50 Cards
Inventions
Fifty Scottish inventions that shaped the modern world.
No. 1
No. 2Golf (Rules & 18-hole round)
Gentlemen Golfers of Leith / Society of St Andrews Golfers
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No. 5Cloud Chamber
C.T.R. Wilson
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Percussion Cap
Rev. Alexander Forsyth
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Hypodermic Syringe
Alexander Wood
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Steam Hammer
James Nasmyth
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Adhesive Postage Stamp
James Chalmers
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Vacuum Flask
James Dewar
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No. 12Chemical Telegraph (Fax Precursor)
Alexander Bain
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First Permanent Colour Photograph
James Clerk Maxwell
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Mackintosh Raincoat
Charles Macintosh
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Teleprinter
Frederick Creed
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No. 17Savings Bank
Rev. Henry Duncan
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Flush Toilet / S-bend
Alexander Cumming
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First Practical Steamboat
William Symington
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No. 25Watt's Governor
James Watt
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No. 27Anaesthesia (Chloroform)
James Young Simpson
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No. 29Coal Gas Lighting
William Murdoch
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Beta-Blockers
Sir James Black
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No. 32Dolly the Sheep (Cloning)
Ian Wilmut & Keith Campbell
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No. 34Colour Television
John Logie Baird
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Macadamised Roads
John Loudon McAdam
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No. 40Grand Piano Foot-Pedal
John Broadwood
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No. 42The Falkirk Wheel
Tony Kettle (with Scottish Canals & Arup)
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No. 47Threshing Machine
Andrew Meikle
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No. 49Orbital O2 Tidal Turbine
Orbital Marine Power
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