Famous Scottish Engineers

Scottish Engineers

Henry Bell / Engineers

Successfully built and launched the first commercially successful steamship in Europe.

James Nasmyth / Engineers

Engineer best known for his invention of the steam hammer.

John Napier / Engineers

Mathematician regarded as inventor of logarithms

John Rennie / Engineers

Engineer remembered by his bridges over the River Thames in London.

Robert William Thomson / Engineers

Inventor of the india-rubber pneumatic tyre.

Thomas Telford / Engineers

Brilliant civil engineer, responsible for the Caledonian Canal.

William Douglas Weir / Engineers

Glasgow-born Engineer who played a key supply role in both World Wars.

Robert Napier / Engineers

Regarded as the father of the Clyde shipbuilding industry.

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