Inventions

 

Telephone

Now, this is interesting. Scotland, which is about the same geographic size as Virginia, has an outsized history of inventions. Let's begin that invention list with the telephone. Turns out that Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone, was born in Scotland. Side note:  his birthplace is near our flat, and we have enjoyed time in the pub named after him. 

John Logie Baird, from Scotland, is credited with the first demonstration of a working television. William Cullen, from Scotland, developed the first artificial refrigeration system. Kirkpatrick Macmillan, you get the idea, is credited with inventing the first pedal-powered bicycle. Alexander Fleming, another Scotsman, discovered penicillin.

Question, why is it that a small country produced so many world-class inventions?