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Rennie, John Nationality: Scottish; British Brief Bio: 1761-1821, engineer, Scottish; British Notes: 1779 - set up on his own as a millwright under the guidance of Andrew Meikle (1719–1811), inventor of the threshing machine. 1780 - matriculated from Edinburgh University. 1783 - undertook a study tour into England where he met James Watt. 1786 - completed machinery for Watts' Albion Mill in London. 1790 - appointed surveyor to the Kennet and Avon Canal. 1798 - elected fellow of the Royal Society. 1800-5 - acted as engineer to the London docks. 1811-1848 - created the mile-long protective breakwater at Plymouth Sound. 1807-10 - collaborated with Robert Stevenson on the Bell Rock lighthouse off Arbroath. Designed the original Waterloo, Southwark and London Bridges. |
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| Design for the proposed New London Bridge by the late John Rennie Esqre. lithograph Rennie, John, 1761-1821 1820-1829 | |
| Distinguished Men of Science Walker, William; Walker, William; Zobel, George; Skill, Frederick John; Gilbert, Sir John; Walker, Elizabeth 1862 | |
| James Watt oil painting; portrait Breda, Carl Fredrik von 1792 | |
| Photographic enlargement, 15" x 12", unmounted, of:- stone a photograph | |
| Thomlinson's equivalent paper slide rule designed by John Re ready reckoner (paper) Rennie, John | |
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