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.