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1.
John
Roebuck invented the lead chamber process for the distillation of
sulfuric ____.
6.
Joseph
Lister found carbolic acid to be this, thus changing forever the way
operating rooms functioned.
9.
An
Edinburgh man was the first to publish the idea that consuming fruit
would cure or prevent this disease, a plague found particularly on board
sailing ships.
11.
Mackintosh’s raincoat would be harder to store without a Scottish
company’s production of this invention.
12.
William
Nicol used two Nicol prisms to discover the ______ of light, finding
that when rotated 90 degrees, one ray of light would cut off the other.
13.
This
scale of temperature was named after Lord _____, a professor at Glasgow
University and a specialist in the field of thermodynamics.
14.
The first
breech-loading one of these was invented by Patrick Ferguson.

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1.
First
used by James Simpson, an
Edinburgh
physician, to help alleviate the pain of childbirth
2.
Scottish
physician, Alexander Wood, with Charles Pravay, a French physician are
credited with this invention making Sir Alexander Fleming’s penicillin
injectable (two words)
3.
Hand
husking grain was replaced with this mechanical _______ machine,
invented by Andrew Meikle in 1784.
4.
Joseph
Black was regarded as the “Father of Quantitative _____.”
6.
Scotsman
William Symington was the first man to propel a boat using this.
7.
A Dundee
importer found himself with a shipload of oranges too bitter to sell so
turned them into this popular orange preserve.
9.
James
Young, a chemist, was the first to market this as a lighting and heating
oil.
11.
This
automobile line is named after David ______, a Scot who is credited with
discovering a method to bond enamel to cast iron and with patenting a
carburetor.
Update on the Bull Pen:
If you have been reading your newsletters, you already know about the
newly organized Bull Pen. This is an exciting way to meet and know
more about TCA members from all around the world. You will soon be
receiving a registration card to become a founding member of the Bull
Pen. Don’t miss this opportunity. Watch for your registration card
and be sure to fill it out and return it.
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