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James Watt

1765

James Watt (1736-1819) fue un ingeniero e inventor escocés conocido por desarrollar y perfeccionar la máquina de vapor, una de las innovaciones tecnológicas más importantes de la Revolución Industrial. En 1765, Watt comenzó a trabajar en la mejora de la máquina de vapor, que hasta entonces había sido ineficiente y poco práctica para la mayoría de las aplicaciones industriales

Robert Stevenson

1772

Robert Stevenson (1772-1850) was a Scottish engineer known for his work building lighthouses and improving maritime safety in the 19th century. Stevenson began his career as an apprentice to a lighthouse builder and later became one of the leading lighthouse building experts of his time.

Thomas Telford

1821

Thomas Telford (1757-1834) was a Scottish civil engineer who made important contributions to the construction of bridges, roads and canals in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution. Telford was born in Eskdale, in the Scottish Borders, and began his career as an apprentice carpenter and bricklayer. He then worked as an engineer's assistant in Edinburgh and later moved to London, where he became one of the leading engineers of the day.

Alexander Graham Bell

1876

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) was a Scottish-Canadian scientist, inventor, and educator, best known for his invention of the telephone. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and moved to Canada and later to the United States, where he worked as a teacher of elocution and vocal physiology. Bell began working on the invention of the telephone in 1874 and received a patent for it in 1876. He also worked on the development of other communication devices, such as the telegraph and the phonogra

Sir Alexander Fleming

1881

Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) was a Scottish physician and researcher famous for his discovery of penicillin, the first antibiotic effective in fighting bacterial infections. In 1928, while working in his laboratory at St. Mary's Hospital in London, Fleming noticed that a bacterial culture plate he had left unattended had been contaminated by a fungal mold. Upon examining the plate, he noted that the bacteria that had grown near the fungus had died.

John Boyd Dunlop

1887

John Boyd Dunlop (1840-1921) was a Scottish inventor and businessman who is best known for inventing the modern tire in 1887. Dunlop invented the tire for his son, who suffered from headaches when bicycling on the cobblestone roads of the day. His invention consisted of a rubber inner tube covered with a layer of canvas, which was placed around the wheel of the bicycle.

John Logie Baird

1925

John Logie Baird (1888-1946) was a Scottish engineer and inventor known for being one of the pioneers of television. In 1925, Baird succeeded in transmitting moving images through a primitive mechanical television system, using a rotating disk that divided the image into sections and transmitted them over the air to a receiver. Baird continued to work on improving his television technology and in 1927, he succeeded in transmitting moving pictures from London to New York.