The Engineer - Late, great engineers: Robert William Thomson - of aerial wheels and fountain pens
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#xA0;One of Scotland’s ‘forgotten engineers,’ Robert William Thomson was a prolific 19th century engineer who took out patents on the pneumatic tyre as well as the refillable fountain pen. Written by Nick Smith.
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The Project Gutenberg eBook of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Volume IX, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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R W Thomson: Celebrating Stonehaven's visionary inventor of the pneumatic tyre
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The Project Gutenberg eBook of Philipp Reis: Inventor of the Telephone, by Silvanus P. Thompson.
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Today (March 8) is the Memorial Day of Robert William Thomson, who greatly improved the comfort of travel and invented the pneumatic tire. He was the inventor of the fountain pen and
James Nasmyth, Engineer An Autobiography PDF, PDF, Science
Did you know, the original inventor of the pneumatic tyre is Robert William Thomson. He's also famously known for inventing the fountain pen!, By Continental Tyres
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The Engineer - Late, great engineers: Robert William Thomson - of aerial wheels and fountain pens