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Scottish Inventions

• William Symington born Lanarkshire, was the first man to propel a boat by steam.

• Alexander Fleming, born in Ayrshire, Scotland, discovered penicillin.

• Kirkpatrick MacMillan, born Thorhill, Scotland invented the bicycle.

• Patrick Ferguson, born Scotland, invented the breech-loading rifle.

• John Chalmers, born Dundee, invented the adhesive stamp.

• James Watt, born Greenock, Scotland, invented the modern steam engine.

• James Simpson, born Bathgate, was the first man to use chloroform.

• John Loudon MacAdam, born Ayr, invented tarmac road surface.

• Charles MacIntosh, born Glasgow, patented the raincoat.

• Mrs Keiller, born Dundee, invented marmalade.

• Alexander Graham Bell, born in Edinburgh, invented the telephone.

• John Boyd Dunlop, born Scotland, patented the pneumatic tyre.

• John Logie Baird, born Helensburgh, invented the television.

• John Williams, born Glasgow, developed the vaccine against smallpox.