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Some famous Scottish Engineers
Arrol Sir William 1839 – 1913.
Born Houston, Renfrewshire.
Engineer. Most notable, built Tay Rail Bridge 1887, Forth Rail Bridge Edinburgh 1890, Tower Bridge London 1894, Bankside Power Station London now Tate Gallery.
Baird John Logie 1888 – 1946.
Born Helensburgh, Clyde Valley.
Engineer. Most notable. Inventor of television (1924), memoirs included notes on producing colour TV, 3D, internal projection (big-screen) TV, dual audio channel (stereo). Directional radio antenna leading to discovery of radar. Patented transmission medium called optical fiber (fiber optics).
Brown Sir Arthur 1886 - 1948.
Born Glasgow.
Aviation. Most notable. Navigator of first ever non stop flight across the Atlantic 1919.
Buick David 1854 – 1929.
Born Arbroath, Tayside.
Engineer. Most notable. Founder of the Buick Motor Company.
Fleming Sir Sandford 1827 – 1915.
Born Kirkcaldy, Central.
Engineer. Most notable. Designed World time zones.
Forbes Prof. George.
Born Edinburgh.
Engineer. Most notable. Invented carbon brush used in electric motors. Designed electrification system for London Underground, advised on hydro-electric power generation Worldwide including Niagara Falls Canada/USA. Predicted planet beyond orbit of Neptune in 1880, 50 years before the discovery of Pluto.
Gresley Sir Herbert 1876 - 1941.
Born Edinburgh.
Engineer. Most notable. Designed Mallard locomotive, world speed record for a steam engine at 126 mph. Record still current today.
Lickey Sir Robert 1912 - 1998.
Born Dundee, Tayside.
Engineer. Most notable. Design of WW2 fighter Hawker Hurricane, production of first Harrier vertical take-off Jet.
Linton Hercules 1831 - 1900.
Born Inverbervie, Grampian.
Engineer. Most notable. Designed ship Cutty Sark.
MacColl Sir Edward 1882 - 1951.
Born Dumbarton, Clyde Valley.
Engineer. Most notable. Built hydro-electric station Glen Affric - River Beauly, Breadalbane, Strath Conon, Loch Tummel, Loch Sloy - Loch Awe, Glen Garry - Glen Moriston.
Mackintosh Charles Rennie 1868 -1928.
Born Dennistoun, Glasgow.
Architect. Son of Police Officer. Most notable, design of Glasgow School of Art. Mackintosh broke the mould of Architect's by also designing building interiors, furniture, pencil drawings and oil paintings. Many buildings still exist.
Murdock William 1754 - 1839.
Born Lugar, Ayrshire.
Engineer. Most notable. Built first steam powered lorry in 1784. Invented gas lighting.
Reith John 1889 - 1971.
Born Stonehaven, Grampian.
Engineer. Most notable. Built the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) from a small company to what it is today.
Telford Thomas 1757 - 1834.
Born Glendinning, Dumfries & Galloway.
Engineer. Most notable. Built bridge over Menai Straits linking the Isle of Anglesey with Wales mainland.
Thomson Robert 1822 - 1873.
Born Stonehaven, Grampian.
Engineer. Most notable. Invented pneumatic tyre but abandoned it. Later re-invented by John Dunlop.
Watt James 1736 - 1819.
Born Greenock, Clyde Valley.
Engineer. Most notable. Development of steam engine as source of power generation. First to use term horsepower. Electrical value "watt" named after him.
Young James 1811 - 1883.
Born Glasgow.
Engineer. Most notable. Pioneered process of refining oil into Paraffin leading to production of petrol, diesel and jet fuel.
John Loudon McAdam (21 September 1756 – 26 November 1836) was a Scottish engineer and road-builder. He invented a new process, "macadamisation", for building roads with a smooth hard surface that would be more durable and less muddy than soil-based tracks.
Modern road construction still reflects McAdam's influence. Of subsequent improvements, the most significant was the introduction of tar (originally coal tar) to bind the road surface's stones together – "tarmac" (for Tar Macadam) – followed later by the use of hot-laid tarred aggregate or tar-sprayed chippings to create better road metalling. More recently, oil-based asphalt laid on reinforced concrete has become a major road surface, but its use of granite or limestone chippings still recalls McAdam's innovation.
Read more here> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Loudon_McAdam
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