe that allows the doctor to administer antibiotic and other healing drugs.
Prof. Graham Teasdale invented the 'Glasgow Coma Scale', the most widely used scoring system in quantifying patient level of consciousness following traumatic brain injury.
James Lind. A 'Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh' devised the scientific method known today as 'Clinical Trials' to test the effectiveness of drugs or treatments. He also discovered that the steam of salt water was fresh and proposed a simple method of supplying ships with fresh water by distillation.
Sir Patrick 'Mosquito' Manson ,a doctor from Aberdeen University discovered the microscopic filarial worms in mosquito tissues and was the first person to link them to the cause of malaria. He founded the medical school in Hong Kong and was one of the founders of the London School of Tropical Medicine.
Other Scottish medical pioneers were: James Young Simpson - Chloroform. John Williams - Developed the Smallpox Vaccine. Sir William McEwen - first Bone Graft. Ian Aird - developed Kidney Transplants. Alic Isaacs - Interferon. James Syme - Plastic Surgery.
Other Scottish inventors, discoverers and developers were: Lord Kelvin - Kelvin Temperature Scale. William Symington the 'Inventor of Steam Navigation' was the first man to propel a boat by steam in 1788. Duke of Montrose - Aircraft Carrier. James Beaumont Neilson - Hot Blast Furnace. Alexander Bain - Chemical Telegraph and Electric Clock. James Nasmyth - Steam Hammer. William Ged - Stereotyping. William Smellie - created the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Samuel Craig - founded the Russian navy. William Paterson - founded the Bank of England. King James VI - Authorised the translation of the Bible into English.
James Braidwood formed the world's first municipal fire brigade in Edinburgh and Invented one of the first types of breathing apparatus.
Robert William Thomson-Invented the vulcanised rubber pneumatic tyre, he
Thomson also patented the fountain pen, so you can write a letter home.
James Chalmers invented the adhesive postage stamp for you to stick on the envelope.
John Law founded the Bank of France and invented paper money to save you having to carry heavy metals in your pocket.
Neil Arnott invented the water-bed.
Adam Smith became famous for his influential book 'The Wealth of Nations' , written in 1776 when he was 53 years old. Smith established economics as a subject in its own right and was the originator and champion of the system of economics known as 'free enterprise'. Smith's genius was quickly recognised and free enterprise became the economic basis for the economy of the western world.
Golf. We don't know who invented it but the game of golf was invented in Scotland. In a resolution of 6 March 1457, King James II of Scotland banned football and 'ye golf' because the games were stopping his subjects from practising military skills such as archery. There is even a record of the King of Scotland, James IV playing Golf way back in 1504. When the Scottish King James VI , was invited by the English to come and reign over them also, making him the first King of the UK, he was called James the I , he visited Greenwich and on Blackheath, he played the first game of golf in England. Soon golf was almost as important in England as the sport of hunting.
In Scotland she is known affectionately as 'Nessie', the rest of the world knows her as the 'Loch Ness Monster'. The first recorded sighting of Nessie was in the 6th century and sightings are still being reported. Could Nessie be a marooned family of aquatic dinosaurs perhaps Plesiosaurs ?
James Small replaced the wooden plough when he invented a new shaped metal plough that turned over the turf as it cut the soil. The new plough meant that one man and a horse could do what it previously took over half a dozen men and two horses to do.
James Watt was born in Greenock. He improved the design of the steam engine, increased its efficiency by three-quarters and revolutionised both industry and transport. The power unit the 'watt' is named after him.
Sir David Brewster invented the kaleidoscope improved the spectroscope and devised a new method for lighthouse illumination. He had a significant influence on the development of photography.
James Clerk Maxwell is generally regarded as one of the greatest physicists this world has ever seen. His pioneering work mathematically proved that everything about the relationship of magnetism and electricity could be stated in four simple, elegant equations. The first revolution in Physics was Newton's understanding of gravity; the second was Maxwell's unification of magnetism and electricity, now called 'Electromagnetism'. He paved the way and was the inspiration for Einstein's theory of relativity and Quantum theory. Albert Einstein, said that his work had resulted in the most profound change in the study of physics since the time of Isaac Newton.
Rev. Patrick Bell invented the reaping machine which led to the modern combine harvester.
Joseph Black , developed the concept of 'Latent Heat' and discovered Carbon Dioxide.
John Napier invented logarithms and the decimal point.
George Cleghorn an Army surgeon discovered that quinine bark contained a cure for Malaria.
Sir Hugh Dalrymple invented hollow-pipe drainage to dry previously useless water-logged land and bring it into agricultural production.
Sir John Douglas devised the 'Queensberry Rules' for boxing in 1867.
Patrick Ferguson from Aberdeenshire invented the breech-loading rifle which was capable of firing seven shots per minute.
Rev. Alexander Forsyth inventor of the percussion cap which ignited when struck. This led to the modern bullet.
James Gregory inventor of the reflecting telescope used by Sir Isaac Newton.
William Murdock dissatisfied with candles invented gas lighting.
John McAdam developed the road covering process known as tarmacadam
James Paterson from Musselburgh developed a machine process still used to make fishing nets.
James Pillans invented the blackboard and coloured chalks.
James Young developed the world's first oil industry using a process of refining oil to extract Paraffin.
Sir William Fairbairn from Kelso built the first iron boats and devised new techniques in bridge construction.
William Cullen of Glasgow University invented the first method of refrigeration.
Alexander Shanks invented the forerunner of the modern lawnmower and incorporated a grass roller in the design.
Alexander Bain invented the facsimile machine . Bain's original concept is still the basis for the modern fax.
James Maxwell took the first coloured photo.
courtesy of albawest.com
this is not a complete list
Famous Scots
John Logie Baird. Television has brought information and entertainment to millions, but there would probably be no Television - if it were not for the Scottish genius John Logie Baird who obtained the world's first television picture in 1925. The first ever public demonstration of television was given in the town of Falkirk and in 1928 he transmitted the first transatlantic broadcast.
Alexander Graham Bell. Is the telephone including the mobile important in your life? Perhaps there would be no telephones if it were not for Alexander Graham Bell, his researches also laid the groundwork for modern fibre optics.
Kirkpatrick Macmillan. Do you enjoy touring by bicycle ? Blacksmith Kirkpatrick Macmillan, born in 1813, who invented the bicycle, but he never patented it and it was therefore widely copied.
Allan Ramsay born Lanarkshire, Scotland. He opened the first lending library in the world in Edinburgh in 1726. His statue stands in Princes Street Gardens.
James Dewar. Do you enjoy a warm drink from your vacuum flask? It was invented by Scot Sir James Dewar.
Charles Macintosh. Aren't you glad to be able to put on waterproofs when the rain comes? Charles Macintosh researches in chemistry led to the invention of waterproof clothing and the 'Macintosh Coat'.
Robert Watson-Watt. How dangerous would flying be if air-traffic controllers around the world did not have Radar? Radar was invented by the Scot, Sir Robert Watson-Watt . Radar is also used to produce satellite images of the Earth.
Joseph Lister. How would you like to go for an operation and not have any anaesthetic before the operation or any antiseptics after it? Both were pioneered by Scotsman Professor Joseph Lister . When his contemporaries said that it was immoral to use Chloroform, then recently discovered and pioneered as an anaesthetic by fellow Scot James Young Simpson. Lister argued from the Bible story in Genesis where God put Adam to sleep before taking part of his side to make Woman.
Alexander Fleming. What if there were no antibiotic drugs? - Scot Alexander Fleming saw disease, amputations and death, as a result of infected wounds during World War 1 and went on to discover the world's first antibiotic, Penicillin - which has saved millions of lives, indeed it has been claimed that Penicillin has saved more lives than have been lost in all the wars throughout history. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1945. He was the first to use anti typhoid vaccines on patients and he pioneered the use of Salvarsan against syphilis and discovered the antiseptic powers of lysozyme.
Alexander Wood , Secretary and later President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, introduced the hypodermic syringe that allows the doctor to administer antibiotic and other healing drugs.
Prof. Graham Teasdale invented the 'Glasgow Coma Scale', the most widely used scoring system in quantifying patient level of consciousness following traumatic brain injury.
James Lind. A 'Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh' devised the scientific method known today as 'Clinical Trials' to test the effectiveness of drugs or treatments. He also discovered that the steam of salt water was fresh and proposed a simple method of supplying ships with fresh water by distillation.
Sir Patrick 'Mosquito' Manson ,a doctor from Aberdeen University discovered the microscopic filarial worms in mosquito tissues and was the first person to link them to the cause of malaria. He founded the medical school in Hong Kong and was one of the founders of the London School of Tropical Medicine.
Other Scottish medical pioneers were: James Young Simpson - Chloroform. John Williams - Developed the Smallpox Vaccine. Sir William McEwen - first Bone Graft. Ian Aird - developed Kidney Transplants. Alic Isaacs - Interferon. James Syme - Plastic Surgery.
Other Scottish inventors, discoverers and developers were: Lord Kelvin - Kelvin Temperature Scale. William Symington the 'Inventor of Steam Navigation' was the first man to propel a boat by steam in 1788. Duke of Montrose - Aircraft Carrier. James Beaumont Neilson - Hot Blast Furnace. Alexander Bain - Chemical Telegraph and Electric Clock. James Nasmyth - Steam Hammer. William Ged - Stereotyping. William Smellie - created the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Samuel Craig - founded the Russian navy. William Paterson - founded the Bank of England. King James VI - Authorised the translation of the Bible into English.
James Braidwood formed the world's first municipal fire brigade in Edinburgh and Invented one of the first types of breathing apparatus.
Robert William Thomson-Invented the vulcanised rubber pneumatic tyre, he
Thomson also patented the fountain pen, so you can write a letter home.
James Chalmers invented the adhesive postage stamp for you to stick on the envelope.
John Law founded the Bank of France and invented paper money to save you having to carry heavy metals in your pocket.
Neil Arnott invented the water-bed.
Adam Smith became famous for his influential book 'The Wealth of Nations' , written in 1776 when he was 53 years old. Smith established economics as a subject in its own right and was the originator and champion of the system of economics known as 'free enterprise'. Smith's genius was quickly recognised and free enterprise became the economic basis for the economy of the western world.
Golf. We don't know who invented it but the game of golf was invented in Scotland. In a resolution of 6 March 1457, King James II of Scotland banned football and 'ye golf' because the games were stopping his subjects from practising military skills such as archery. There is even a record of the King of Scotland, James IV playing Golf way back in 1504. When the Scottish King James VI , was invited by the English to come and reign over them also, making him the first King of the UK, he was called James the I , he visited Greenwich and on Blackheath, he played the first game of golf in England. Soon golf was almost as important in England as the sport of hunting.
In Scotland she is known affectionately as 'Nessie', the rest of the world knows her as the 'Loch Ness Monster'. The first recorded sighting of Nessie was in the 6th century and sightings are still being reported. Could Nessie be a marooned family of aquatic dinosaurs perhaps Plesiosaurs ?
James Small replaced the wooden plough when he invented a new shaped metal plough that turned over the turf as it cut the soil. The new plough meant that one man and a horse could do what it previously took over half a dozen men and two horses to do.
James Watt was born in Greenock. He improved the design of the steam engine, increased its efficiency by three-quarters and revolutionised both industry and transport. The power unit the 'watt' is named after him.
Sir David Brewster invented the kaleidoscope improved the spectroscope and devised a new method for lighthouse illumination. He had a significant influence on the development of photography.
James Clerk Maxwell is generally regarded as one of the greatest physicists this world has ever seen. His pioneering work mathematically proved that everything about the relationship of magnetism and electricity could be stated in four simple, elegant equations. The first revolution in Physics was Newton's understanding of gravity; the second was Maxwell's unification of magnetism and electricity, now called 'Electromagnetism'. He paved the way and was the inspiration for Einstein's theory of relativity and Quantum theory. Albert Einstein, said that his work had resulted in the most profound change in the study of physics since the time of Isaac Newton.
Rev. Patrick Bell invented the reaping machine which led to the modern combine harvester.
Joseph Black , developed the concept of 'Latent Heat' and discovered Carbon Dioxide.
John Napier invented logarithms and the decimal point.
George Cleghorn an Army surgeon discovered that quinine bark contained a cure for Malaria.
Sir Hugh Dalrymple invented hollow-pipe drainage to dry previously useless water-logged land and bring it into agricultural production.
Sir John Douglas devised the 'Queensberry Rules' for boxing in 1867.
Patrick Ferguson from Aberdeenshire invented the breech-loading rifle which was capable of firing seven shots per minute.
Rev. Alexander Forsyth inventor of the percussion cap which ignited when struck. This led to the modern bullet.
James Gregory inventor of the reflecting telescope used by Sir Isaac Newton.
William Murdock dissatisfied with candles invented gas lighting.
John McAdam developed the road covering process known as tarmacadam
James Paterson from Musselburgh developed a machine process still used to make fishing nets.
James Pillans invented the blackboard and coloured chalks.
James Young developed the world's first oil industry using a process of refining oil to extract Paraffin.
Sir William Fairbairn from Kelso built the first iron boats and devised new techniques in bridge construction.
William Cullen of Glasgow University invented the first method of refrigeration.
Alexander Shanks invented the forerunner of the modern lawnmower and incorporated a grass roller in the design.
Alexander Bain invented the facsimile machine . Bain's original concept is still the basis for the modern fax.
James Maxwell took the first coloured photo.