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Kirkpatrick Macmillan (2 September 1812 in Keir, Dumfries and Galloway – 26 January 1878 in Keir) was a Scottish blacksmith. He is generally credited with inventing the treadle bicycle.

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Kirkpatrick Macmillan

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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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Kirkpatrick

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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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List of British innovations and discoveries

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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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History of the bicycle

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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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1839 in science

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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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List of Scottish inventions and discoveries

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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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Sport in Scotland

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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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Clive King

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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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Dumfriesshire

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writer, and civil servant William Jardine, Jardine Matheson founder Kirkpatrick Macmillan, inventor of the bicycle James MacMurdo, first British political...

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Dumfries Museum

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funerary monuments. A replica of the first bicycle, as designed by Kirkpatrick Macmillan. The photographic archive of Dr Werner Kissling. Personal items...

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Jules Horne

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Gorgeous Avatar Archived 20 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine Kirkpatrick Macmillan play wheels into Penpont – Sara Bain, Dumfries & Galloway Standard...

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1839 in the United Kingdom

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electricity. Claimed invention of the rear-wheel driven bicycle by Kirkpatrick Macmillan in Scotland. Summer – John Ruskin visits Cornwall, regretting that...

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Lyman Kirkpatrick

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Lyman B. Kirkpatrick (1916–1995) was an American intelligence officer, academic and author who served as inspector general and executive director of the...

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Ivone Kirkpatrick

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Sir Ivone Augustine Kirkpatrick, GCB, GCMG (3 February 1897 – 25 May 1964) was a British diplomat who served as the British High Commissioner in Germany...

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Troqueer

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weekly. List of listed buildings in Troqueer, Dumfries and Galloway Kirkpatrick Macmillan Footbridge (2006): Southernmost Nith bridge connects Troqueer with...

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1839 in Scotland

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Silurian System. Claimed invention of the rear-wheel driven bicycle by Kirkpatrick Macmillan. 4 January – Anne Jane Cupples, née Douglas, writer (died 1896)...

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Bicycle

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mechanically propelled, two-wheeled vehicle may have been built by Kirkpatrick MacMillan, a Scottish blacksmith, in 1839, although the claim is often disputed...

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Rob Kirkpatrick

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Rob Kirkpatrick is an American literary agent, editor, and author. He has published the books of many well-known authors, primarily in the field of nonfiction...

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Locrian mode

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Locrian mode is not at all traditional in English music, but was used by Kirkpatrick as a musical innovation. The song "Gliese 710" from King Gizzard & the...

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Marilyn Imrie

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Directors in 2007, and directed Small Blue Thing, Mother Father Son and Macmillan's Marvellous Motion Machine for radio; and Charlotte Runcie, a writer and...

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Carsphairn and Scaur Hills

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can be found in the surrounding countryside. The birthplace of Kirkpatrick Macmillan, the inventor of the bicycle is just over a kilometre south of Penpont...

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William Kirkpatrick Magee

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Macmillan, 1937) Wikisource has original works by or about: William Magee William Kirkpatrick Magee (1868–1961) at Bartleby.com William Kirkpatrick Magee...

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