Heavy Industry Innovations

  • The carronade cannon: Robert Melville (1723-1809)
  • Making cast steel from wrought iron: David Mushet (1772-1847)
  • Wrought iron sash bars for glass houses: John C. Loudon (1783-1865)
  • The hot blast oven: James Beaumont Neilson (1792-1865)
  • The steam hammer: James Nasmyth (1808-1890)
  • Wire rope: Robert Stirling Newall (1812-1889)
  • Steam engine improvements: William Mcnaught (1831-1881)
  • Narrow gauge, double-bogey railway engine: Robert Francis Fairlie (1831-1885)

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