Kirkpatrick Macmillan (2 September 1812 in Keir, Dumfries and Galloway – 26 January 1878 in Keir) was a Scottish blacksmith. He is generally credited...
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(disambiguation), various people Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1812–1878), Scottish blacksmith and inventor of the mechanical bicycle Kirkpatrick Sale, American author...
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Polonceau. Claimed invention of the rear-wheel driven bicycle by Kirkpatrick Macmillan in Scotland. Copley Medal: Robert Brown Wollaston Medal: Christian...
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propelled two-wheel vehicle is believed by some to have been built by Kirkpatrick Macmillan, a Scottish blacksmith, in 1839. A nephew later claimed that his...
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Sir William Fothergill Cooke. 1839 A pedal bicycle is invented by Kirkpatrick Macmillan. 1840 Sir Rowland Hill reforms the postal system with Uniform Penny...
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McMillan (surname) (redirect from Mr. Macmillan)
1942), American politician Sir Kenneth MacMillan (1929–1992), Scottish-born choreographer Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1812–1878), Scottish blacksmith who invented...
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Loudon McAdam (1756–1836) The pedal bicycle: Attributed to both Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1813–1878) and Thomas McCall (1834–1904) The pneumatic tyre: Robert...
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shinty (the predecessor of both ice hockey and bandy), cycling (Kirkpatrick Macmillan invented the pedal bicycle), and water polo (first set of rules...
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the late eighteenth century. The village was the birthplace of Kirkpatrick Macmillan, the inventor of the bicycle. A plaque on his home, Courthill Smithy...
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in Kirkpatrick, D. L., ed. (1978). Twentieth Century Children's Writers. London: Macmillan. p. 693. ISBN 0-333-23414-6. Graham Hammond in Kirkpatrick, D...
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