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Refrigerator/ William Cullen(1710-1790)
William Cullen, is the man we have to thank for the invention of the refrigerator. The fridge opened up new tastes from far off lands and helped prolong the life of perishable food items. Cullen demonstrated his discovery at Glasgow University in 1748, though at the time no effort was made to commercialise the invention. -
Steam engine/James Watt(1736-1819)
James Watt was a mechanical engineer, born in Greenock (Scotland). In 1764, Watt received a steam engine to repair. He repaired it but he saw it lost a lot of energy. So, watt started to design a more efficient engine. His new machine didn´t lose steam and it used 75% less fuel than other engines. -
Photograph in colour/James Clerk Maxwell(1831-1879)
James Clerk Maxwell is most well-known as the father of modern physics, because he was also responsible for the world's first colour photograph. In 1855, Maxwell introduced the world to the 'three colour process' and just a few short years later, while giving a lecture on something completely unrelated, he displayed the first colour photograph - of a tartan ribbon - to the world. -
Telephone/Alexandre Graham Bell(1847-1922)
Alexandre Graham Bell was born in Edimburg. He was interested in the science of hearing because both his mother and wife were deaf. Then, he experimented with new inventions to help the deaf and through this work, he invented the telephone in 1876. -
Penicillin/Sir Alexander Fleming(1881-1955)
Sir Alexander Fleming born in Ayrshire. In August 1928, he left his laboratory and went on holiday. But he forgot to sterilizse his equipment. This happy accident was the start of modern antibiotics and saved millions of lives. -
Color television/John Logie Baird(1888 - 1946)
John Logie Baird was born in Helensburgh, Scotland. He was a Scottish inventor, electrical engineer and innovator. He is recognized as the inventor of electromechanical television1 and on January 26, 1926, he made the first demonstration of the television system in the world. 2 He invented the field-sequential trichromatic system in 1940, a system for transmitting color television throughout the world. -
ATM/ James Goodfellow (1937-alive)
In 1966, a Scotsman by the name of James Goodfellow, from Paisley, on the west coast of Scotland, invented the first automated teller machine (ATM) and pin number system. This secure technology meant that banks were able to close their doors after business hours, but still dispense cash to customers when they needed it.