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  2. William Murdoch - Wikipedia

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    William Murdoch (sometimes spelled Murdock) (21 August 1754 – 15 November 1839) was a Scottish chemist, inventor, and mechanical engineer. Murdoch was employed by the firm of Boulton & Watt and worked for them in Cornwall , as a steam engine erector for ten years, spending most of the rest of his life in Birmingham , England.

  3. List of Cornish engineers and inventors - Wikipedia

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    Jonathan Hornblower, inventor of the compound engine and the steam valve [8] William Husband, civil and mechanical engineer [9] Thomas Brown Jordan, engineer [10] Michael Loam, inventor of the man engine [11] Sir Thomas Matthews, civil engineer and builder of lighthouses; William Murdoch, engineer, inventor and sometime Cornish resident [12]

  4. List of Scots - Wikipedia

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    Neil Arnott (1788–1874), physician and inventor of the Arnott waterbed; Sir William Arrol (1839–1913), bridge builder; Alexander Bain (1810–1877), inventor and engineer, first to invent and patent the electric clock and fax machine; Charles Baird (1766–1843), engineer who played an important part in the industrial and business life of ...

  5. List of Murdoch Mysteries characters - Wikipedia

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    Murdoch fears for her safety because the Black Hand still has a price on her head. By the end of the two-part episode, Murdoch fakes Anna's death, so the Black Hand would stop chasing her. She is later revealed to have had a son from her relationship with William, whom she named Harry, after Murdoch's father.

  6. Richard Trevithick - Wikipedia

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    For a time he was a neighbour of William Murdoch, the steam carriage pioneer, and would have been influenced by Murdoch’s experiments with steam-powered road locomotion. [8] Trevithick first went to work at the age of 19 at the East Stray Park Mine. He was enthusiastic and quickly gained the status of a consultant, unusual for such a young ...

  7. Murdoch Mysteries - Wikipedia

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    Murdoch Mysteries is a Canadian television drama series that premiered on Citytv on January 20, 2008, and currently airs on CBC. The series is based on characters from the Detective Murdoch novels by Maureen Jennings and stars Yannick Bisson as William Murdoch, a police detective working in Toronto, Ontario in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [2]

  8. Scottish Enlightenment - Wikipedia

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    William Murdoch (1754–1839) engineer and inventor; Alexander Murray (1775–1813) minister and philologist; John Murray (1778–1843) publisher; Carolina Nairne Lady Nairne, née Oliphant (1766–1845) writer and song collector; William Napier (c.1741–1812) musician and music publisher; William Nicholson (1782–1849) poet

  9. Portal:Scotland/Selected biographies/29 - Wikipedia

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