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Legend has it that Adam Smith (the "father of capitalism") and James Watt (pioneering steam-engineer and industrial machinist) shared proximate offices at Glasg
by nonrandomstring 4y ago
Legend has it that Adam Smith (the "father of capitalism") and James
Watt (pioneering steam-engineer and industrial machinist) shared
proximate offices at Glasgow University and drank in the same nearby
pubs. Apparently, no significant record of their connection exists.
- arethuza 4y agoBabbage and Brunel almost ran into each others in trains - Brunel coming back from a night out and Babbage running experiments: https://moorsidepublications.com/2015/07/01/babbage-gets-involved-with-the-railways/ https://moorsidepublications.com/2015/07/01/babbage-gets-inv...
- nonrandomstring 4y agoOh, literally ran into each other. "They were on a collision course and both would have been travelling at 40 miles an hour." What an amazing story. Thanks.
- arethuza 4y agoI love the cartoon series with Lovelace, Babbage and Brunel: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gallery/2015/apr/12/thrilling-adventures-lovelace-babbage-in-pictures https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gallery/2015/apr/12/t...