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26th November 08, 12:24 PM
#10
 Originally Posted by Geoff Withnell
My goodness, how in the world could we be on this topic and not mention James Watt? He didn't invent the steam engine, but his improvements on the idea first made it practical. Scotland was so much the home of the steam power that ran the Industrial revolution that the stereotypical engineer is a Scotsman, to the the point were the first engineer in Star Trek was "Scottie"!
Geoff Withnell
Yesss sir ! 
This is nice to remember indeed !
BTW, who wrote "Peter Pan"? 
Best,
Robert
Robert Amyot-MacKinnon
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