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1. Logarithm Tables
John Napier spent 20 years divising his ingenious system (1594) for multiplying and dividing large numbers.
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2. Mackintosh
Charles Mackintosh gave his name to the rubberized waterproof material he developed in 1823.
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3. Lawnmower
A “mechanical reaper” was how the Reverend Patrick Bell described the lawnmower he invented in 1826.
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4. Fax Machine
Alexander Bain created the first machine capable of making facsimiles of original documents in 1843.
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5. Anaesthetics in Midwifery
Sir James Young, the founder of modern gynaecology, first introduced ether, then chloroform as anaesthetics in midwifery in 1846.
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6. Linoleum
This revolutionary floor covering was first produced by Frederick Walton in 1860.
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7. Colour Photography
The physicist James C Maxwell produced the world’s first photograph with three colours in 1861.
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8. Pneumatic Tyre
Unprecedented comfort on rough roads was achieved in 1887, with John Dunlop’s first air-filled tyre.
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9. Thermos Flask
Designed for storing cold gasses, Sir James Dewar’s vacuum flask (1892) soon came into everyday use.
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10. Wave Energy
In 1973, Stephen Salter devised a system to generate electricity from sea waves.
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