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My wee Grandson here in the States recently did a school project about all the important discoveries and innovations made by Scots, which was considering longer than his schoolmates. After awhile his teacher wanted to know how Scottish was his family 😂

@ScotlandHistoryTours

23 күн бұрын

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@tonyharpur8383

18 күн бұрын

I really can't imagine why the teacher was so suspicious.😉

When a physics teacher speaks history you get this great performance most enjoyable

I had no idea Bell invented the flappy things on airplane wings! Very cool 😎

@KarenG.-qs7wc

23 күн бұрын

Neither did I.

@theoztreecrasher2647

23 күн бұрын

"the flappy things on airplane wings"??? They're the remains of the Geese that encountered the engines aren't they? 🤔😱🙄

@chrissherer2047

23 күн бұрын

Not on the wings but at the tail. Wing flaps change altitude. Ailerons change tilt so that one or the other wings dip for better turning like a bike does.

@tonykeast9966

23 күн бұрын

​@@chrissherer2047glad you cleared that error up, all the hundreds of ailerons I've worked on and controlled on aircraft were on wings. You should tell Boeing etc about their silly mistake so they can fix it.

@musingwithreba9667

23 күн бұрын

@@chrissherer2047 oooohhhh! Bruce was flapping, so I thought it was on the wings 😁

Bell's invention of ailerons sidestepped the Wright's patent for wing-warping for turn control...so there's that, too!

What a wonderful video, Bruce! I love how you always find things I haven't found! My father was an aeronautical engineer who got his love of airplanes flying out of Britain as a navigator in WWII. He taught me quite a bit about it but never mentioned a word about Alexander Graham Bell. I had no idea that he had contributed so much to modern flight! And I see that the press was as awful back then as it is now: I wonder if the fact that Bell's instructions weren't followed to the letter was not conveyed to the public because it would then put the blame on our government's medical handling of the President? So coverups were around even back then! 😁Yikes. Appreciate all the beautiful shots of Canada's Eastern islands. I look forward to seeing more of that beautiful country in your future videos! Y'all take care now! 😊

Scots have made great inventions they have are great warriors and they are great people they have made the UK a great island to live on and everyone here now lives in the shadow of greatness that scots of the past have created. I feel proud to be associated with Scotland the Brave, the good and the wonderful people they are.

We stopped at Baddeck for a couple of days & visited his museum. Lovely place. really opened my ayes

Canadian author Charlotte Gray has written a wonderful book on Alexander Graham Bell titled Reluctant Genius. Great video!

Garfield also died from infections because doctors still didn’t believe in washing their hands yet.

Visiting the town where I went to school. Nice place. Great memories. By the way, my father’s first language was Gaelic. He did not speak English until he was 8 years old. He was born in 1902.

Bruce as always you've never failed teach and entertain me

@ScotlandHistoryTours

23 күн бұрын

Thank you sir

Yep, after Bell invented the telephone in Brantford Ontario, he patented it in both the UK and the USA, but it was disputed for most of a decade in the USA, so he was forced to move to Washington D.C. After the legal disputes were over he moved back to Canada, to Nova Scotia, where he went on to make inventions that made airplanes durable enough for multiple use, meaning that airplanes became commercially viable rather than being curiosities. A guy named Curtis, who had worked for Bell, stole all the patents and started up Curtis Aeronautics in the USA.

His Silver Dart also had the first tricycle landing gear.

Scottish genius at its best, once again. Brilliantly researched, written and presented. Have a successful trip in Canada, Bruce. 🌞

@mydogsareneat

21 күн бұрын

As the kids say "let him cook, and they will leave no crumbs"

Fascinating story Bruce. You can never rely on medics to do as they're asked😮. I read somewhere a long time ago that Mabel was deaf and the telephone was a by product of research to help her. My grandmother was completely deaf and had never learnt sign language so anything other than basic communication was written. My grandson has slight hearing impairment and has hearing aids which are so small you can hardly see them, I'd like to think Sandy Bell would be extremely happy with hearing aids like my grandson's. Have a great tour.

How one person could think of all of those disparate inventions!! 🤯😎

@lenabreijer1311

22 күн бұрын

He didn't include the hovercraft and submarines Bell also worked on...

Thanks again Bruce. A thank you for making Scottish history so available to people round the world. Let's hope we can show them more after July 4. Enjoy your tour.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

23 күн бұрын

It's what we do

Nothing about his hydrofoil experiments? Might need a future video

@ScotlandHistoryTours

23 күн бұрын

There's always too much to fit in. I'll be back

Good morning all. It is a lovely sunny one here in West Yorkshire, with the birds beaking vociferously.

I love the Star Trek reference! 😂 Hello from Nova Scotia. Glad you made it here for a visit, love your videos.

Am forgetting Alex's Gram 🔔was Scottish and American Heritage🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸 What A' Inventor wow So. we are All using" Scottish Technology Very Interesting. thankfully we" Have channel's like this for informative stories of Scotland.

It's wild to see a video filmed in Cape Breton.

I am totally in love with you! Your humor. Your stories. Everything.

Another, " I didnt know that!" Actually said that multiple times in this vid...metal detector and flight!! Thank you Bruce and I like that hoodie

Thanks Bruce for another great educational video about more shit i didn't know... LoL 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@ScotlandHistoryTours

23 күн бұрын

Delighted

Mark Armstrong Baker signing in for my history lesson. Thank you.

What a brain, storyteller and important historian. I regret not going to Canada 50+ years ago when I had the chance. Looks an amazing place. Thanks Bonny Bruce.

Just watched the King Richard the 3rd movie was so pleasantly surprised to see you in it. Got a real kick out of saying “hey I know that guy!”

@ceeej1290

21 күн бұрын

Just watched because you just watched and left this comment, great watch thanks for the tip 👍

My family is from Cape Breton. I love this fellow. I am definately not a fan of Scotland even being a Cameron but if there were more Scotsmen like Bruce i would consider going back again. Scotland to me has always been a cruel,dark and bleak place on the map and this man warms your heart but to me Scotland stopped being Scotland on April 16, 1746

I've been to Baddeck and seen the Bell museum. Really beautiful town and interesting museum!

Its always a pleasure to learn truthful history....thank you Bruce.

He also invented a hydrofoil boat at cape Bretton and before the phone he invented an electric hearing aid.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

23 күн бұрын

I know, but there's only so much time in a video😜

Love Cape Breton we toured it 2 years ago

I can't fucking believe I forgot to buy a ticket to your Ottawa show I'm just east of Toronto I'll have to see if theirs time for me to catch the Hamilton show.

@user-st7wb3yf3d

21 күн бұрын

I never knew you'd get away with fucking on KZread.

@Colin32269

16 күн бұрын

Or take a cruise down to Seaforth(40.min outta London) for Bruces show BigRed

Entertaining and informative video! You taught me facts abut AGB that I didn't know. Bruce, after watching your Washington DC video, we know what DC really stands for! IYKYK. As for Langley, thank you for talking about him. I knew about him but many people don't. The US Navy's first aircraft carrier was the USS Langley (CV-1) in honor of Langley's research in aviation. The Wright Bros. used a technique called "wing warping" to bank an aircraft. It wasn't as effective as ailerons.

Baddeck is one of my favourite places Bruce. Hope you get to go to the Margaree valley and the Cabot Tail while you are in Cape Breton...dont forget "Lake O Law" too...oh and Louisebourg...and...🤣, it is a beautiful place.🥰🇨🇦Sharon.

Fab presentation once again. Graham Bell resembles Paw Broon. Difficult to unsee.

I grew up about an hour from Baddeck and spent a lot of time there as a lad. I can remember in seeing the replica of the Silver dart created to celebrate the 75th anniversary of its 1909 flight. It currently resides in the Atlantic Aviation Museum across the Trans Canada Highway from the Halifax Airport. You drove right by it!

All the best from Rock Creek BC enjoy your Canadian tour, I certainly enjoy your videos.

The " I think she's ignoring me" dit was so good hahaha

The landscape looked enough like my native Minnesota that I guessed the Great Lakes region. Interestingly I heard a few years ago that Cape Breton Island had the cheapest home prices in (I assume) Anglo-America.

You really are VERY good at these history videos. Carry on the good work, please!

Looks like Granpaw Broon. Bell's statue. Not Bruce. 😂

Always enjoy your stories.

I love your videos! I live in Sydney CB and I sure hope you enjoyed your stay. Ciad mille failte. My father's family stopped speaking Gaelic when they realized the kids were starting to understand what the adults were saying 😂

@hilariousname6826

20 күн бұрын

Same with my father and his family - in Sydney ... ! He said they were talking about something he wasn't supposed to understand, when he asked them a question about it, in Gaelic .....

Thank you for your awesome show last night in moncton .. LMAO... sure hope to see you come back someday

Hello Bruce! Love this episode! Hope you're enjoying your visit to Canada so far! We're happy to have you! Counting down the days till ye hit Fergus! Looking forward to it! 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

You have to do a bit on Alexander Keith as well, a famous brewer and mayor of Halifax, originally from Scotland

Excellent piece of history. An extraordinary and hard working man. Thank you, Bruce.

Thank you.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

23 күн бұрын

You're welcome!

Most of the time when A.G. Bell is mentioned it is limited to the telephone. Bell was a truly fascinating person. I'm proud of him being a Canadian and of Scots descent. There is very little taught about his works other than the 'telephone': "Watson, come here. I need you". Your tale is another one that should be broadcast widely to celebrate the contributions of the Scots!

@patriciaMeany

22 күн бұрын

He was a Scottish Canadian born in Scotland, then come to Canada

So that's who we have to blame for these damn phones following us everywhere, and dictating life to us.

His friend, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), hated having one of the early phones in his house (his children loved it), and he refused to use it!

Quite a excellent Bell Museum in Baddeck too. Also has his hydrofoil prototypes from experiments conducted on the lake.

Here's hoping that you'll tour in the United States some time. Oh I know it would be worth the trip to see you perform in Canada or Scotland, but there are enough yanks that need to hear your wit, humor and knowledge and learn that some of the best times to be had, start with you and the words "Let me tell you a story!"

@ScotlandHistoryTours

23 күн бұрын

😘

Interesting, as always, never knew about Bell inventing the Aileron.

Great story! Thank you!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

22 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Why did I not know this before? What a mind---and determination! Thank you again.

Super super Bruce super super Bruce soooooooper brucey fumey coyp come on you saints and thank you i

Coming to see your show tomorrow night at the Gladstone. Hopefully we will get to meet up. Slianté Mhaith!!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

10 күн бұрын

I'll be in the Irish pub along the road after the show

The first ever prank call was Watsons return call - Am I ringing A Bell? Is that A Bell im Ringing?

One of the best books I have ready How the Scots invented the modern world

This was great vid. Did you have fun Bruce?

Whoo! Hold a minute, are you sure the Australia's were not the first manned flight, way before the Wright brothers? Maybe in another video??

Welcome to Canada :)

A'reyt Bruce. Bell had a great mind and put it to use to make things better. He had an appropriate name as well. What a great location too. You seemed to love the subject matter. Was there a physics teacher in there, bursting out? I struggled to understand my physics teacher at school, then at university an American student said he saw a note from the physics department asking why I had not taken it as my first subject. I used to hang around with the students from that course, having made friends with one as the first person I met there, but they were friendly and fun, not at all nerdy. Mind you my pal became an accountant and a politician. Hmmm! More stuff like this video might get more to want to study it and go on to make things better?

Excellent History once again Bruce. I don't think there's enough room to begin a list of all the contributions Scots have made to our modern world. A.G. Bell just one of a very long list.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

23 күн бұрын

You know it's true

" the hell wi this, i've been listening to Vivaldi for the last hour", love the vids btw.

There was even a song about him (1972)

Love the shirt. 😊

@ScotlandHistoryTours

22 күн бұрын

Thanks! 😄

Campbelton NB has a giant wooden statue of a highlander looking over the bay and he is the spittin image of me) 😂😂😂

The Wright brothers invented flight? Only if you ignore earlier efforts, like the one Bruce mentioned, and the one by Richard Pearse in Otago, New Zealand (Otago being settled by Scots) on 31 March 1902 - 18 months before before the Wright brothers.

@BriarCottage

13 күн бұрын

From what I learned because wright's patented it first. Like some kind of technological race.

The overarching theme here: You can't keep a good Scot down when there's work to be done.

Bruce, "Do you know who this is?" Me, "WG Grace?"

Will we be getting a video on Cape Breton Tea Biscuits?

@ScotlandHistoryTours

23 күн бұрын

Nope. Maybe a bit of live material about Jaffa Cakes though😜

Are you sure you dont want to stop on the praries on the way to Cowtown? Manitoba would be great!😊

You are early with the vid, Bruce. I am in Ottawa and I haven't seen you yet.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

22 күн бұрын

I know, we changed the sequence

He was a DB. He was a eugenicist and believed that deaf people shouldn't marry other deaf people Because he believed that would create more deaf people. He felt that it was something that should be eradicated .

There’s a fascinating book called “How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in It” by Arthur Herman.

He probably remembered something that was the reason he had called in the first place.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

15 күн бұрын

True

He is of the Border Bells 🔔

I’d like to think he turned to Mr Watson and said “What are you doing here get back to work”.

Do I recognise this man? Aye, as soon as I saw him come on the screen I said to the wife, "That's Val Sharp's laddie!"

Ok Bruce and crew please tell me about Minches??? Im a wood and water sprite.

Americans and Canadians claim Bell as their own. Fair enough he did live most of his life in Canada and America. But he was born in Edinburgh and lived his formative years in Scotland. I believe he left Britain when aged 19. So Scotland can most rightly claim him as a Scot.

Hello can you please talk about why alot of the castles and large building were built burned and rebuilt in Scotland? and where these buildings built before colonization or after? Thank you

@ScotlandHistoryTours

12 күн бұрын

Sorry, I don't understand the question

@BriarCottage

12 күн бұрын

@ScotlandHistoryTours There is history about castles being burned and rebuilt in Scotland. Do you think colonizers were trying to destroy Scotland history and then covering it up. Second question: were the castles created after colonization or before by the native scots.

There is a story to be told about John Logie Baird... As a schoolboy be built his own telephone exchange and handpieces... he had the exchange in his bedroom and handpieces to his friends..... set up his own 'deemed' illegal phone lines between homes

@hilariousname6826

20 күн бұрын

Kid that lived next door did that when I was a kid - we had our own private telephone connection ... until my parents discovered that he had it set up so he could eavesdrop whenever he wanted ... !

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I thought this video was going to be about his tendencies towards eugenics and discrimination of deaf people (such as promoting oralism over sign language, which lead to an increase in communication difficulties for generations of deaf people).

@hilariousname6826

20 күн бұрын

Who didn't have a 'tendency towards eugenics' back in the 1890s?

Well, I should think he jumped-up & stripped, as he'd just had a lap full of acid!

Is the Bell museum no longer there, or were you not allowed to film in it? Just wondering; I kept expecting to see it.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

20 күн бұрын

Aye, they wouldnae let us in

@hilariousname6826

20 күн бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Told you to come back after you'd had a nap and a cup of coffee, did they?

@ScotlandHistoryTours

20 күн бұрын

@@hilariousname6826 Sorry, there's a joke here I'm missing

@hilariousname6826

20 күн бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours I meant to imply that you'd been sampling the local beverages and weren't fit to be out in public; apparently I was being too clever by half; I'll have to keep working on that one .... hmmm, I wonder if there's a reason you're the guy with the stage show while I'm the guy who can't get a laugh in the youtube comments ... !

Welcome to Canada. failte!

When Alexander Bell invented the telephone, he had 3 missed calls from Chuck Norris.

Did he ever meet James Clerk Maxwell or Lord Kelvin?

Is it Oor Wullies grandad!??

Hang on, that’s not Daphne!?

Wow, the mental gymnastics of this comment thread is definitely unique!!

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