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Nov. 30: A St. Andrew's Day Salute to Scottish Inventors

Posted November 30, 2009 9:00 AM

From Wired Top Stories:

It's St. Andrew's Day, the national day of Scotland. So we offer a toast to the great inventors who have applied Scottish ingenuity to their work over the years, helping craft the modern world in the process. Some, like Alexander Graham Bell and James Watt, are well-known. Others, like Arthur James Arnot — a Scot who moved to Australia, where he patented the electric drill — are less so.

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11/30/2009 11:59 PM

Well, to add to the list I have one that is a bit tenuous, but interesting none the less.

Elijah McCoy was born in Canada but trained in Scotland. With a last name like McCoy, there is likely some Scottish association or heritage there.

And his accomplishments as an inventor stand on their own.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_McCoy#cite_note-1

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