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Article: FORGOTTEN; Scots gave the world the phone and TV...but can you remember all these other innovations?
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- November 14, 2002
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Byline: LAURA COLLINS
WE all know we have Scots to thank for the television, tarmac, penicillin and the telephone.
But did you know that we are also responsible for the first balloon, the first postage stamp or the first fax?
LAURA COLLINS unearths 20 extraordinary and surprising Scottish Firsts.
THE FIRST FAX WHEN asked what he thought of Scottish endeavour, Sir Winston Churchill replied: 'Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind.' Certainly the nation has a proud and well-deserved reputation for producing scientific, explorative and artistic ...