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Scottish inventors
- James Clerk MaxwellOn the 13th of June 1831, a boy named James Clerk Maxwell was born at 14 India Street in Edinburgh. His mother Frances Cay died when he was eight years old…
- James WattJames Watt was born on the 19th of January 1736 in Greenock, Renfrewshire. He entered the world as the eldest of five surviving children to Agnes Muirhead…
- William MurdochIn 1763, a young William Murdoch built a tricycle from wood and hand cranks. He called it his wooden horse on wheels. This small machine appeared in the…
- Charles TennantCharles Tennant entered the world on the 3rd of May 1768 at Laigh Corton in Alloway, Ayrshire. He was the sixth child among thirteen surviving siblings born…
- John Loudon McAdamJohn Loudon McAdam was born on the 23rd of September 1756 in Ayr, Scotland. He entered the world as the youngest of ten children and the second son of the…