ImageThe Telephone
The Telephone
Bell vs Meucci vs Gray.
Controversies
Scotland's Greatest Controversies
Credit is hard-won and easily lost. These are the inventions that came with a fight.
ImageThe Pedal Bicycle
The Pedal Bicycle
Macmillan vs the French velocipedists.
ImageThe Pneumatic Tyre
The Pneumatic Tyre
Dunlop vs Thomson's earlier 1845 patent.
ImageThe Flush Toilet
The Flush Toilet
Cumming's S-bend vs Crapper's marketing.
ImageThe Electric Toaster
Debunked Hoax
The Electric Toaster
The 'Alan MacMasters 1893' Wikipedia hoax.
ImageTelevision
Television
Baird's mechanical TV vs Farnsworth's electronic.
ImageMarmalade
Marmalade
Dundee vs Portuguese origin tales.
ImageRadar
Radar
Watson-Watt vs German parallel development.
ImagePenicillin's clinical translation
Penicillin's clinical translation
Fleming's discovery vs Florey & Chain's drug.
ImageThe Grand Piano
The Grand Piano
Broadwood's pedal vs Italian precursors.