The Engineer - Late, great engineers: Robert William Thomson - of aerial wheels and fountain pens

A profile of one of Scotland’s ‘forgotten engineers,’ Robert William Thomson: a prolific 19th century engineer who took out patents on the pneumatic tyre as well as the refillable fountain pen.

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